NO TREASURE, BUT A MUST READ POST: HORROR STORY OF A TICK AND EHRLICHIOSIS

[Bass]

Glad you are ok. I know a guy who got the spotted fever and he has never been the same since.

 

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[LI Tom]

Man,glad you sought help in time.The dangers of woods and field hunting in tick country are very real and dangerous to your health and life.Permethrin is the only real protection to ticks,always use if you hunt and consider are the risks worth it to you and your family if you hunt in tick areas.

 

[Doc Arey]

Not Good

 

[danimal03]

2 years ago I got Southern Tick associated rash illness AKA STARI. I was so tired I could barely move. It took a long time to figure out what it was. They are unsure what the exact bacteria is in the tick bite that causes it; that is how little is known about it. But it is caused by the 'lone star'tick. So named for what looks like a white star on its back. I still suffer from bouts of extreme fatigue that I believe is from the original bite. Ticks are one of the nastiness creatures.

 

[CincinnatiKid]

Hope you mend well!
As a kid, my family spent our summers in the mountains of W.Va. I remember my mother checking me nightly for ticks. One nite a tick was found burrowed head deep in my leg. My dad lit a match, blew it out and touched the tick w the hot match end. It backed out, luckily. Think I was 7 or 8 and still remember it like yesterday.
Be well...
Peace

 

[port ewen ace]

hospital serology lab just called, blood work done at the ER last Thursday came back POSITIVE for Ehrlichiosis. so 1 tick carried that plus LYME and ANAPLASMA. 3 bacteria, all treated with Doxycycline. surprised the little prick wasn't packing Ebola and AIDS too!!!!!

 

[Papalittle]

15 years ago I contacted Lymes through a tick...Started having extreme pain in my joints so I went to the doctor who told me the flu. A few days later could not walk without serious pain in the bottoms of my feet, could not bend any joints including fingers. got on the old interweb and figured out lymes. got antibiotics from doctor. took me 6 weeks to recover which included wearing braces on both wrists for several weeks and my job was using computers..learned how to type pretty fast using 1 finger..lol

 

[Nepa-Will]

Glad you are ok. Thanks for sharing!

 

[RustyGold]

Glad you were aware enough to call the doctor!
I had been beach hunting for three days in a row and I noticed a small thing right on the
tip of my small toe. It reminded me of a round seashell stuck on the tip. I thought wth is this?
I ripped it off and in the center was a red dot!
After tearing most of it off my toe I immediately soaked it in apple cider vinegar and bandaged it up.
My wife helped soak and bandage it several more times with the vinegar!
No problems it went away!
I was freaked out as it looked like some sea creature about the size of a Q-Tip had bored it's way into and onto my toe!