Ticks!

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In a message dated 5/6/2004 9:55:31 AM Eastern Standard Time, nannapam3103@... writes:

Patty and everyone that doesn't live where ticks are EVERYWHERE!!!I live in Virginia and I'm in a rural area with tons of woods. We have ticks on us daily unless it is the dead of winter! The ones that transmit Lyme are the deer ticks. The adults are as big as a grape seed, but when they are in the "Nymph" stage, they can be as small as a poppy seed or the head of a pin. They are very small, but not too small that you can't see them. They look a lot like the bigger ticks which we call "dog ticks". The deer tick is more narrow - almost like a tear-drop shape - but of course much smaller than the dog tick. There are also teeny tiny ones that are even smaller than the deer ticks and we call them "seed ticks". They nest in low lying bushes/plants and if you brush up against the plant, they will end up on you by the hundreds (almost)! I've picked the seed ticks off of my kids before when each of them had around 150 on them! They do attach, but not as deeply as the deer or dog ticks and can be removed by using a credit card and scraping in the direction they're attached. They all leave itchy bite marks if they've become attached. I've been told many times by doctors that in the "seed tick" stage, they cannot transmit diseases. Also, the doctors around here have said that there have been many cases where the tick bites have gone un-noticed by the person and have ended up transmitting Lyme. The "bulls-eye" is common in people with positive lyme, but not always present. Straight from my first-aid book: "many people who develop Lyme disease cannot recall having been bitten." And to get ticks off, you don't burn them or pour anything on them!!! (LOL!) You use tweezers and grasp their whole body and pull in the direction they are attached. After you get them out - flush them and wash your hands really good and clean the area with alcohol. The bites itch REALLY BAD for weeks! I've had many bites and also many lyme tests and they've all came back negative.Those of you who don't have ticks where you live are very lucky!Pam

I hear ya Pam a tick was just on my sweater the other day and my neighbor saw it thank goodness it was a white sweater and she could see it.....we have million of deer's by me............beautiful to see but the tick part scares the heck out of me, my doggie once jumped on my bed and thank goodness i saw it, it must have gotten so big it feel off of him on my bed and i was able to see it, that kind of stuff scares me, like spiders i despise all bugs like that......i won't go out for that reason i do not like anything crawling on me let alone embedding itself in my skin yikesssssssssssssss take care love ya BJ

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Patty and everyone that doesn't live where ticks are EVERYWHERE!!!

I live in Virginia and I'm in a rural area with tons of woods. We

have ticks on us daily unless it is the dead of winter! The ones

that transmit Lyme are the deer ticks. The adults are as big as a

grape seed, but when they are in the " Nymph " stage, they can be as

small as a poppy seed or the head of a pin. They are very small, but

not too small that you can't see them. They look a lot like the

bigger ticks which we call " dog ticks " . The deer tick is more

narrow - almost like a tear-drop shape - but of course much smaller

than the dog tick. There are also teeny tiny ones that are even

smaller than the deer ticks and we call them " seed ticks " . They nest

in low lying bushes/plants and if you brush up against the plant,

they will end up on you by the hundreds (almost)! I've picked the

seed ticks off of my kids before when each of them had around 150 on

them! They do attach, but not as deeply as the deer or dog ticks and

can be removed by using a credit card and scraping in the direction

they're attached. They all leave itchy bite marks if they've become

attached. I've been told many times by doctors that in the " seed

tick " stage, they cannot transmit diseases. Also, the doctors around

here have said that there have been many cases where the tick bites

have gone un-noticed by the person and have ended up transmitting

Lyme. The " bulls-eye " is common in people with positive lyme, but

not always present. Straight from my first-aid book: " many people

who develop Lyme disease cannot recall having been bitten. " And to

get ticks off, you don't burn them or pour anything on them!!!

(LOL!) You use tweezers and grasp their whole body and pull in the

direction they are attached. After you get them out - flush them and

wash your hands really good and clean the area with alcohol. The

bites itch REALLY BAD for weeks! I've had many bites and also many

lyme tests and they've all came back negative.

Those of you who don't have ticks where you live are very lucky!

Pam

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Pam:

HEE yeah we don't have too many ticks or anything here esp in the

winter. The weather gets so cold here at times it even dips way below

zero, so nothing really lives here I don't think we even get termites

here!

-C

In , " Pam " <nannapam3103@y...> wrote:

> Patty and everyone that doesn't live where ticks are EVERYWHERE!!!

>

> I live in Virginia and I'm in a rural area with tons of woods. We

> have ticks on us daily unless it is the dead of winter! The ones

> that transmit Lyme are the deer ticks. The adults are as big as a

> grape seed, but when they are in the " Nymph " stage, they can be as

> small as a poppy seed or the head of a pin. They are very small,

but

> not too small that you can't see them. They look a lot like the

> bigger ticks which we call " dog ticks " . The deer tick is more

> narrow - almost like a tear-drop shape - but of course much smaller

> than the dog tick. There are also teeny tiny ones that are even

> smaller than the deer ticks and we call them " seed ticks " . They

nest

> in low lying bushes/plants and if you brush up against the plant,

> they will end up on you by the hundreds (almost)! I've picked the

> seed ticks off of my kids before when each of them had around 150

on

> them! They do attach, but not as deeply as the deer or dog ticks

and

> can be removed by using a credit card and scraping in the direction

> they're attached. They all leave itchy bite marks if they've

become

> attached. I've been told many times by doctors that in the " seed

> tick " stage, they cannot transmit diseases. Also, the doctors

around

> here have said that there have been many cases where the tick bites

> have gone un-noticed by the person and have ended up transmitting

> Lyme. The " bulls-eye " is common in people with positive lyme, but

> not always present. Straight from my first-aid book: " many people

> who develop Lyme disease cannot recall having been bitten. " And to

> get ticks off, you don't burn them or pour anything on them!!!

> (LOL!) You use tweezers and grasp their whole body and pull in the

> direction they are attached. After you get them out - flush them

and

> wash your hands really good and clean the area with alcohol. The

> bites itch REALLY BAD for weeks! I've had many bites and also many

> lyme tests and they've all came back negative.

>

> Those of you who don't have ticks where you live are very lucky!

>

> Pam