Just a friendly reminder, they are out and in a bad way in Michigan. Make sure to wear light clothing and pants tucked into your socks. wife had two wood ticks on her yesterday.
This morning in church they announced that a friend of ours, daughter, Mary, age 24 died from lymes disease. What a tragedy and to make matters worse they have another daughter, age 21 who has C.F and is waiting for a lung transplant.
And we think we have it bad>>
Have you done a search on line for tick borne diseases? I did just yesterday, and there were well over a dozen different SERIOUS diseases listed. Some have no treatment. Always use pyrethrin treatment on your clothes.
It is very sad to hear about your daughter's friend losing her life to Lyme Disease. Prayers will be made.
Bad in Kentucky this year too. Boy and I have both already had one, and I've pulled a good dozen more off before they could attach. I loathe the little monsters.
Just got done turkey hunting the WI Northwoods and they are very bad here too.
My son had Lymes disease when he was 6 or 7. He was in bad shape. I thought I was going to lose my firstborn son. The docs figured it out and fixed him up. He is 100 percent now.
Rhynoskin underneath. Permithrin on everything you wear.
Picked 51 off of me in the past 4 1/2 days in central Wisconsin. Unfortunately one latched on before I got it - and, it was a deer tick. Hopefully I got it in time. I have pyrethrin but forgot it this trip, that won't happen again.
Yep wood ticks very common and enough deer ticks to make one consider their Permithrin and other protective actions. Not going to stop going into the woods. Had a deer tick in my arm I figure no more than 4 hour +- yesterday. I'll be watching the spot and looking for symptoms, Health website says 24 to 48 hour for transmission. Son was positive for lymes good after treatment, I've been treated twice before but never tested positive. When it drys for a day or two around hear I'll be spraying down more clothing choices for the woods. Need to be vigilante with ticks!
Just pulled one out of my leg. He was in pretty good, I assume I picked him up looking for arrows this morning.
I just had a nasty occurrence.
I went trout fishing with my youngest son, came home and found a small tick embedded in my inner thigh. I pulled it out and the damn head and a couple of legs styed in my leg.
Totally annoyed, I got out the alcohol, tweezers and a razor blade and removed the rest.
I put triple antibiotic ointment on twice a day.
4 days later it was a raging infection all over my inner thigh. I had a high fever, and the infection was traveling quickly through my leg.
Rushed to the hospital and put on an antibiotic regimen that made me SOOO sick, I thought Id rather have the infection.
4 weeks later, I have a large scar on my thigh, it still itches like crazy, and Ive had trouble concentrating.
They are testing me for a condition called Powassan.
A Northeast tick carried disease similar to Lyme. I tested negative to Lyme, but something is going on. Exhausted all the time, things just aren't quite right.
I'm dealing just fine so far, but man....what a nasty little bugger.
Been bit by hundreds in my life, this one got me good.
Sorry to hear that Yornoc. Sounds like you didn't have that tick on you very long.
My doctor told me the other day that if the tick is removed within 24 hours, that Lymes can't be transmitted. But I wonder how long all these other diseases take?
Geez David, I hope they get it under wraps...
How long do yo think you carried the tick imbedded?
David, I'm sorry to hear about your troubles! I hope that they get you fixed up and feeling good again in short order!
Thanks for this thread, Mr. Stewart. It's a good reminder to prevent what we can, and to be thankful for the blessings that we have.
Have encountered more ticks in the last three years than in the 25 previous. Wife and dog both tested positive for Lyme Disease last year (I was negative) and we are seeing them on our clothes regularly.
I just raised and set to free roam eight guinea fowl for the pasture and yard.
Had two friends go to Missouri for the first week of turkey season and they were ate up with them. They both did a cycle of meds for lymes, but you should see the bites, looks like boils all over them. Mostly all deer ticks. They said you couldn't pay them to go back.
David,
I had the exact same thing happen to me last year during early Deer season...
I was miserable for two weeks, and tested for everything under the sun. All the doctor could tell me is that it was some sort of bacterial infection.
I certainly feel your pain! Get well!
Best of luck and get well soon, YORNOC.
Ticks make me nervous as heck. Our winters aren't tough enough to stop them up here anymore and they are getting bad in some areas, including where I do most of my hunting. It's not something us Canucks have had to deal with much so we've all got a lot to learn about prevention and doing tick checks. I don't always check myself well but I need to start b/c the crap ticks can do to you sounds extremely unpleasant.
I bought a pair of tick gaiters because tucking my pants into my socks didn't work real well. The gaiters I got are a little to short so I'm thinking of trying to come up with something else that is longer. The nymph ticks are the worst since they are so small you can't see them. They are in the leaf litter only so you need to keep your boots sprayed and your pants tucked.
Hope this helps, get a a pencil !
Since I started using Badgers organic bug spray I haven't got a tick "OR" chigger bites ! I'm not saying it's a cure all, but it has been for me. You can spray this on everything including the kids, right on the skin and clothes, you can practically gargle with it but it won't taste too good, a little goes a long way so, don't go by the size of the spray bottle.
Second, if you get a tick bite, and it's not too deep, first try putting a SMIDGE of oil of oregano, essential oil, they back right out all on there own!
If you think you got bit by a tick, spray the area with Colloidal Silver and, start taking that orally as well, until you get to see the doc.
Good luck, hope this helps.
I wear my pants tucked into my snake boots at all times now. It may look a little goofy but it helps. I use a lot of permethrin spray! We should NEVER be without it. Many of these diseases are bacterial, but some are also viral. From my experience a LOT of doctors in tick infested areas are not particularly knowledgeable about tick borne illnesses. Prevention is still our best bet for safety from these beasts.
Rose geranium essential oil works very well. You can dilute it and put directly onto your skin for an extra layer of protection.
I too got a bunch of nymph ticks on me once, forgot to bug spray. Since then been using Sawyers permethrin spray, I always keep some sort of DEET spray in my Jeep for that unexpected trip to the woods, no ticks since.
I always wonder what, if anything, Native americans did to prevent ticks. Ive tried researching, but no luck.
My Mother and Father-both in their 80's- say there weren't any ticks when they were kids. I live on the family farm where my Mom grew up, and she says no one even heard of a tick. Dad grew up hunting and fishing in the next county and says the same. They blame the deer that arrived in the 1960s for introducing ticks to this area.
Ticks have been horrible here since the 1970s.
I usually get one or two tick bites a year despite spraying down. I've already had two this spring. Best thing is to have your better half look you over really good, that or use a hand mirror. Also, ticks love to hang out in your hair, take a shower and wash your hair when you get home.
David, prayers sent for a full recovery for you. I'm pretty nervous about ticks. I spray everything down with a good dose of permetherin, keep my britches tucked into my boots and give myself a good looking over when I get home. Certainly is nothing to mess with. Denny
Funny thing about ticks. Up here ticks are a growing problem, and the funny thing is the reason why. They (gunhunters and sheepfarmers) are shooting off all the predators like wolf and lynx, so the population of roedeer has exploded. And roedeer are the main host for ticks. And tick-bourne disease is the main cause of death for sheep during the summer, not the predators they are shooting. I don't get it...
My dog and I both had lymes...rode out a bad fever for a few days before I couldn't take anymore and went to an ER pretty seriously dehydrated....when I was younger we almost never saw a single tick all year, now everywhere I hunt PA to New Jersey they're on me, it's an epidemic.
My father told me about the time he had a tick embedded between his shoulder blades and his father had to cut it out-circa 1925 or so, in Florida. I remember when growing up in Florida, the mid to late 50's, picking ticks off the dogs and dropping them into a jelly jar of kerosene.
Holy cow. I am supposed to be traveling soon and this is almost enough to scare me off. Very scary stuff.
I have been told that all Gods creatures have a reason for livin'.
The "tick" has me second guessing that one......... :dunno:
With all of the 'advancements' in farming practices, they don't have any problems killing off butterflies, honey bees and song birds, but ticks are still untouchable. There are ticks in local small waterways and farm groves now that never used to have any. Whatever farmers are using to kill flies on their home places has no effect on ticks.
At our family farm it seemed like any tick found was reported in the news. They were seldom if never heard of. Now you see them often enough to have to check yourself every time.
It seems here, its not uncommon to find several to dozens.
I use permithrin but have been bit 5 times this year.
One person I spoke with this year said he takes a Garlic pill every day and has not been bit in 5 years. anyone else ever try this?
I developed Ehrlichiosis from a tick bite in 2009. Until that time I had no real idea of what a tick can do to screw up my life. I live in the country and own a farm, plus being outdoors is a way of life. I simply can't prevent all ticks from getting to me, but I try. Still it seems like I end up removing 6-10 every year which somehow sneak in and get attached. The ones that make me crazy are the very small nymph-stage ticks about the size of a poppy seed. Too small to feel them crawling, and I am very allergic to their bite.
I read in a backpacking mag. a couple of months ago. if you have a tick imbeded, keep the tick and if symptoms develop, they can anylize to see if the tick was infected with lyme.
What is the brand of the tick repelant that you use?
Google Alpha Gal Allergy. I got it.
Would probably rather have Lyme's Disease.
Sounds nasty, Etter.
I read somewhere not long ago that because of the increase in animal numbers, ticks are more common/prevalent and that illnesses previously only seen in wild animals are now common in more urban areas. Notice the number of deer, coyotes, raccoon, even bear in parks and suburban areas, there's the source of your ticks.
QuoteOriginally posted by Jon Stewart:
Just a friendly reminder, they are out and in a bad way in Michigan. Make sure to wear light clothing and pants tucked into your socks. wife had two wood ticks on her yesterday.
This morning in church they announced that a friend of ours, daughter, Mary, age 24 died from lymes disease. What a tragedy and to make matters worse they have another daughter, age 21 who has C.F and is waiting for a lung transplant.
And we think we have it bad>>
I'm sorry to hear about your friends Daughter Mary, Jon, and her sister as well. I can't even imagine what it must be like to lose a child. We'll pray for them all.
I think I'll start taking ticks a little more seriously than I have in the past.
Thanks for the heads up Jon, and again, I'm very sorry to hear about your friends and their family.
Bob
YORNOC, I hope you, and the others here that are having problems due to bites, are feeling better soon. :thumbsup:
I mentioned above, that I've never really worried much about ticks. I've found very few on me over the years, and none of them had sunk their heads in yet. Time to rethink my attitude towards them, for sure.
Bob
In MD removed ticks can be sent to the Dept of Agriculture for ID and advice re. associated pathogens. Although whether this happens within any meaningful time frame I have no idea.
In 30+ years of outdoors life in the UK, including 10 years of medical practice, I saw 2 ticks on dogs, and 1 person with Lyme disease (a police rural surveillance specialist who spent a lot of time lying in hedgerows in a ghillie suit). The number of ticks I have pulled off my dogs and I since I got here has been a hell of a culture shock. Tick borne diseases are way more of a pain in my ass studying for the USMLE's than they were in UK med school.
As an aside related to a previous post: Despite silver being used in some wound dressings, the antimicrobial activity of colloidal silver is dubious. However it is well documented that long term use can leave your skin, and internal organs, with a colour somewhere between Papa Smurf and Dawn of the Living Dead. As the poster said - see your doctor for definitive treatment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyria
http://mda.maryland.gov/plants-pests/Documents/tickid.pdf
I hate tics !!!!!
Toxon- that purple skin is just gross. :scared:
I wonder what happens to all the hunters who wear that silver clothing and use silver spray. I think I will stick with merino wool and normal gray hair!
Yikes-
Dan in KS