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Yes ticks are very bad this year !
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plantman

Talked with a friend today who suggested that after pulling a tick it's helpful to wash the area with hydrogen peroxide. Also suggested colloidal silver to fight infection and turmeric to fight inflammation if you have lyme. I believe all these treatments have a good track record of helping. Of course antibiotics are still necessary.

Woodcutter_Mo

 I've been starting to find the little "seed" ticks here and there. Other than that, the ticks haven't been too bad lately after the earlier bad round we had around here. I've been avoiding the woods some lately so that may be why I haven't seen as many though.
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runmca

I got bit twice so far this year. The last one was a deer tick in the nymph stage, very tiny. After three weeks got the bulls-eye rash, no other symptoms. Just finished antibiotics last week. I've been trail running for many years and never got bit until this year. I've read there may be a correlation between Japanese barberry and the increase in ticks. There is so much barberry around the trails I frequent, I'm wondering if that could be why.

LakeAngler

I have used tick tubes with reasonable success. Has anyone else tried tick tubes?

You can purchase tick tubes or they are pretty easy to make for the do it yourself-er with paper towel rolls, cotton balls and Permethrin. You soak the cotton balls in the Permethrin and then stuff the cotton balls in the paper towel rolls. Then spread the paper towel rolls around the perimeter of your property 10 to 20 feet apart. Mice find the cotton balls and haul them back to their nest. Nests are a common place for ticks to find an easy meal. Once the ticks cross paths with the Permethrin they die. I dropped a number of tubes around my property in the spring. I haven't come across a tick all year so far.

One important note - Read the safety label on the Permethrin container. Permethrin can be toxic for cats.

thecfarm

I have not had a tick on me for a while now. I roam around on 170 acres,so hard to control that many acres.
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Woodcutter_Mo

 The little seed ticks are out in full force here now. I got probably over a hundred on me when I was checking fence over the weekend. Here's one that bit me on the thumb this morning. Not sure if I picked it up in the yard or what.  >:(

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plantman

Wow is that small ! Do you feel anything when this ticks bite ? Or do you just feel then when you brush them off ?


Quote from: Woodcutter_Mo on August 21, 2017, 10:54:58 AM
The little seed ticks are out in full force here now. I got probably over a hundred on me when I was checking fence over the weekend. Here's one that bit me on the thumb this morning. Not sure if I picked it up in the yard or what.  >:(



coxy

the only time i know there biting me is when i get a itch that do go away

Woodcutter_Mo

Quote from: plantman on August 26, 2017, 04:09:06 PM
Wow is that small ! Do you feel anything when this ticks bite ? Or do you just feel then when you brush them off ?


Quote from: Woodcutter_Mo on August 21, 2017, 10:54:58 AM
The little seed ticks are out in full force here now. I got probably over a hundred on me when I was checking fence over the weekend. Here's one that bit me on the thumb this morning. Not sure if I picked it up in the yard or what.  >:(



Sometimes they do pack a pretty good punch when they bite similar to a mosquito, and other times don't notice anything until after they have been removed. The one in the pic stung pretty good when it bit then itched like crazy for a little while afterwards. Comparable to other full size ticks.
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Chuck White

Well, the tick finally got me!

Found the "typical bullseye" on the back of my right calf day before yesterday and have now been diagnosed with LYME DISEASE and start my antibiotic (Doxycycline Monohydrate) this afternoon!
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Ox

Chuck - did you notice any symptoms before you went to the doc's or is this a preemptive strike on the critters inside you?
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Chuck White

Never saw the tick!

It was just tender and felt more like a burn, so put some Neosporin and a bandaid on it for 1 1/2 days, and when I took the bandaid off, I could see the "bullseye", so I went to the ER (about 8:00 PM).

Diagnosed and released about 11:30 PM!   :snowball:

Picked up my new antibiotics about 2 hours ago and will start on them around 6:00 this evening.  One tablet every 12 hours for 21 days! 
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coxy

chuck do not go in the sun it will burn you up even a few min will fry you I tried every thing that had anything to do with sun screen and it never worked  its not like a sun burn you get blisters like a fire burn  they also told me I was not allowed to have anything dairy cause it would coat the stomach and void the pill :-\

Don P

I've got about a week to go on the doxy and I'll second the sunburn warning, my nose is about peeled off and I'm doing a good Rudolph the reindeer impression. I've been slathering up with sunscreen and it does seem to help. The main blessing has been the overcast days we've been having lately.

I take probiotics 6 hrs offset to the antibiotics to keep the good bacteria up. If you take them together the antibiotic just kills the probiotic and can interfere with the absorption of the anti-b. Yogurt, sauerkraut, kombucha, vinegar with the mother... fermented foods also help your gut bacteria. Always reinforce yourself when taking anti-b's and don't take them lightly, they are destroying things you need that your mamma gave you.

Chuck White

Thanks for the Warnings, guys!
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runmca

Don P - good advice on the probiotics. My doctor also recommended them to offset any stomach issues. I never had Kombucha before I had Lyme Disease. I actually like the stuff and have made it part of my diet.

nativewolf

Quote from: coxy on September 05, 2017, 07:03:36 PM
chuck do not go in the sun it will burn you up even a few min will fry you I tried every thing that had anything to do with sun screen and it never worked  its not like a sun burn you get blisters like a fire burn  they also told me I was not allowed to have anything dairy cause it would coat the stomach and void the pill :-\

Got to keep all covered up.  Long sleeves, big hat with brim, gloves on hands.  Sunscreen the face and neck. 
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plantman

Ok, you're not likely to hear this from other people with Lyme but my cousin has it and he originally took antibiotics 5 years ago. The docs said he was cured but then over the past 5 years he experienced bad joint pain. He didn't figure out it was Lyme until he happened to be stung by a sea robin fish while deep sea fishing. After the fish stung him in the thumb he sucked on it which caused him to get the fish poison in his mouth which then caused his mouth to become inflamed which led him to see a doctor. But here's the crazy thing. After getting poisoned by the fish his joint pain cleared up, or at least got a lot better. He believes that the fish poison triggered his immune system to kick in and that helped with the Lyme.
So next he goes to the doctor and the doc puts him on antibiotics not realizing that his mouth was inflamed from the fish poison so it really didn't help with that problem but the antibiotics also helped with his joint pain. That's when they figured out that he had Lyme disease.
Now he took these antibiotics for almost a year but hasn't been cured of the Lyme. So now he's stinging himself with sea robin fish and finds that they help with the joint pain caused by the Lyme.
Crazy but true. I'm telling you this because anyone out there seeing a Lyme disease specialist should tell his doctor this story and see what the doctor has to say about it. My cousin is doing this on his own but I wish he was being advised by a doctor. Please let me know if you find a doctor who can contribute something to this alternative treatment method.

coxy

plantman  you are never cured of lyme  there is no cure for it you jus keep levels between say a-d

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I was told by many people the the poison from bee stings will cure arthritis.
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Don P

One thing to remember... which might be hard, if diagnosed with alzheimers or dementia, get a lyme test done. Happens more often than we think, Kris Kristofferson for one.

plantman

Quote from: Don P on September 10, 2017, 08:25:44 AM
One thing to remember... which might be hard, if diagnosed with alzheimers or dementia, get a lyme test done. Happens more often than we think, Kris Kristofferson for one.

As I stated my cousin is getting significant relief using the poison from the sea robin fish. I've watched a few videos of people using bee stings to treat MS and Lyme with good results but it doesn't look fun.
My cousin's wife is a nurse and she has a friend who at 48 years old was suffering from dementia. It turns out that she had lyme disease.
He also had a neighbor whose wife had a couple spells where her heart rate dropped and she passed out. They found out that it was also Lyme . It seems that Lyme can interfere with the signal from your brain to your heart telling it how fast to beat. I also watch a video of a doctor who they thought needed a heart transplant. He got the transplant and they later figured out that it was Lyme disease so the transplant was not necessary. Unbelieveable. Be careful out there folks. This Lyme is no joke.

Chuck White

All this tick stuff has me wondering!   ::)   :P

What in nature will kill off the vast majority of ticks?

I'm thinking it would take a spell of cold (real cold) weather, without any snow cover!

Anyone else have a thought on this?
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Don P

Yup, and we didn't have a winter last year. Guinea hens love ticks. I'm debating whether to get a batch of those noisemakers next spring and just let them range. But I don't think I got this tick at my place.

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