Posted: 8/7/2013 4:00:56 PM EDT
| Just had a friend that recently returned from a camping trip to southern Canada that was diagnosed w/ a tick bite and lyme disease . He came down w/ a high fever and a rash at the site of the bite . He is now on a heavy dose of multiple antibiotics and doing much better . If you think there is a chance of your being bitten , or come down w/ symptoms . . . .. get seen by a doctor . |
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Great point. I now check myself and my dogs.
Woke up one morning, petting my pooch in bed and felt a tick on her. Freaked me out, checked her better, found another tick. Checked my other dog, he had a few. It was a lesson learned. I should have checked them the day we finished hiking. Hope your friend is ok. |
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The ticks you have to worry about are the small ones that are very hard to find. I have gotten some of them on me and they look like small moles.Even running my hands over them, they are hard to feel.
I run my hand over the dog a few times feeling for bumps. But, it is not a perfect answer. The monthly flea and tick prevention works pretty good. Every now and then I find a dead tick in the house. |
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All ticks can carry Lyme Disease, it's an old wives tale that just the small ones carry it. They're just harder to find when they're stuck in you. When I got it last year, the doc said that within 2 weeks of symptoms is the optimum time to start antibiotics to reduce the risk of long-term effects. I also remember something about him commenting about the bullseye marking on my leg, about it being over 10cm in diameter and that is some sort of standard they use to instantly diagnose Lyme without the blood test.
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