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Lyme Disease becomes personal
A tick bite can change things fast A trip to ER this weekend and the attending physician s suspicion of <i> Lyme Disease < i> to be confirmed later by blood tests means a treatment of antibiotics and an anxious few weeks as I wait to see how things go The disease can be debilitating if not treated and cured early Lyme Disease was always something that happend to other people until now <em>A warning to dog lovers in <b>New Enlgand tick season comes earlier and earlier now< b> In areas like mine 50 of all deer ticks carry the virus Check yourself every night before you go to bed < em> <b>First Aid for Tick Bites< b> <i>courtesy of the University of Oklahoma< i> <a href= http www oklahomapoison org general tick asp >www oklahomapoison org general tick asp< a> To remove the tick use tweezers if available Grasp don t squeeze the tick as close to the skin as possible and remove with a steady slow motion pulling straight up Pictures of correct technique below <a href= http www oklahomapoison org general images grasping tick tweezers gif >www oklahomapoison org general images grasping tick tweez < a> <a href= http www oklahomapoison org general images pulling tick up gif >www oklahomapoison org general images pulling tick up gif< a> Seed ticks may be removed with the same shampoo that is used for treating body lice Consult your pharmacist Another method for removing seed ticks involves the use of 2 quot masking tape Place the adhesive side over the tick and slowly peel off This will frequently remove the tick Do not use bare hands to remove the tick Wash hands thoroughly after removing the tick Be very careful not to crush the body of the tick as that may cause it to inject its stomach contents into the wound After removing the tick examine the bite area for any tick parts remaining in t
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it is the greatest threat A nymph can transmit Lyme disease if it bites a human A nymph is too small to be seen easily seen and as a result people may be bitten without realizing it The first sign of Lyme disease is usually a rash around the site of the tick bite It may be warm or itchy © 1993
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tick is the most common species of tick to carry Lyme Disease When an infected tick bites the bacteria causing Lyme Disease is then transferred into the host s blood Lyme Disease is prevalent in North America and may exist in any region where Borrelia burgdorferi infected ticks live To keep your pets and yourself safe you should be wary of any
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The way symptoms develop following a tick bite varies widely among individuals Some people have no symptoms at all Others have a serious attack Magnification of a mature deer tick a carrier for Lyme disease Reproduced by permission of
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It is interesting to note that Lyme Disease has become the most common tick borne disease in North America and has become a significant threat to public health Not only can you get Lyme
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When I get mosquito bites they swell up and get big and red for a day or two I thought that s what this one was at first But then it got a big red ring that didn t go away I saw the doctor who thought it might be a tick bite and prescribed <a href= http en wikipedia org wiki Doxycycline rel= nofollow >doxycycline< a> to prevent Lyme Disease infection Great one more thing to worry about now And I guess it s time to go buy myself <a href= http www flickr com photos runnergirl713 3633714477 >a new outfit< a>
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Weston Pediatric Physicians Tick Bites and Lyme Disease A tick is a small bug that attaches to the skin and sucks blood for 3 5 days It does not hurt or itch The deer tick that spreads Lyme disease is about the size of a sesame
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appear until weeks months or years after the tick bite These can include severe headaches painful arthritis swelling of the joints and heart and central nervous system problems How is Lyme Disease Diagnosed If you think you have Lyme disease you should see your health care provider immediately Early diagnosis of Lyme disease should be made on the basis of
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Lyme disease is a serious illness caused by the bite of a deer tick infected with a disease producing bacterium Ticks are small insects that feed on blood When the tick bites it injects
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Tuesday March 06 2007 Paul Auerbach M D After reading my last blog about acquiring Lyme disease from a presumed tick bite a few people have asked me what is the correct way to remove a tick if it is embedded in a person or pet
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Named for Lyme Connecticut where it was first described in the 1970 s Lyme disease is caused by a corkscrew shaped bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi BB which in California is
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aboard as passing people and other animals brush against the vegetation IP is a small tick at all stages of development with the largest being the engorged female Figure 2 Figure 2 Nymphs can pose a greater risk of transmitting Lyme disease to humans because they are about the size of a poppy seed and are difficult to find However the adult female is
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Lone star tick Amblyomma americanum Tick bites may transmit disease agents such as ehrlichiosis Rocky Mountain spotted fever Lyme disease and tularemia
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The Tick and Its Bite IP is a hard tick that has larval nymphal and adult stages Figure 1 Figure 1 Each life stage of the tick bites and attaches to an animal for several days to take one blood meal before maturing to the next stage In California and Oregon the
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specific brand name recommendations Ticks should be removed with tweezers applied to the head of the tick as close to the skin as possible to permit complete removal Figure 4 Figure 4 Gentle pulling is the most effective means of detaching the tick Other methods such as burning the tick or suffocating it with petroleum jelly are not effective
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a bite from the IP tick which transmits the BB spirochete causes a conspicuous target shaped lesion called erythema migrans EM in at least 80 of infected individuals Figure 3 Figure 3 EM appears 1 to 30 days after the bite of an infected tick expands over a 1 to 2 week period and then disappears More EM lesions can show up later not necessarily at the
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A Patient s Guide to Lyme Disease Introduction Lyme disease is an inflammatory disease caused by tick bites It is carried by ticks in North America Europe and Asia More than 90 percent of the Lyme disease cases in the
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