[MR] Lyme disease epidemic in Northern Atlantia area

[Isolda de Crosthwaite]

I was under the impression that RMSF is carried by Lone star ticks (named
for the single white spot on their back, same size as a brown tick).  Not
sure if the're the sole carrier of that disease tho.

Isolda

On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Diane <uboru at cavtel.net> wrote:

> I would like to point out another danger from tick bites...Rocky Mountain
> spotted fever. I contracted this at an SCA event several years ago and
> presenting symptoms are quite different from Lymes. Within 7-10 days of the
> tick bite it often starts out with a severe headache....after that it
> proceeds to severe fever and shaking chills. If you have these symptoms go
> to the doctor immediately and tell of having received a tick bite. There is
> a blood test for this but by the time the results come back you could be
> dead. Because of this, doctors treat presumptively. Antibiotics readily
> treat this and there is usually no residual problem.
>
> In service
>
> Brigantia
>
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 4:13 PM, <LWright740 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > There really is no need to panic over the article.  This epidemic has
>  been
> > old news for the last 15 years.
> >
> > Good advice about insecticides and danger to cats.  Can also sicken
> > children and elderly.
> >
> > Advice on clothing tucked into boots and shirts into waist bands is
> > wonderful, but not always workable with women's garb.
> >
> > Take home Message
> > Look for and remove ticks!  Watch for next few weeks  for evidence of
> rash
> > around all tick bites!  If tick found in hair you may  just want to see
> > doctor about treatment anyway because rash can be missed!   Lyme's
> disease
> > is
> > only a problem if undetected and allowed to smolder  over time.  If you
> > wait
> > to treat until antibody titers have risen  (a positive test result) you
> > have
> > missed the best window to prevent the  disease.  Also testing too early
> may
> > give a false positive test and allow  you to develop the disease after
> the
> > infection.
> >
> > I am one of the unfortunates that contracted Lyme's disease at a Sapphire
> > Joust in the 90's.  We were at the Goochland site then and I found a
> small
> > tick under my skirt waistband.  It had been on for less than 24 hours and
> > came off easily.  It was a small tick or what we used to call a "seed
> >  tick".
> >  Within one week I had the characteristic bull eye rash and  went on
> > doxycyline for three courses of 30 days over the next 6 months.   The
> rash
> > continued to slowly migrate out from the origin to a maximum diameter  of
> > 4" before
> > fading in 6 months.  I'm not sure how the rash pattern and  migration
> > related to active infection, but my doctor continued to treat and
>  monitor
> > my
> > serum antibody titers until it was gone. I have had no  long term
> problems
> > and
> > did not get sick other than the rash.
> >
> > I doubt that your MD would be able to identify the tick.  In  Veterinary
> > Medical school were taught to identify both internal and external
> >  parasites,
> > but they do not do that for human medical doctors.  I do know  about MD
> > curriculum because I have spent the last 4 years at a Eastern Virginia
> >  Medical
> > School working on my Masters in Public Health for Epidemiology.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Lora Leigh
> >
> >
> > .-
> >
> > In a message dated 4/16/2009 10:02:42 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > isolda1066 at gmail.com writes:
> >
> > If you  find them in the first 24 hours, it's rare
> > that you'll contract  anything.  If you find a tick that's already bitten
> > into your skin,  you can extract the tick and save it for a doctor to
> look
> > at.  (In the  first 24 hours, he would not have cemented himself in yet,
> so
> > should be  easier to extract.)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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