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KBG1977
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Re: Having to stop hiking because of ticks [Re: naum]
#16439421 - 06/26/12 06:41 AM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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I always just scratch them off,and they come off pretty easily mouth parts intact:-)
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Re: Having to stop hiking because of ticks [Re: naum]
#16439484 - 06/26/12 07:25 AM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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naum said: By the way I noticed that some of you guys said you were burning off ticks or putting ethanol or some other solvent on them. Those are all older and no longer recommended practices. The current medical recommendation is to get a gentle hold around the mouth--don't grab at the swollen part--and just pull firmly (but not too firmly) and quickly using tweezers.
My method is a cotton nose
just tie the cotton then pull it tight over the tick, this grabs it as close to the head as possible then you pull the tick gently until it lets go I have always got the entire tick head and all out by doing this
Ideally use a tick removal tool if you have one.
Went yesterday and after the fist bit of long grass found 1 huge bastard crawling slowly up my leg and another 4 smaller ones. I flicked them all off and don't think any bit me.
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KBG1977
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Re: Having to stop hiking because of ticks [Re: nice1]
#16439771 - 06/26/12 09:45 AM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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It's actually the mouth parts that get stuck in your skin,not the head,but regardless,it sucks when it happens!
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Re: Having to stop hiking because of ticks [Re: KBG1977]
#16440040 - 06/26/12 10:53 AM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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What do you guys do with the ticks when you pull them out??? Id grab a fucking lighter and handle shit, IF you know what I mean
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Re: Having to stop hiking because of ticks [Re: Almond Flour]
#16440728 - 06/26/12 01:35 PM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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toilet for me,and if I'm outside I just flick them away:-)
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Re: Having to stop hiking because of ticks [Re: KBG1977]
#16445234 - 06/27/12 12:54 PM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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That one that was leeched onto my leg I was talking about a page or two back... I guess his "mouth parts" or whatever the fuck are still in me. I got a red bump that's itchy, similar to a bug bite where he was. Probably lymes, I'll be dead soon.
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Re: Having to stop hiking because of ticks [Re: Absent Minded]
#16445307 - 06/27/12 01:10 PM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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Re: Having to stop hiking because of ticks [Re: KBG1977]
#16450362 - 06/28/12 10:38 AM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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That video confirmed it. I'm a dead man.
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Re: Having to stop hiking because of ticks [Re: Absent Minded]
#16456536 - 06/29/12 03:14 PM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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I woke up to a deer tick burrowed half way into the tip of my penis this morning. Took me and hour and a half to get the fucker out and made me late for work. 
Does anyone know if I'm at risk for getting Lyme again/additional symptoms when I'm still on antibiotics/getting treated for a bite that happened like two weeks ago? Or am I temporarily immune?
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Re: Having to stop hiking because of ticks [Re: Subconscious]
#16456642 - 06/29/12 03:38 PM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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that's nasty
I found a tick on my dog today, luckily it hadn't bitten yet so i just grabbed it and flicked it outside
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Re: Having to stop hiking because of ticks [Re: KBG1977]
#16464884 - 07/01/12 12:02 PM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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KBG1977 said: you know,I bet I have Lyme and don't even know it.This could be the root of my severe depression and lethargy.I got the bulls eye rash two years ago,and went to a doctor who told me I just had a staff infection,and she gave me antibiotics.It was a clinic for poor people,so I doubt she was even a real certified doctor
not to be discouraging, but if you DID contract lyme from a bite over two years ago, there's probably not a whole lot that can be done for you, outside of "radical" lyme treatment therapies
i'm not saying you're doomed or there's no chance of recovery, but even after a few months exposure, lyme can set it hard and be difficult for doctor's to treat with regular antibiotics
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Re: Having to stop hiking because of ticks [Re: Subconscious]
#16465056 - 07/01/12 12:41 PM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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Subconscious said: I woke up to a deer tick burrowed half way into the tip of my penis this morning. Took me and hour and a half to get the fucker out and made me late for work. 
Does anyone know if I'm at risk for getting Lyme again/additional symptoms when I'm still on antibiotics/getting treated for a bite that happened like two weeks ago? Or am I temporarily immune?
Man,I've gotten three so far on my penis this season,and they are the worst to get off,because it's so sensitive down there!Also,I doubt I have Lyme,but you never know,and that was actually three years ago that that happened,so if I did catch it there really is no hope for me now,with that much time passing
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Re: Having to stop hiking because of ticks [Re: KBG1977]
#16467559 - 07/01/12 08:36 PM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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subconscious, can I just ask why it took you that long to remove him? Also, did you tell your boss exactly why you were late???
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Re: Having to stop hiking because of ticks [Re: Absent Minded]
#16472824 - 07/02/12 10:49 PM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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I walked through miles of tall grass and bushes today. I took hundreds of mushroom pictures and didn't get a single tick. Mexico is nice. I have never seen a tick here.
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i hate ticks they are hard to kill i have only saw them in the bush
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Re: Having to stop hiking because of ticks [Re: snow desert115]
#16473793 - 07/03/12 06:25 AM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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I never saw them in my 12 years living in Florida either!
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Re: Having to stop hiking because of ticks [Re: Absent Minded]
#16473876 - 07/03/12 07:18 AM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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Absent Minded said: subconscious, can I just ask why it took you that long to remove him? Also, did you tell your boss exactly why you were late???
It was already over half way burrowed in... right on the tip.
For one it's incredibly sensitive down there and for two my eyes can't really get close enough to the area to ensure I got every bit of that tiny little deer tick so I spent a lot of time OCDing over whether or not I got every last bit out.
I told most people I had a tick on "my leg" but most of them probably didn't realize I was referring to my 3rd leg.
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Re: Having to stop hiking because of ticks [Re: Subconscious]
#16475084 - 07/03/12 01:15 PM (12 years, 6 months ago) |
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HAHAHAHAHAAH
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