Lyme Disease

[MakoMike]

Every doctor I know of will treat you with anti-biotics as a precautionary measure. Call or visit ASAP. It is much easier to cure when caught early.

[5/0]

Thank you all for all of your time & support,it's been almost 24hrs. and still no bulls eye
I called my Doc this morning, basically what he said that they can't prescribe antibiotics till they visibly see a bulls eye or show symptoms that verify that you might have Lyme disease.
So stats quo.

It's funny how this whole thing started,a week ago Wednesday we adopted a dog & the Wife & I had the talk of "Frontline" for the dog & me being the cheap Bastard so no she'll be fine

[Mike P]

The chances are pretty good that it was a dog tick. It's very difficult to remove a deer tick without tweezers, and many people need a magnifying glass just to see it. They're about the size of a poppy seed.

[5/0]

Originally Posted by Mike P

The chances are pretty good that it was a dog tick. It's very difficult to remove a deer tick without tweezers, and many people need a magnifying glass just to see it. They're about the size of a poppy seed.

The day before this whole thing started my daughter found a deer tick on the dogs face and like you said they are terribly small there so small its to the point of being easily overlooked.When the Mrs. got word of a tick in the house she went out and got front line my wife & I applied it to the pooch & I think that's when the tick/ticks jumped ship.

My Doc said that being able remove the whole tick indicates it was attached for a shot time,woohoo!


Bob

[Nebe]

the smaller the deer tick, the less chance you have of getting lyme disease.. a nymph tick has probably not had a chance to feed off of a mouse or a deer yet.. they are the hosts of lyme... the tick is the carrier...

[Swimmer]

My wife who has worked in a lab doing those test for 30+ years says it takes about 10 days for that to show up in your bloodwork, positive results or negative depending on your view for Lyme disease. Like all the guys said, see your doctor. If he/she is worth his/her salt they will probably put you on antibiotics for tens days just for chits and giggles.

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by 5/0

I called my Doc this morning, basically what he said that they can't prescribe antibiotics till they visibly see a bulls eye or show symptoms that verify that you might have Lyme disease.
So stats quo.

This is interesting to me because I know of many situations where the doctors have immediately prescribed antibiotics. As Swimmer stated, it can take up to 10 days for lyme to show in the blood work. Doctors generally prefer to get a jump on it before then.

For the average person, antibiotics are harmless anyway.

[redcrbbr]

Originally Posted by 5/0

Thank you all for all of your time & support,it's been almost 24hrs. and still no bulls eye
I called my Doc this morning, basically what he said that they can't prescribe antibiotics till they visibly see a bulls eye or show symptoms that verify that you might have Lyme disease.
So stats quo. :

Time for a second opinion.

It is almost funny how there are still some doctors that don't take Lyme seriously.

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by redcrbbr

Time for a second opinion.

It is almost funny how there are still some doctors that don't take Lyme seriously.

Forget a second opinion---time to find another doctor.