Ticks

[Ripitz]

If you’re super achy and running a high fever then yes, antibiotics are certainly necessary. The spirochetes die when taking antibiotics and it’s important to flush them out. Hydrate, take supplements to boost the immune system and improve kidney and liver function to help filtration. But, this is a treatment, chronic Lyme can go undetected and the only effective cure is through homeopathy.

 

[Campgottagopee]

Camp are you talking deer ticks or dog ticks?

I don't know the difference?

Thanks for all of the information, everyone. Much appreciated.

We don't have a shower at our camp. I came out of the woods because I couldn't take it any longer without a shower knowing these things are now an issue. We've heard of tick issues to the south of us but never in our area until now. I'm stopping at the store to see what repellent they have in stock and have already ordered permethrin for the rest of this season. With snow on they way hopefully it keeps them down and out.

Thanks again back to our tick infested woods I go.

 

[Andy_ROC]

I've lived in the Rochester area my entire life approaching 63. We've had dogs, cats and I used play in fields as a youth. Never saw a tick my entire life until about 8 years ago on our lab. Our grand dog has had multiple ticks found on her. I've had ticks on me after mountain biking, fortunately still crawling not latching. The region is now infested with them. My sons adult friend got Lyme after being bitten on a camping trip in Lake George a couple years ago. I have friends that have Lyme now. One biker had one latch in his butt crack

It just wasn't a thing when I was a kid. I've heard warm winters hasn't dealt the death blow to them like in my youth. So we'd better get used to it.

Anyway as others said treating socks, boots, shirts, jackets, pants, backpacks etc with Permethrin is supposed to be one the best defenses. I treat my riding clothing and pack every six weeks when I remember but I need to do better. Also when I'm done with a ride now I strip down and throw everything in the washer and take a shower.

I hate ticks!

 

[tirolski]

If you’re super achy and running a high fever then yes, antibiotics are certainly necessary. The spirochetes die when taking antibiotics and it’s important to flush them out. Hydrate, take supplements to boost the immune system and improve kidney and liver function to help filtration. But, this is a treatment, chronic Lyme can go undetected and the only effective cure is through homeopathy.

What flavor of homeopathy? ... Asking for a friend-ly dog, Momma beagle. She bounced back with doxy but still could be better.

A friend, who was recently elected to the board of directors at Tusky, still has neurological symptoms too.

Mission accomplished: Cara Cahill plays 101 consecutive holes of golf

To celebrate the start of summer, the Tuscarora member who suffers from Lyme disease golfs for 13 straight hours.

www.syracuse.com

 

[Tjf1967]

Highberg Forest I've been going to for 5 years. Just this summer I started picking up ticks there
Over the weekend I had two of them int me. None of them were buried in. 15-20 years ago I got Lyme disease. They put me on a horse pill antibiotic for 30 days and it cleared it up. Try and get an antibiotic from a doctor now is like asking for oxycodones.

 

[gorgonzola]

Permethrin

This, with a shot of DEET here and there in known tick & skeeter areas.

Easy peazy. Been doing my mtb and hiking stuff 1-2x a year for the last 10 years and have pulled off very few ticks, never found one latched. Last year I never got around to it and got the dreaded Lymes. Never found a tick or any sign but just felt kind of shitty...

Anecdotal, I know but sure seems to have worked

 

[gorgonzola]

Most of the time it's a tiny tick about the size of a pin head.

Them's the ones you gotta watch!

 

[wonderpony]

I deal with them every year because of the horses. I check my horse daily and pull them off when I find them. I usually get one or two a year, but usually find them before they are engorged.

A while back, we had a vet do a presentation on Lyme Disease. "Not every tick carries B. burgdorferi. ...a tick must feed for at least 24 hours on an animal or human for B. burgdorferi transmission to occur."

 

[Harvey]

I don't know the difference?

Deer ticks are tiny and clear or white.

Dog ticks are bigger and brown.

Deer ticks carry the worst stuff.

 

[MarzNC]

Deer ticks are tiny and clear or white.

Dog ticks are bigger and brown.

Deer ticks carry the worst stuff.

Not sure about that description of the color of deer ticks. Plus the color changes as they mature. Definitely smaller than dog ticks. There are pictures compared to a 1-inch ruler in this article.

The ones I've dealt with were essentially too small to see a color.

Lyme Disease

What is Lyme disease? Lyme disease is a bacterial disease transmitted by infected ticks. It was first recognized in the United States in 1975 after a mysterious outbreak of arthritis near Old Lyme, Connecticut. Since then, reports of Lyme disease have increased dramatically, and the disease has...

dph.illinois.gov

" . . .
Lyme disease is transmitted by the bite of an infected deer tick, which also is known as the black-legged tick. (Not all ticks carry the bacterium, and a bite does not always result in the development of Lyme disease. However, since it is impossible to tell by sight which ticks are infected, it is important to avoid tick bites whenever possible.) Immature deer ticks can be very small, about the size of the head of a pin; adult deer ticks are slightly larger. Both can be infected with and transmit Lyme disease. Deer ticks acquire the bacteria by feeding primarily on small mammals infected with the bacteria, particularly the white-footed mouse. (Domestic animals can become infected with the Lyme disease bacteria and some may develop arthritis, e.g., dogs, cattle and horses.) Deer ticks infected with the bacteria that cause Lyme disease have been found in Illinois. Areas in the United States where deer ticks are most frequently infected with Lyme disease are the northeastern United States (from Massachusetts to Maryland), northern California, and north central states, especially Minnesota and Wisconsin. However, Lyme disease has been reported in almost all states in the United States as well as in many countries throughout the world.
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