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05-30-2008, 09:26 AM
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Juvinile deer ticks are the size of the head of a pin and are moslty harmless, but as they get older they get larger.. about the size of a cross section of a uncooked grain of rice. If they at one point in their lives came in contact with a deer, fox, mouse, etc that was infected with Lyme Disease, then you'll be in trouble. I just picked one off of my chest 2 days ago and picked one off of my kid's belly button. Both were large ones..  |
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05-30-2008, 09:35 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nebe
Juvinile deer ticks are the size of the head of a pin and are moslty harmless, but as they get older they get larger.. about the size of a cross section of a uncooked grain of rice. If they at one point in their lives came in contact with a deer, fox, mouse, etc that was infected with Lyme Disease, then you'll be in trouble. I just picked one off of my chest 2 days ago and picked one off of my kid's belly button. Both were large ones.. |
I picked a pretty large one off my kid's clothing the other night after playing outside. I saved it to show my wife because she'd never seen one before. Now, every bug outside looks like a tick to her. We started checking ourselves every time we come in the house form outside. |
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05-30-2008, 10:38 AM
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IMHO get checked out by a Doc.
My wife has had lyme 3 times, each time with the bullseye rash. Caught it in time with antibiotics.
However, my daughter has had it , with no rash or symptoms until joint aches sometime later. She's had recurring problems from it for the last 8 years. |
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05-30-2008, 11:16 AM
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Whenever I go to a new area where ticks may be a problem, I do what I call the "tick-flick" before getting into my truck.
Check your clothes for the little suckers, and "flick" them off.
As for youngsters, give them a thorough checkover, since they are closer to the ticks target area than an adult, meaning that the kids are well within the ticks strike zone from head to toe. Adults are taller, so we will see them lower on the body/clothing.
Check it out just to be safe.
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05-30-2008, 11:26 AM
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sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nebe
Juvinile deer ticks are the size of the head of a pin and are moslty harmless, but as they get older they get larger.. about the size of a cross section of a uncooked grain of rice. If they at one point in their lives came in contact with a deer, fox, mouse, etc that was infected with Lyme Disease, then you'll be in trouble. I just picked one off of my chest 2 days ago and picked one off of my kid's belly button. Both were large ones.. |
Nebe, I thought it was the juvenilees you needed to worry about and not the larger ones? I'm sure I read that a few times. Let me see... |
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