Ticks are no joke..I have chronic Lyme disease...I have had it close to 13 years..it took them about a year to find out I had it..never had a bull's eye..not every one gets one..the Dr had me tested for it on a whim as I was in pain alot..muscles an joints an spasms...at first they thought I had Fibromyalgia..which is close to the Lyme symptoms..come to find out ..if you have it over an extended time an not know..its basucly untreatable..its chronic..you can take the meds to put it in some thing like remission..but it does return..I see a Lyme Dr specialist now...I belong to a Lyme support group also..so much info on lyme the general public does not know...last year we had a 10 year old boy who passed away from Lyme..it effected his heart muscle and basicly caused hear failure..
Again..Ticks are no joke..I use a spray on my clothes now when out an about in yard an woods...the application is good for 7 washings..I use just these clothes for out door work,,stuff works..also when removing a tick use either twezzers or the tick removal tool you can buy..dont want it to puke back into you..sending contaminated blood into your system..so burning them is bad..or covering them with vasoline is bad..need to dig deep to get it out..
now the bad news..a recent study has shown not only deer ticks..but also other ticks..the wood tick..brown tick an dog tick carry vectors worse than Lyme now...can be deadly..if you have a tick on you..contact your Dr an have them start you on Doxycyline right away...my state just passed a law to get help for people who get Lyme..some Ins companies think Lyme is a made up thing..and hate paying the cost of the tests..there is a new test now that shows better results..the older test was hit or miss...s
so much to learn on tick diseases they are just beginning to find out now...sympthoms can show up a year later..it can stay dormant till it blooms in you..no matter what tick bites you..get medical attention..
I have learned so much about ticks from my Lyme Dr an support group...I wake some days feeling like i was hit by 10 semi trucks..other days feel fine..its no joke..
Also they are finding out that the bacteria that causes Lyme is mutating.so some meds do not work now..like doxycyline..
I do not wish what I go thru on any one..so always check for ticks when in the woods..use a spray to repell them..wear light colored clothes to see them on you...check your head also..they do burrow in there..if you find ticks on you..remove clothes outside..dont bring in house till in a bag...
AGAIN..TICKS ARE NO JOKE