[MR] Active Season for Ticks

[uboru at q.com]

The biggest concern is Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. I got it at a camping event and that year there were several others diagnosed with it as well. If within a week of the bite you just start to feel rotten, get a fever, severe headache.....see a doctor IMMEDIATELY!

While there is a blood test for it, you could be dead before the results come in. Doctors will treat the symptoms presumptively based on your symptoms and recent history of a tick bite. Antibiotics take care of the problem.

Please don't hesitate to see a doctor if you start to feel bad after a tick bite...it could cost your life.

In service 

Brigantia

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karen Hume" <chagankhulan at gmail.com>
To: "Gina Shelley" <paintedwheel at hotmail.com>
Cc: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 9:20:01 AM
Subject: Re: [MR] Active Season for Ticks

Lyme disease and ticks are both prevalent in Northern Atlantia.  I've heard
all sorts of stories and some of them were actually true!  The best thing
is to do as Dulcy says - do frequent tick checks after any outdoor activity
- especially events with woods and high grass.  The more foliage the higher
the risk.  Check your pets as well - they are more likely to bring the
'hitch hikers" into the house than you are.

Chagan

On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Gina Shelley <paintedwheel at hotmail.com>wrote:

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> Yeah, already had the first one of the season. Bugger dropped off me
> before I found him, but not before he left me with a nice, nasty little
> welt. I've had enough ticks on me to recognize the bite even without seeing
> the tick.
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> I'd almost rather have poison ivy. At least with that, you don't have to
> worry about blood infections (which has happened to me at least twice
> before with the horrible things). Seems to be healing. I'll keep my fingers
> crossed.
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> If you do get bitten, pay attention to how you feel. Fatigue, muscle aches
> (particularly at the bite site), general ill feeling, get on to the doc and
> tell them you got bitten. You aren't likely to get Lyme (although it's
> possible, even in Atlantia despite what "experts" say), but you can still
> get other infections that are less newsworthy that require antibiotics.
> Those can come a week or two down the line, with or without obvious signs
> on your skin at the bite site, so pay attention to your body.
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> Be careful out there,
> Dulcy
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