That Bites
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Last Wednesday I got a shower after playing in the dirt all day (building the wall) and found a tick had embedded itself on my side under the waistband. We extracted the guy, put him in a baggie, cleaned and disinfected the area and watched it.
It was fine for exactly one week. Last night it started itching, and it’s now red and inflamed.
Have a doctor appointment at 10.
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@George-K said in That Bites:
Yikes, that indeed sucks.
Other than inflammation and pain at the site, no symptoms?
Like soreness, muscle pain, stiffness? Lots of that... But I am in the middle of building a paver patio and regrading our yard by hand. That’s a lot of dirt being dug and blocks and stone being carried...
What makes this tough is the location. It could just be aggravated because it’s at the waste and and I’ve spent the last two days bending, kneeling, lifting, and sweating.
I grew up in the mountains of Western PA. Done a shit-ton of camping and fishing. Been on scouting trips where everybody else came out with at least one tick, but this is the very first time I’ve ever had one.
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I just had one crawl on my arm yesterday while I was on my couch. WTF? Evil fuckers.
Yes, please get checked out.
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@Mik said in That Bites:
No bueno. You might be right though and the infection was caused by sweat, dirt, etc. Especially since it took a week. Did you have it bandaged and disinfect each day?
Doc thinks it’s just an infection, but is sending the tick in to be tested anyway. In the meantime, the antibiotics that he proscribes for a skin infection are the same they use for early stage Lyme. The only difference is length, but the test in the tick will be back by then.
I was good about using disinfectant on it the first two days, but less so since, thinking that it would have healed over by then.
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@LuFins-Dad How big is the tick?
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Meh, not that big. In fact, our tick key couldn’t get it. Had to use tweezers.
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Was it dark in color? Sounds like a deer tick. In which case I'm glad you're getting it checked out.
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@Copper said in That Bites:
Treat yourself and then treat your lawn.
Bug-be-gone in the rotary spreader. Start from the house and work your way out, you don’t want to chase them toward the house.
We do have the yard treated every quarter.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in That Bites:
I just had one crawl on my arm yesterday while I was on my couch. WTF? Evil fuckers.
Yes, please get checked out.
Cats?
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@LuFins-Dad Hope the test result is nothing!!
I don't like ticks (but I dont think anybody does).
It is amazing that they can sense your temperature and make the jump from weeds, etc to your body as you walk by.
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So the tick wasn't even tested. Apparently it was a type of tick with no known disease associations... It was just a skin infection caused by the bite and me not keeping it covered appropriately. (I really thought that 4 days was good enough)
Me/rry/Christmas
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@LuFins-Dad said in That Bites:
So the tick wasn't even tested. Apparently it was a type of tick with no known disease associations... It was just a skin infection caused by the bite and me not keeping it covered appropriately. (I really thought that 4 days was good enough)
Yay! I love a happy ending.
Looking forward to pics of your yard project, btw.
