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Prepare for a Bad Summer for Ticks
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| 4/24/2017
| Sumathi Reddy
Posted on 04/24/2017 11:15:21 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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The state collects ticks from residents, and of the more than 800 received thus far this year, nearly 38% have tested positive for Lyme disease,
compared with an average of about 27% in the past five years for the full season,
said Goudarz Molaei, a research scientist at the Center for Vector Biology and Zoonotic Diseases, part of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, a state-owned research facility.
Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease in the U.S.
Symptoms can include a ring-like rash, along with flulike symptoms, muscle and joint aches and swollen lymph nodes.
It is usually diagnosed based on symptoms or a blood test.
It is treated with antibiotics.
Longer-term infections can cause more serious symptoms, including arthritis, severe muscle pain and headaches,
heart palpitations, brain inflammation and nerve pain.
Diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease is controversial with many differences of opinion between patient groups and doctors.
(More specific information about tick borne diseases is available at the news site)
To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
Infctious Disease Ping
Ticks diseases
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posted on
04/24/2017 11:17:25 AM PDT
by
Tilted Irish Kilt
(Muslim & Spanish migrants are like Kudzu--> designed to overload the system= Cloward-Piven)
To: Tilted Irish Kilt
I’m in central MA and spent all day yesterday out in the woods burning brush, picking up sticks and libs, etc.
Not one tick. I keep my woods clean. No poison ivy either.
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posted on
04/24/2017 11:17:43 AM PDT
by
Snowybear
To: Snowybear
To: Snowybear
I hope you burnt the libs! Lots of those in Mass. 😆
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posted on
04/24/2017 11:20:26 AM PDT
by
Mamzelle
To: Snowybear
*LOL*
Trash those “libs”....
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posted on
04/24/2017 11:21:29 AM PDT
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
To: appalachian_dweller; OldPossum; DuncanWaring; VirginiaMom; CodeToad; goosie; kalee; ...
Prepper Ping : Outdoor Activities
Be aware of risk with Outdoor activities and possible expsure
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posted on
04/24/2017 11:21:41 AM PDT
by
Tilted Irish Kilt
(Muslim & Spanish migrants are like Kudzu--> designed to overload the system= Cloward-Piven)
To: Tilted Irish Kilt
Wow. Since moving to kentucky six years ago I’ve been nailed by over ten ticks. Why don’t I have lyme disease?
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posted on
04/24/2017 11:23:51 AM PDT
by
Mr. Douglas
(Best. Election. EVER!)
To: Snowybear
How many libs did you pick up?.....................
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posted on
04/24/2017 11:23:59 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
To: Mr. Douglas
Wrong kind of ticks..................
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posted on
04/24/2017 11:24:34 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
To: Tilted Irish Kilt
So, last year we had Good summer ticks?
To: Snowybear
The only ones that usually nail me are the ones the size of the head of a pin. I just can’t see them until I can feel them. By then it’s too late...
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posted on
04/24/2017 11:25:07 AM PDT
by
Mr. Douglas
(Best. Election. EVER!)
To: Tilted Irish Kilt
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posted on
04/24/2017 11:26:28 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: Tilted Irish Kilt
Already had a tick on my neck after doing yardwork last weekend. First tick I have had in the 16 years living at this house. Going to be a bad year here in Alabama too.
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posted on
04/24/2017 11:27:06 AM PDT
by
commish
(Freedom tastes Sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it!)
To: Tilted Irish Kilt
I get west Nile and Lyme mixed up. Which one causes mild paralysis and mild dementia or delirium? Knew someone who was hospitalized for weeks and they didn’t know what was apparently killing him. Once they discovered it, he was treated back to health but his fam ily thought he was a goner. We don’t have tons of mosquitoes or ticks here but you don’t need tons.
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posted on
04/24/2017 11:28:48 AM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: Tilted Irish Kilt
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posted on
04/24/2017 11:28:50 AM PDT
by
rrrod
(just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.l)
To: Tilted Irish Kilt
Can’t we spray DDT and kill the ticks?
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posted on
04/24/2017 11:30:06 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: Mr. Douglas
Ive been nailed by over ten ticks. Why dont I have lyme disease?You either removed them within 48 hours or they weren't infected.
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posted on
04/24/2017 11:31:01 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: Red Badger
I think this part really explains it (from another site):
If the blacklegged tick is infected, it must be attached for 24-48 hours before it transmits Lyme disease, and at least 12-24 hours to transmit human anaplasmosis.
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posted on
04/24/2017 11:31:42 AM PDT
by
Mr. Douglas
(Best. Election. EVER!)
To: Tilted Irish Kilt
One of the top ten PGA tour golfers was just diagnosed with Lyme Disease. Taking next week or so of to start treatment.
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posted on
04/24/2017 11:32:10 AM PDT
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1Old Pro
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