Ticks help!

[Raymond Hickman]

Contracted Lymes after a camping holiday in Dorset. Luckily my GP picked it up very quickly so no long lasting effects. Petition signed.

Cheers - Raymond

[Datt]

Signed

Done,

Anybody know why are we so far behind the continent with this?

Probably because the other blood sucking parasites, our MP’s are too busy buying plasma TV’s and renting porn films out under the guise of expenses rather than dealing with other issues.

[Realgara]

Contracted Lymes after a camping holiday in Dorset. Luckily my GP picked it up very quickly so no long lasting effects. Petition signed.

Cheers - Raymond

You are one of the lucky ones I think

I got Lyme Disease from a tick bite that was attached less than 12 hours.
I feel I didn't really get over it for at least two years after I got the illness.
Some of my symptoms..
initial rash from the bite... but not all get this so don't think if you don't have one you won't get it.
Feeling tired
Yawning a lot.. and I mean a lot!
Wanting to sleep
then temperatures
sweating
Brain fog
Confusion with words, spelling problems
on antibiotic treatment
Joint pain
Eye problems
Jaw pain
Knee pain
Bony swellings on joints
Meningitis type effects.... don't like light, sound, severe and I mean severe headaches which lasted for 3 days with nausea

Hopefully I have recoved but others have still got it years later if it was not diagnosed soon enough

So
Ticks need to be removed properly!

Please be aware of this horrible illness and avoid it look at this site for further information
www.lymediseaseaction.org.uk

[janeho]

As we get to the summer season , ticks become more prevelant and the undergrowth is higher making it easier for them to transfer on to us. It's worth a reminder about lyme disease, ticks generally and how to remove them.
Here is a link to an article about ticks and lyme that I have published on the Physiobench website.

[ratfink]

quite good overview on uk climbing

http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=398

[Oscar]

quite good overview on uk climbing

http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=398

Good article. The thing that concerns me is that around now, they can be so small ie as small as the dot on this "i". That is nothing like the spider like ones you can easily find on your dog or person later on in the summer.

No signs of a vaccine for this?

[Hillfootsbazza]

I pick up ticks (the tiny nymph ones) all the time during the warmer months. I executed two hitchhikers yesterday. I've pretty much worked out where they are worse on my local hills and usually catch them before I shower after a run, while they are still scrambling around looking for a good spot. My GP is great and puts me on preventative Antibiotics if I get a proper bite.
Does anyone know a good insect repellent that keeps them off?

[Runningfox]

I pick up ticks (the tiny nymph ones) all the time during the warmer months. Does anyone know a good insect repellent that keeps them off?

Ticks love me and I picked up around thirty of the little blighters on the very first day of my coast to coast walk across Scotland last year. Most of the evening was spent locating and removing them. Then, as a precaution against infection, I applied Germolene to all the affected places. Whether it was coincidence, or what, I never got another tick all the way across.

[Fleeter]

just back from jura and noticed 2 on the inside of my thigh,seemed to come off ok with tweezers and there doesn't seem to be much there now apart from a little redmark,i'm a bit of girl at times so just checking if i should be doing anything else with it ?

Cheers

[IanDarkpeak]

just back from jura and noticed 2 on the inside of my thigh,seemed to come off ok with tweezers and there doesn't seem to be much there now apart from a little redmark,i'm a bit of girl at times so just checking if i should be doing anything else with it ?

Cheers

try these links from an older thread

http://forum.fellrunner.org.uk/showp...3&postcount=17

You did keep the ticks didn't you