TICKS,TICKS

[RIVERRAT2]

DONOT GO by others opinions ,it is your health,these little critters can have 4 different
or more diseases,IT IS YOUR HEALTH, CHECK,CHECK,CHECK,[DONOT LET IT GO]if your
doc will not help geta new doc[if you are in the woods in n.y. for any reason and you think
you have been bitten by a tick have your blood tested-DONOT LET IT GO.
 
RAT

[RIVERRAT2]

LOOK YOU MAY not agree,but it is your health,you decide it is your health
NOT SOMEONES OPINION.??
 
RAT

[Bassnubie56]

x100

[trapper2000]

found a  tick in my leg went to the  doctors  , he started me on anti botics  and  did  the blood  work  about a month later to make sure ...oh i did get a rash!   after the antibotics i checked  clean ......ticks are bad news!!!!!

[MBrown4]

Carrying the new disease that infects in 15 mins and has a 10-15 percent fatality rate or severe permanent neurological damage.man these little things are becoming more and more dangerous.my mother contracted Lyme after my father didn't shower after hunting and went to bed.that bugger was dug in deep

[mr.clean]

Ticks are no joke,I always check myself after a day outdoors or even doing yard work. MBrown4 what is the name of this new fast infecting disease?

[trapper2000]

personally  i'm unaware  of this  new threat  however  heres a list ,

http://www.cdc.gov/ticks/diseases/

[ship of fools]

There are a couple of new diseases from the ticks.

I am on a committee in my town to address deer overpopulation and tick borne diseases and one of the people is the head of medicine at a local hospital. He said these new ones make lyme look like nothing.

He said they are much harder to treat and as someone mentioned earlier can be fatal.

[trapper2000]

first  deer  have  no more  to  do  with  deer  ticks  and  lyme  then a  raccoon or  a  dog !   second  everyone  talks  about  a  new   super  duper    tick  infested  killer  bug  yet  nothing  on the  internet  ...  whats  the  name  so  we  can look it  up!  .....

[Stonecat]

Maybe this one ,but it's not really new.http://www.cdc.gov/powassan/ [Virus so antibiotics not effective]  http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/diseases/powassan/basics.html
Or one of these? http://www.cdc.gov/ticks/diseases/
Reading this list is like reading the info sheets that come with scripts.

[Deadeyez]

Ticks are no joke,I always check myself after a day outdoors or even doing yard work. MBrown4 what is the name of this new fast infecting disease?

I think it's called Powassan disease

[trapper2000]

only  been  60  cases  of  it  since  1958  thats  56  years  ......  and  nothing  new

[Stonecat]

How common is POW disease?

Physician-diagnosed POW disease is very rare. From 1958-2010, fewer than 60 cases were reported in the U.S. and Canada. From 2008-2012, 21 cases of POW disease have been reported in Minnesota alone. These cases had either lived in or visited wooded areas in north central or east central Minnesota.

It is possible that other cases of suspected viral encephalitis or meningitis during times of peak tick-borne disease transmission (May to October) are due to POW virus.


The problem with these figures: historically the Med Pro's have a very poor record on correct diagnosis of tick-born disease. Awareness is up or are the # of cases increasing?Why are they all talking POW now?

[Deadeyez]

Not sure....

[trapper2000]

 got to be  honest .....  i'm not  going to worry about it ...take a  few  precautions  ....like i said i had a  tick in my  knee  developed  the ring rash  ...the doctor had  me  on the anti botics  within a day  and after  i was fine ......  you can't live your life in fear  ....take  the  precautions   spray  some  bug  dope  and  check  yourself  after  ......  and  go  have  fun  .....  living is  alot more  fun then  being  alive  worring  about  a  tick  or  whatever ......