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lone start tick sighting
Now for a scary sighting...
I thought I was seeing things this morning, but no, there it was, a lone star tick crawling up a pants leg. I wasn't wearing it at the time as the pants were thrown over a rack in my room. It must have latched on somewhere from a recent hike on the Eno River, or out in the garden? Has anyone else seen these recently? I had never seen this type of tick before. Very distinctive. The long probiscious (sp?) sticks out from the body and it has that dot of silver on the back. I found a link that shows the difference between the lone star and more common dog tick. A good photograph for anyone interested. http://www.ent.iastate.edu/imagegal/...fanddvarf.html Sorry, I did NOT save the tick. Joy in Durham |
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lone start tick sighting
seen em?? They are common in my neck of the woods - raleigh over by umstead
tomatolord "Joy in Durham" wrote in message om... Now for a scary sighting... I thought I was seeing things this morning, but no, there it was, a lone star tick crawling up a pants leg. I wasn't wearing it at the time as the pants were thrown over a rack in my room. It must have latched on somewhere from a recent hike on the Eno River, or out in the garden? Has anyone else seen these recently? I had never seen this type of tick before. Very distinctive. The long probiscious (sp?) sticks out from the body and it has that dot of silver on the back. I found a link that shows the difference between the lone star and more common dog tick. A good photograph for anyone interested. http://www.ent.iastate.edu/imagegal/...fanddvarf.html Sorry, I did NOT save the tick. Joy in Durham |
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lone start tick sighting
To be honest, some of the ticks we've been finding are very tiny or fat and
I've disposed of them quickly. I just got the results back on Tuesday - positive on Lyme's Disease. I have the telltale oval, raised rash just below my knee with a darker outer edge (bullseye look). My knee also felt hot to the touch, as well as the rash. Now, I own and operate a flower planting business, so I always have aches and pains from lugging bags of soil and mulch around and digging. I told the doctor to just go ahead and screen my blood for the spirochete. Long story short, I'm on a very strong antibiotic for 14 days and the rash is already fading away. My 11 yr. old son came to me last night and had a tick stuck to his skin near his ribs. This was after he had showered. I'm going to monitor the area to make sure the rash doesn't occur. We've found about 15-20 ticks crawling on us, the bed or just on the floor in the bathroom. Right after I developed the rash, I knew it was Lyme's. My husband had it about 12 years ago when we lived in the mountains outside of Albany, NY and my dog also got it. The vets put him on Tetracycline. I have a neighbor who insists that Lyme's is not something prevalent in this area- only up north. I think that's a crock. My 13 yr. old daughter got Lyme's last September when we moved into this house. Her pediatrician told us that he did not want to put the diagnosis in her chart because insurance companies will use that against her as she gets older. They may deny a claim for an illness that they deem was brought on by her past Lyme's condition. So we put it down as an infected insect bite and he treated her with antibiotics. I think people are either not reporting the statistics or are not aware that they have Lyme's disease. The rash will go away on its own and symptoms may go away and reappear several years down the road. Over time, without treatment, you can develop severe arthritis, neurological and heart problems. Bell's Palsy may also occur- one side of your face will droop (it looks like your frowning on one side). I've always prided myself as being an organic person, but this time, I made an exception. I just had my husband spread granular Diazinon all over the yard to see if we can kill some of them off. I'm really hoping to see some results. I'm in northern Raleigh, about a mile from Falls Lake area. Penny "Joy in Durham" wrote in message om... Now for a scary sighting... I thought I was seeing things this morning, but no, there it was, a lone star tick crawling up a pants leg. I wasn't wearing it at the time as the pants were thrown over a rack in my room. It must have latched on somewhere from a recent hike on the Eno River, or out in the garden? Has anyone else seen these recently? I had never seen this type of tick before. Very distinctive. The long probiscious (sp?) sticks out from the body and it has that dot of silver on the back. I found a link that shows the difference between the lone star and more common dog tick. A good photograph for anyone interested. http://www.ent.iastate.edu/imagegal/...fanddvarf.html Sorry, I did NOT save the tick. Joy in Durham |
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lone start tick sighting
I'm sorry to hear about your Lyme disease, Penny. I have so many
ticks where I live, that they are not combatable. They never disappeared completlely during the winter, and they are here full force now. I pick about 10 a day off my dog, and maybe 5 off me. My dog and I walk in the woods every day (which is where we live... no escape, but it is worth it to live here). Every year we get the tick identity thread here. I was under the impression that the three we see most prevalently were all the same tick, just at different stages. It is the Lone Star tick that is attaching to both my dog and me (as is easily seen by that white spot). Then there are the smaller ones which some define as deer ticks or seed ticks, but I understand are the adolescents. They are about the size of the head of a straight pin. And then, the true scourge, the hordes of the infants that swarm up your leg by the hundreds in late summer. You almost need a magnifying glass to see them. You need to get your masking tape out fast, and blot them all up. I react to tick bites, so they ALL look like Lyme disease on me. When I get 30 or so bites, I just sit there in misery from the itching. Benedryl helps. I keep attention to any additional rash or signs of fever. Hope my luck holds. My dog seems to have mini-seizures when I put Frontline on him, so I put it off as long as possible and just check him out thoroughly daily. Kira |
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