On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:45:48 -0400, Bill who putters
wrote:

In article ,
Boron Elgar wrote:

On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:53:51 -0400, Bill who putters
wrote:

In article ,
Boron Elgar wrote:

In areas where Lyme is rife, the common practice if there is a tick
bite from an unidentified tick is 24 prophylactic treatment with
tetracycline. Better safe.

Boron

This is insane. If you have a bulls eye then see a doc.

Bill

Since up to 40% of Lyme infections leave no tell-tale bull's eye,
that's dicey. And fewer that one in ten produce a classic bull's eye
rash. And stats show that only about 30% of those diagnosed with Lyme
even recall a rash. And the rash may not appear for a week or two. And
you need to add in those who are darker skinned and on whom the rash
would be difficult to discern and don't forget those who get their
rash in a place that isn't easy to see, such as the scalp or...shall I
go on?

Get a clue, sweetie. Try reading the *whole* post for content, instead
of freaking out about mention of a 24 dose of antibiotics.

Boron

Don't go outside stay indoors. You will die in time but most likely
of boredom.


What would be the purpose of that? I have no trouble going outside
where the ticks are. They don't scare me and neither does a
prescription for tetracycline if I am at risk of Lyme.

And the last time I was biten by a tick, it hitched a ride indoors on
a dog and I never even had to venture outside at all to get it to fall
in blood-love with me.

I know how to check for and even remove all by my itty-bitty girly
self, any ticks that attach themselves to me or mine. And also have
the presence of mind to identify the obvious ones, and yet preserve
them and take them to be identified if I cannot.

It doesn't take a genius to deal with the critters out of doors. IT
takes knowledge and proper precautions. However, it takes an idiot
who endangers oneself rather than take a prophylactic dosage of
antibiotic for 24 hours when evidence points to the possibility that
one has been bitten by a Lyme-bearing tick.

Sweetie-pie

What's your problem with a doctor prescribing an antibiotic, Honey
Lamb? There are an awful lot of gullible people around here who seem
to swallow most anything that gets jabbered about on any
unsubstantiated blog, so surely you can swallow some medical advice.

Boron