Lyme

Martin D. Fried MD
Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition
www.HealthyDays.info
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If I get bit by a tick, how do I get it out?

While the first answer is correct, I gotta tell you, where I live, there are LOTS of ticks, especially teeny-tiny baby ones (we call them seed ticks)….

If I had to use tweezers to remove them when I get into a bad nest of them (about once a year, while mushroom hunting), I’d be at it all night, and probably into the next morning.

I just grab ‘em, and pull ‘em out. If they haven’t bitten you yet, and you have a bunch, try tape, the wider the better. Just make the tape into a circle, sticky side out, and start rolling it around the area with ticks.

I also had grandparents who said to put Vick’s vapor rub on them, and they will release you.

once ticks get on your dog do they get off and go to others or humans

Yes, they can, and will bite you. It puts you and your dog at risk for lyme disease, so get some Frontline or K9 Advantix for your animals.

Stay away from Hartz and BioSpot flea/tick products as many animals have been poisoned by these brands and have died. People are working to get them put out of business because of it.

Martin D. Fried MD
Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition
www.HealthyDays.info
Produced by DrMDK.com

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my dog has a spot on her back it looks like a wort but it has a scab and it dosent bother her when I touch it
( WHAT COULD IT BE)

Could be anything from a infection to a hot spot or allergies id take to the vet to have them look at it

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Is it possible for a tick to bite without being embedded?

In other words, is it possible to be bitten by a tick without knowing that it’s a tick?
The bite was in a location that is noticable; it’s a place where one would notice a tick bite.

We have seen 2 doctors due to the bulls-eyes characteristic of a tick bite/lyme disease/brown spider bite, and we were told that it was a different type of bite each time.

I couldn’t find anything about ticks just biting and moving on.

I think the nature of ticks is for them to become embedded in the skin.

I never heard of anything but ticks transmitting Lyme disease, unless you had a blood transfusion.

A doctor could take a test to see what you have. I meet someone who actually was in the late stages of Lyme disease and never knew he had it.

or do you get a bullseye rash from a normal tick bite too?

The bull’s eye rash is considered diagnostic for Lyme disease. In other words, they don’t even have to test you. If you’ve got a bull’s-eye, they treat you for Lyme. However, bull’s-eye rashes can vary significantly in what they look like. And sometimes docs who don’t have a lot of experience with Lyme say the rash is really ringworm–not a Lyme rash.
Here are some pictures of them on the web: http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org/PhotoAlbum_Rash.html

However, you could have one that looks different from these and it could still be Lyme.

This is serious stuff. If you have a bull’s-eye rash, you want to start treatment immediately. Good luck.

Wiley died rapidly (within 72 hours) of being bit by a tick carrying Rocky mountain spotted fever. Vet assumed it was flare up of Lyme Disease contracted 1 year prior and that had been treated and controlled. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is the most lethal tick born disease in the United States in both Humans and Dogs. Check yourself and your animals for Ticks daily if you live in wooded or brushy areas. Remove Ticks ONLY with gloves on. Keep the tick to send it for testing at your health department. Inform your doctor if your animal dies suddenly of an unidentified disease that resulted in ANY of these symptoms: rapid weight loss, vomiting, diarrhea, rapid breathing, lethargy, loss of control of limbs and body, seizures, fever, enlarged liver, spleen, pancreas or heart. If you remove ticks from your animals WEAR Gloves. Disease causing products from the ticks body can pass through a cut, perforation in your skin or scrape passing the disease onto you. Death can occur within 72 hours if the disease is contracted by the tick biting you or your animal and is left untreated. Symptoms will take longer to manifest if the disease is passed on through the skin via a cut, scape or perforation. Please be careful and take tick bites of any kind VERY seriously. They require immediate medical attention for you or your animals.

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i have a couple of bites around my waist that are very irritating

I hope that the ticks have been removed….. Hydro-cortisone cream over the counter can help the itching. Be very careful though…. ticks carrie Lyme disease and it can be pretty serious… pretty uncommon but keep an eye out for any fever, round red rash around tick bite, fatigue, joint stiffness and or pain, memory/ concentration problems. These are all classic signs of Lyme disease. It is easily diagnosed and treated… don’t mean to freak you out just trying to give you a heads up. Good Luck!