Lyme Disease

[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.

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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.