[MR] Tick bites and disease

[Steven Chang]

Do tick bites hurt when they bite you? I have only ever found one tick
on me in the 20 years I've been going to events. That particular tick
barely broke skin when he tried to bite me. I just pulled him off and
killed him and that was that.

On 5/14/10, Diane <uboru at cavtel.net> wrote:
> I contracted Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever many years at an SCA event. It's
> onset is quite different from Lyme's disease and I'd like to alert to
> populace to it. If, within a week or so of a tick bite ( or perhaps just
> being at an outdoor event) you get a sudden severe headache or fever and
> chills, see your doctor immediately. There is a test for RMSF but you could
> be dead from it before the results come in. Most doctors will treat
> presumptivly, meaning that you will be treated assuming that you have
> it....a course of antibiotics will take care of it.
>
> After this, I also would put flea and tick powder on the the hems of my
> gowns.
>
> Brigantia
>
> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 11:50 AM, David Chessler <chessler at usa.net> wrote:
>
> > There is also "Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever", carried by the dog tick, and
> > some ticks have some "tick bite fever". This can cause temporary paralysis.
> > Lyme is not the most common illness
> >
> > FWIW, someone was doing a lecture on ticks at a Naturist (Nudist) colony
> > near
> > Lyme. They said they never have trouble with ticks. Ticks like to hide
> > where
> > clothing is tight (elastic waistbands, etc). So, there is apparently at
> > least
> > one effective non-chemical treatment....
> > }:-)>
> >
> > --
> >
> > YIS
> >
> > Davitt il Bigollo da Pisa
> > Erudit de l'Academie de Espee de Atlantia
> > Storvik (rapier)
> > Roxbury Mill (other things)
> >
> > ------ Original Message ------
> > Received: Fri, 14 May 2010 11:26:56 AM EDT
> > From: Patricia Cheshire <snoleopard4 at aol.com>
> > To: David Chessler <chessler at usa.net>Cc: Atlantia Merry Rose
> > <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
> > Subject: Re: [MR] Tick bites and disease
> >
> > > Please pay attention to this advise.  If you know anyone, or you
> > > yourself perhaps, that has Lyme Disease, you know how terrible it can
> > > be.
> > >
> > > Problems can range from mild and annoying, to severe and disabling.
> > > And symptoms may not show up for several weeks to months.
> > >
> > > Please, use repellant this year.  And if you should get a tick bite,
> > > don't panic, your chances are very small of getting a tick born
> > > disease.  But do watch out for anything unusual, and see your doctor
> > > immediately if you do.
> > >
> > > Wulfwyn
> > >
> > >
> > > "We listened for a voice crying in the wilderness.  And we heard the
> > > jubilation of wolves!"
> > > Durwood L. Allen
> > >
> > >
> > > On May 14, 2010, at 2:46 AM, David Chessler <chessler at usa.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Some months ago I mentioned that my assistant had brought home a
> > > > tick from the back yard.
> > > >
> > > > Well, it's now the full-fledged fighting and event season, and we'll
> > > > likely all be bringing home ticks from our visits to the grasslands.
> > > >
> > > > The following websites repeat the information I sent previously, but
> > > > with much more authority,
> > > >
> > > > http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tickbites.html
> > > >
> > > > www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007211.htm
> > > >
> > > > www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000675.htm
> > > >
> > > > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2362118/
> > > >
> > > > http://www.hhs.gov/asl/testify/t040129a.html
> > > >
> > > > www.health-news-and-information.com/4civista/libv/i25.shtml
> > > >
> > > > http://home.ptd.net/~insect/tickborn.html<http://home.ptd.net/%7Einsect/tickborn.html>
> > > >
> > > > My garb, particularly my venetians and stockings, has been treated
> > > > with permethrin, and should protect me all summer (sprayed
> > > > permethrin will survive weekly washings).
> > > >
> > > > Picaridin is a new replacement for Deet, that may be better
> > > > tolerated, particularly by children
> > > > http://www.cutterinsectrepellent.com/BrandNav/FAQs/Brochure.htm
> > > > http://www.epa.gov/opprd001/factsheets/picaridin.pdf
> > > > http://www.vtarmynavy.com/picardin.htm
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Dogs and cats need protection, too, but do not tolerate some of the
> > > > popular human formulations. (Permethrin--permanone, in particular).
> > > > Make sure you buy something that is formulated for the species of
> > > > your pet. (Cats often cannot tolerate dog medications).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > YIS
> > > >
> > > > Davitt il Bigollo da Pisa
> > > > Erudit de l'Academie de Espee de Atlantia
> > > > Storvik (rapier)
> > > > Roxbury Mill (other things)
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