Lyme's Disease

[Devonian]

[bigpaul]

know you know why I don't wear shorts!!

[Scythe13]

Haha, perfect timing really. My wife has picked up 3 pairs of tick removers from work for me. Well, 1 pair for the dogs, and the other 2 sets for my stocks. One for the BOB, the other for my out and about first aid kit.

Also, another great reason to stock antibiotics haha.

[Tarrel]

Girl who cuts my hair has Lyme disease. Picked it up a couple of years ago from a tick, and can't get rid of it. It affects her central nervous system, giving symptoms similar to ME; extreme fatigue, numbness, chronic pain, etc. Not nice.

I'm lucky; ticks don't seem to like me. You still won't catch me in our woodland without boots and long trousers on though. And I always take a bug-proof shelter if wild-camping, especially up here in Scotland.

Check this out:


Found on the net. Shows what can happen if you let ticks get the upper hand.

[Jonas]

I had Lyme Disease from a deer tick bite back in the mid 1980's. Fortunately, I had a good doctor who put me on 100mg Rocephin IV twice a day for two weeks. No recurrences or any effects since.

[CharlesHarris]