Tell Me About Ticks And Lyme Disease

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Posted: 10/25/2010 11:29:43 PM EDT

Monday morning before I went to bed I noticed a tick on the back of my knee. I was able to pull the fucker out but I figure he had been there at least 48+ hours since I had gone hiking in the woods on Saturday. I'm pretty sure I got the head out when I had pulled the body but I am now left with a .5"x.5" dark red/purple spot on the back of my knee. The area probably 3"x3" surrounding the spot where I found the tick ached all day yesterday and still aches today.

WTF am I supposed to do now? Wait and see if I get the "bulls-eye" rash?

Am I going to die?

ETA: Fuck me running. I just was reading the wikipedia article on Lyme disease and the sample image they gave of a "characteristic bulls-eye rash" looks exactly like what I have on the backside of my knee.

Example image:

Posted: 10/25/2010 11:39:59 PM EDT

[#1]

Now you're a victim of government germ factory experiments

Posted: 10/25/2010 11:40:26 PM EDT

[#2]

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Now you're a victim of government germ factory experiments

They're going to take me to a FEMA concentration camp soon, aren't they?

Posted: 10/25/2010 11:43:04 PM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Now you're a victim of government germ factory experiments

They're going to take me to a FEMA concentration camp soon, aren't they?

Well, they're going to try.

But Jesse Ventura will pull some SEAL shit and melt the bars on your cell with nano-thermite and rescue you.

Posted: 10/25/2010 11:52:08 PM EDT

[#4]

i got very very ill ––couldnt get up ––severe deep aching in various areas ––couldnt eat ––only drink water ––finally doc asked me ––do you go in the woods often?

there is a pill that got me back 100% in about a half hour.

i was sick like that for at least a day or two.

you'll know if you get sick.

Posted: 10/25/2010 11:53:39 PM EDT

[#5]

i didnt know what i was sick from nor had i ever saw a tick or bite on me...but i got better from the lyme disease pill ––whatever that is...

Posted: 10/25/2010 11:54:39 PM EDT

[#6]

If you even THINK you are getting symptoms, GO SEE YOUR DOC!!!

I know two people who went undiagnosed and/or misdiagnosed for too long and both of them still deal with it aches and sweats when the symptoms show up and act like they got their bell rung when things are normal.

Posted: 10/25/2010 11:59:28 PM EDT

[#7]

wow...yeah it was real bad when i had it ––i was a teenager and we didnt have much money ––-had to convince my mother i thought i was dying before getting to the doc.

Posted: 10/26/2010 12:01:31 AM EDT

[#8]

Go see a doctor!!!!.....and I just pulled a big tick off my pussy.

Posted: 10/26/2010 12:07:15 AM EDT

[#9]

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If you even THINK you are getting symptoms, GO SEE YOUR DOC!!!

+1

Lyme disease is no joke.

Posted: 10/26/2010 12:20:45 AM EDT

[#10]

Ticks.....suck.

Posted: 10/26/2010 12:27:54 AM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:

Now you're a victim of government germ factory experiments

Escaped germs from rogue Plum Island animals!

Posted: 10/26/2010 12:49:26 AM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
i didnt know what i was sick from nor had i ever saw a tick or bite on me...but i got better from the lyme disease pill ––whatever that is...

if i were to guess the pill was a cpro pill, i got one in college cause one of my pledge brothers got spiral meningitis when we were going through all of the fraternity rituals, he survived just fine. Was sick as hell though. However the college gave anyone who wanted a free cpro pill and of coarse we did our hw on said pill. Cant remember much about it but our research concluded it kills over a hundred something different things, given to people who have come in contact with anthrax. its also said something about killing stds so naturally everyone was excited about that, never ending jokes in-sued at all our parties that everyone was now dd free, well maybe not drug free but you get the point.

Posted: 10/26/2010 12:50:24 AM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:

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i didnt know what i was sick from nor had i ever saw a tick or bite on me...but i got better from the lyme disease pill ––whatever that is...

if i were to guess the pill was a cpro pill, i got one in college cause one of my pledge brothers got spiral meningitis when we were going through all of the fraternity rituals, he survived just fine was sick as hell though. However the college gave anyone who wanted a free cpro pill and of coarse we did out hw on said pill. Cant remember much about it but our research concluded it kills over a hundred something different things, given to people who have come in contact with anthrax. its also said something about killing stds so naturally everyone was excited about that, never ending jokes in-sued at all our parties that everyone was now dd free, well maybe not drug free but you get the point.

That's also a great way to contribute nicely to the growing problem of antibiotic-resistant organisms

Posted: 10/26/2010 2:46:26 AM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
If you even THINK you are getting symptoms, GO SEE YOUR DOC!!!

I know two people who went undiagnosed and/or misdiagnosed for too long and both of them still deal with it aches and sweats when the symptoms show up and act like they got their bell rung when things are normal.

And even the doc's are stupid about it sometimes. My friend has a 4 year old, and took her to the dr to have a tick removed. "watch for a rash, call me if you see anything." No rash, no target. 2 months go by, then one day out of the blue the girl wakes up with an inflamed knee, and can't walk. Blood test, Lyme positive. Reading up on it - Kids don't always show symptoms.

I have Lymes, and noticed a target aabot 4 days after being bit - I never saw what bit me. Went to the doc, and he said "I don't see a bite.". I had to beg him to take a blood test! a couple days later, the target was gone, like nothing happened. A week later, after hearing NOTHING from the Dr, I called the office. "Let me look at the report...um, oh, you tested positive for Lyme." Finally, 2-1/2 weeks after being bitten, he put me on anti-biotics for a month. Wildest month of dreams I've ever had.

Looks like Lymes to me - MAKE SURE YOU GET A BLOOD TEST, don't let it go.

Posted: 10/26/2010 2:56:22 AM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:

Quoted:

i didnt know what i was sick from nor had i ever saw a tick or bite on me...but i got better from the lyme disease pill ––whatever that is...

if i were to guess the pill was a cpro pill, i got one in college cause one of my pledge brothers got spiral meningitis when we were going through all of the fraternity rituals, he survived just fine was sick as hell though. However the college gave anyone who wanted a free cpro pill and of coarse we did out hw on said pill. Cant remember much about it but our research concluded it kills over a hundred something different things, given to people who have come in contact with anthrax. its also said something about killing stds so naturally everyone was excited about that, never ending jokes in-sued at all our parties that everyone was now dd free, well maybe not drug free but you get the point.

That's also a great way to contribute nicely to the growing problem of antibiotic-resistant organisms

Not everybody that goes to College has a brain

He clearly did not study english, nor medicine or microbiology.

Posted: 10/26/2010 3:02:49 AM EDT

[#16]

I had lyme last year and enjoyed a 28 day regimen of doxycycline 100mg. I also developed a nasty side condition of pleural effusion, i.e. my right lung became enflamed and retained some extra fluid. Two rounds of morphine could only dull the pain I felt that morning.

Lyme is a serious issue if not dealt with early and with the correct treatment. The good thing is that you noticed the tick and mark (I had no tick, no mark but an attentive doctor). The bad thing is that you should get tested and start doxy ASAP. There is a prophylaxis regimen with doxycycline that can shorten the treatment period needed - meaning you can take it for 5 days rather than the usual 21 or 30 days depending on idealogy.

Doxycycline, as much as it is needed, is a PITA to take. For many people (I work with someone who also tested positive for lyme) it causes some pretty nasty nausau. But...you'll need to finish the treatment no matter what. Long term consequences of lyme are pretty severe - from Bell's Palsy (basically face stroke) to joint pain to neurological issues.

So, make an appointment with your doctor ASAP and be assertive about getting tested and a round of doxycycline. Better safe than sorry.

ETA: My advice when taking doxy - lots and lots of water to dilute the shit out of it. No food for a solid 2 hours before, hour after. I developed a set routine of 10AM and 8PM for the first and second pill, respectively. One bottle of water...wait five minutes...half a bottle, take pill, finish 2nd bottle....as much of a third bottle that I could muster. You're going to develop a nasty hatred for water...but to everyone the side effects are different. I was solid for 28 days of the 30. I couldn't make myself complete the last 2 no matter how hard I tried.

Posted: 10/26/2010 3:07:35 AM EDT

[#17]

Got bit on my thigh and pulled the tick off within 24 hours. A week or so later I just could not get up any gumption to do my job and was achy all over, especially in the joints. Went to the doc who seemed a little stumped at first. When I showed him the bite location he said "aww that is the smallest bullseye mark I have ever seen". He put me on antibiotics for 2 weeks (gave me the option of shots twice a day for 3 days or oral for 2 weeks but I could not make it in since clinic was not open when I leave for work) and I got over it just fine.

Bottom line if you have a mark left from a tick for over a couple days then get it checked out.

Posted: 10/26/2010 3:09:29 AM EDT

[#18]

Look up info on Plum Island.

Then check out prevailing winds in the NY / CT area. Hint they are from the Southwest.

Then draw a Southwest line thru Plum Island and see where Old Lyme Connecticut fits into that map.

Make your own assumptions but when I was a kid (a long time ago) many boat loads of lab animals had a one way ticket to that island.

Land there on your weekend boating trip and you were greeted in about the same manner as if it was Area 51.

Take a look at an Aeronautical Map - it is a restricted area.

Posted: 10/26/2010 3:18:14 AM EDT

[#19]

If you have a tick on you, do not pull it off by the body. When you grab the tic by the body, you end up "squeezing' the enzyme that carries lymes disease into your body. Use tweezers to remove a tic by grasping as far down past the head or as close to the skin ass possible. Or use the little flat, split piece of metal that is made specifically fo tic removal. Now once we know how to remove a tic, we will remove all tics the same way. Keep in mind that there is only one kind of tic that can carry Lymes Disease. That is those tiny little fuckers with the spot on their back. It takes 2 weeks for Lymes disease to incubate.

Posted: 10/26/2010 3:22:08 AM EDT

[#20]

Hate to give some bad news but I got Bells Palsey from a tick bite and it took a year for it to go away. I was lucky it went away

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Bell's palsy occurs when the nerve that controls facial muscles on one side of your face becomes swollen or inflamed. As a result of Bell's palsy, your face feels stiff. Half your face appears to droop, your smile is one-sided, and your eye resists closing.

Bell's palsy can affect anyone, but rarely affects people under the age of 15 or over the age of 60.

For most people, Bell's palsy symptoms improve within a few weeks, with complete recovery in three to six months. About 10 percent will experience a recurrence of Bell's palsy, sometimes on the other side of the face. A small number of people continue to have some Bell's palsy signs and symptoms for life.

Signs and symptoms of Bell's palsy come on suddenly, and may include:

Rapid onset of mild weakness to total paralysis on one side of your face — occurring within hours to days — making it difficult to smile or close your eye on the affected side
Facial droop and difficulty making facial expressions
Pain around the jaw or in or behind your ear on the affected side
Increased sensitivity to sound on the affected side
Headache
A decrease in your ability to taste
Changes in the amount of tears and saliva you produce
In rare cases, Bell's palsy can affect the nerves on both sides of your face.

Posted: 10/26/2010 3:23:18 AM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:
Look up info on Plum Island.

Then check out prevailing winds in the NY / CT area. Hint they are from the Southwest.

Then draw a Southwest line thru Plum Island and see where Old Lyme Connecticut fits into that map.

Make your own assumptions but when I was a kid (a long time ago) many boat loads of lab animals had a one way ticket to that island.

Land there on your weekend boating trip and you were greeted in about the same manner as if it was Area 51.

Take a look at an Aeronautical Map - it is a restricted area.

Do you sleep with the tinfoil on? The prevailing winds carried ticks across the Long Island Sound? Boatloads of infected animals? It's Lyme, Connecticut btw and that was where the disease was first discovered, hence the name.

Did Plum Island also cause AIDS, H1N1 and West Nile? West Nile is pretty prevalent in Long Island from time to time...so it must be from...New Jersey! Prevailing winds!

Posted: 10/26/2010 3:30:40 AM EDT

[#22]

I had lymes a few years ago. Was achey all over. The soreness bounced around my body -
1 day my right wrist hurt, the next day my left ankle hurt but my wrist was better.

I took my family to Washington DC for vacation and started getting spots all over my body.
After 4 days I had 50 or so spot that were growing larger daily. None of the spots
were "classic bullseye" either. they started off small (about 1 inch in size) and grew to about
6 or so ragged edge inches. They did a punch biopsy and blood work and found the spirochete.

I was on Cipro for 2 weeks. I was lucky as I was diagnosed quickly but I know others that had it for years
before it was caught. Serious arthritis and heart valve problems. My only problem now is I test
positive for lyme at each blood work up. They have to check for live virus in my system.
Cipro tore my guts up for a while. Cramps and shooting mud out my ass for a few days - but it
did knock the bug out. Go see a Doc.

Posted: 10/26/2010 3:32:21 AM EDT

[#23]

I get LOTS of tick bites in the course of a year, as I work and play in the woods
I never got the rash, but felt like Death for a year or two: low grade fever,aching joints, dropped 20 lbs, dizzines,etc
FINALLY went to a Doc and low and behold, Lymes.
Shame it took me that long to seek help.
That was in 1991. Still not right.

Sad part, wife was (mis) diagnosed by a MD with RMSF in '89, and she HAD the rash.
Our vet took one look at it and said, "I think that's Lymes".
MD had never even heard of it.

Posted: 10/26/2010 3:36:09 AM EDT

[#24]

Go to the doctor and atleast get it checked out. Even if it isnt lymes its better to know.

Posted: 10/26/2010 3:56:18 AM EDT

[#25]

I'd take a picture of it if you can. Make an appointment with your doctor and he'll get Lyme titers. If the IgM is positive then it's likely an acute infection. If only the IgG is positive then you likely had a previous exposure. The doctor may even wait a week to test since it takes that amount of time for IgM antibodies to increase to a significant amount. I did a lot of my training in RI which is only 40 minutes from Lyme, CT. I saw a ton of Lyme and I still see it now and then.

The rash may be a mild cellulitis (and not Lyme) from skin bacteria (staph) pushed under the skin by the tick's mouth parts, but it should still get checked out since it may need to be treated. A decent percentage of tick bites get infected.

Dibs on all 9mm ammo if you don't make it.

Posted: 10/26/2010 4:11:17 AM EDT

[#26]

Go see a doc now. You have the typical rash. You will have a much easier time getting treated if you have the rash when you see a doc. save the tic if possible. they can test the tic for lyme.

Posted: 10/26/2010 4:18:28 AM EDT

[#27]

I was getting sick all the time. Very tired and ached especially my joints. Took three lymes tests to determine I had it. Never had a bullseye mark. I had to take pills 4x a day for 30+ days. No fun. Get well.

Posted: 10/26/2010 4:33:46 AM EDT

[#28]

I had Lyme's a few years ago. Go to an infectious disease specialist ASAP. You will need a tetracycline base anti-biotic. Lyme's is not hard to get rid of if you catch it early.

Posted: 10/26/2010 4:36:44 AM EDT

[#29]

Ticks are still active in Maine in mid October?

Posted: 10/26/2010 5:01:18 AM EDT

[#30]

Go to the doctor. They can do a test and treat that shit right away.

Do not mess around with lyme. I have had it and can speak with experience. It is not something you want to fuck with. Ever.

Posted: 10/26/2010 5:02:38 AM EDT

[#31]

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Ticks are still active in Maine in mid October?

That is what I was wondering.

Posted: 10/26/2010 5:08:53 AM EDT

[#32]

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Ticks are still active in Maine in mid October?

That is what I was wondering.

Ticks are active well into the Fall months. Resilient little bastards!

My Lyme started with a fever and before I knew it I could not walk. The pain in my hip was excruciating, I needed help to get to the car (my 5'2" girlfriend) had to almost carry me! A healthy dose of antis and continued checks for 6 months after and I was OK.

Get your ass to a Dr. PRONTO. Lyme can be very very serious!!

Posted: 10/26/2010 5:16:24 AM EDT

[#33]

The local conditions will dictate your doctor's treatment.

I lived in the epicenter. Came down with symptomatic Lyme Disease a few years back right after moving house. Spent a week flat on my back surrounded by boxes. I had an 18", three-stripe bullseye rash. Doc said it was really impressive, a real textbook bullseye.

I pulled deer ticks off me since then from around the same area. On one occasion, my Doc called a very limited 1 or 2 day Doxy regimen in for me the same day I was bit. If administered quickly enough, a short high dose of antibiotic will apparently act as a prophylaxis.

If you go symptomatic and get immediately sick from it, you're fucking lucky though. It's the people where it sits and festers for months or years that really suffer. I know a woman who is almost entirely crippled from neurological complications. She may never walk again.

There's been some talk in the medical community about the particular danger Lyme poses to those on long term steroid regimens. Apparently the 'roids will suppress the body's already limited reaction to Lyme, and those people tend to discover their infections later and have a higher rate of neurological complications (and other severe complications), than the population at large.

It aint even something you build immunity to.

Posted: 10/26/2010 5:16:56 AM EDT

[#34]

Quoted:

Monday morning before I went to bed I noticed a tick on the back of my knee. I was able to pull the fucker out but I figure he had been there at least 48+ hours since I had gone hiking in the woods on Saturday. I'm pretty sure I got the head out when I had pulled the body but I am now left with a .5"x.5" dark red/purple spot on the back of my knee. The area probably 3"x3" surrounding the spot where I found the tick ached all day yesterday and still aches today.
WTF am I supposed to do now? Wait and see if I get the "bulls-eye" rash?
Am I going to die?

ETA: Fuck me running. I just was reading the wikipedia article on Lyme disease and the sample image they gave of a "characteristic bulls-eye rash" looks exactly like what I have on the backside of my knee.
Example image:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Lymebite.png

get the antibiotics, if you dont you may seriously regret it.

Posted: 10/26/2010 5:17:21 AM EDT

[#35]

Go to the doc and get tested. They will give you antibiotics.

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Posted: 10/26/2010 5:27:06 AM EDT

[#36]

You'll know if you have it- almost killed my father- his temp would go from freezing to over 105 degrees. First time I've ever seen someone put on bags of ice to keep their body temp from exceeding dangerous levels. He was in hospital for several days...

Posted: 10/26/2010 5:43:39 AM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:
Go to the doc and get tested. They will give you antibiotics.

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The tests used are a mixed bag. They don't get accurate until some weeks after infection.

When I got sick, the symptoms were so textbook that I don't believe he even ran the ELISA/Western Blot on me, but I could be wrong on that. Treatment definitely didn't wait for the lab though.

Posted: 10/26/2010 5:57:00 AM EDT

[#38]

Quoted:
If you even THINK you are getting symptoms, GO SEE YOUR DOC!!!

I know two people who went undiagnosed and/or misdiagnosed for too long and both of them still deal with it aches and sweats when the symptoms show up and act like they got their bell rung when things are normal.

Yes indeed...go see a doctor...An aquantance was diagnosed with 'Lou Gerig's disease'...and got worse and worse over a two or three year period before a different doc figured out what was really wrong with him.

He had lost his job...spent untold dollars...and suffered much misery and mental and physical trauma over the previous mis-diagnosis...still suffers to this day. Bad stuff if not treated.

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:03:43 AM EDT

[#39]

I was going to recommend some home remedies but if you're going to die perhaps you should break down and see a doctor this one time.

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:07:45 AM EDT

[#40]

I'm a hunter, all year round so I'm at war with these little fuckers constantly. Friend of mine picked one off the back of his neck last year and got a rash a week later, went to the doc they have him antibiotics and that was the end of it.

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:10:10 AM EDT

[#41]

Quoted:

Ticks are still active in Maine in mid October?

There is still a shit ton of bugs out and about up in Northern NY as well. Its very strange, I've never seen them still alive and active this time of year either.

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:15:01 AM EDT

[#42]

My son got it last year. He was three. No bullseye and we never noticed a tick. He had a rash on his butt that I daddy-diagnosed as ringworm. After three days of antifungal cream, it got bigger, so my wife insisted we go to the pediatrician. No other symptoms, just the rash.

One glance and the pediatrician says Lyme's. Two-week course of antibiotics and a blood test to confirm.

I think doctors in areas outside the Mid-Atlantic may not recognize it because it seems to be pretty concentrated in the Baltimore-Boston corridor.

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:28:14 AM EDT

[#43]

Lyme disease is caused by an organism transmitted by the Deer Tick. This is a tiny Tick, about the size of a period in a newspaper.
There are several other infections spread by other ticks, all in the class Rickettsia.
An infected person may or may not get a bullseye rash, low grade fever, joint aches, etc.
The serum test for Lyme disease is not reliable for showing acute infection and has many cross-reactions.
In short, it is difficult to diagnose Lyme Disease, especially acutely.

I tend to just treat all tick bites with a tetracycline or erythromycin based antibiotic. This is not necessarily what is recommended by the CDC, but it seems to prevent a lot of problems down the road.

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:29:09 AM EDT

[#44]

Quoted:
Monday morning before I went to bed I noticed a tick on the back of my knee. I was able to pull the fucker out but I figure he had been there at least 48+ hours since I had gone hiking in the woods on Saturday. I'm pretty sure I got the head out when I had pulled the body but I am now left with a .5"x.5" dark red/purple spot on the back of my knee. The area probably 3"x3" surrounding the spot where I found the tick ached all day yesterday and still aches today.

WTF am I supposed to do now? Wait and see if I get the "bulls-eye" rash?

Am I going to die?

ETA: Fuck me running. I just was reading the wikipedia article on Lyme disease and the sample image they gave of a "characteristic bulls-eye rash" looks exactly like what I have on the backside of my knee.

Example image:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Lymebite.png

Yup that is a classic pic of lyme alright.

Go to the Doc. and get taken care of right away. Failure to do so could cause REAL BIG issues later. A co-worker was hospitalized for a couple days then had to take drugs intravenously for almost a month, twice a day. He still is not completely good to go and it's been a year.

Don't mess with it.

EBR666

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:35:59 AM EDT

[#45]

My son and I both have had it. It will get very nasty if it goes untreated. Go to the doc before you develop any long term problems.

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:45:17 AM EDT

[#46]

It does not look like Lyme but you still need to go to the Doc and get some antibiotics.

Impeach Obama for the Good of the Bugs.

Posted: 10/26/2010 6:45:57 AM EDT

[#47]

Heh... Tell ya a story about the long-term IV's...

Years back, a buddy of mine got Lyme and had it for a while. A quick course of antibiotics didn't do it, so they put him on a picc line- essentially an outpatient IV hookup consisting of a tube in the arm (and around almost to the heart), with a valve. He was supposed to irrigate the picc line with heparin (an anti-clotting agent), and then hook up to a smll vacuum-packed bag of antibiotics... We called 'em his "grenades". They'd drain out over ten or fifteen minutes, then more heparin and done. I think he was doing it twice or three times a day. Cost his insurance company a buuuuundle.

Anyway, he was doing this in the school cafeteria one day, and a big air bubble developed in the picc line. He freaked. I freaked. I whipped out a leatherman tool and clamped down on that thing for (his) dear life, because we thought he was going to have a fucking aneurysm if he got air in the line.

The two of us frog-marched outside like we had nitroglycerine in our boxers, to we could get a cell signal. He called his doc who patiently explained that such a small bubble couldn't hurt him, but that pliers could mess the line up pretty good

Aah, memories...

Posted: 10/26/2010 7:06:52 AM EDT

[#48]

Ironic I found this thread, I've been dealing with the same issue.

I pulled a deer tick off my beltline last Friday while grouse hunting in central Minnesota (yes, they are still active on warmer days). Like an idiot I forgot my DEET and permethrin treated clothes. I have a small red bump (like a mosquito bite) but no rash. The redness seems to be fading slowly. The tick couldn't have been on for more than an hour or two. I feel fine. At what point do I go in, if ever? I don't want to waste my time or the doctors, but I like error on the side of caution when it comes to these things.

Posted: 10/26/2010 10:05:35 AM EDT

[#49]

I read a book on Lyme a while back. Lyme seems to be kind of rare but evidently doctors only want to give a 10-14 day round of antibiotics for Lyme where as it may take as much as 6 months of antibiotics to get rid of Lyme.

Impeach Obama for the Good of the Animals.

Posted: 10/26/2010 10:07:03 AM EDT

[#50]

Just called my doctor and she told me to get the fuck in to her office today. My appointment is in 45 minutes.

ETA: Picture of the rash as it is now. It is very hard and painful to touch.

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