Ticks help!

[Fairyfeet]

Right that's it...no more 'ticks on private parts' stories. This thread is too much for me, i'm off to find the 'What's for tea? thread.

Any responses of Chicken Tick-a Masala will be duly ignored...................

[Masham Man]

There's ticks all over the place in the Outer Hebrides. I once answered the call of nature in a place that turned out to be where a herd of red deer sleep at night and I must have disturbed a nest of ticks because I had to pick off literally hundreds of them. Luckily they were all very very small so could just be scratched gently to get them off but it made me get a bit paranoid and they got everywhere...I mean everywhere!!! I think I may have entertained the watchers across the loch with my antics.

Mmmm......Wish I was a Tick:w00t:

[OneHillWonder]

Right that's it...no more 'ticks on private parts' stories. This thread is too much for me, i'm off to find the 'What's for tea? thread.

Any responses of Chicken Tick-a Masala will be duly ignored...................

Haha, couldn't agree more!

[fellrunnerreuben]

tick tock, tick tock, masham man had a tick on his .........?:-)

[3peeks]

Raymond,

What kind of symptoms did you experience? I wonder if I ever had it during all these years Ive been running and Ive mistaken it for something else. Is one able to recover from this condition without medication?

Lymes disease - I contracted this acouple of years ago after running over heathland in Dorset and getting bitten by a deertick. I felt ill a few days later in a fluey sort of way and then came out in a rash on my upper body. Luckily my doctor diagnosed it very quickly and put me on the appropriate meds. I made a rapid and full recovery. However, I am aware of other people who didn't get treated as swiftly and have suffered with long term ill health as a consequence.

So if you've been running where deer are, and you subsequently have any of the symptoms of Lymes, then go to the doc post haste.

Cheers - Raymond

p.s. I also take glucosamine, since it does seem to have some scientific credibility.

[Masham Man]

tick tock, tick tock, masham man had a tick on his .........?:-)

No was'nt me with a tick on my P.... My dog Jim had a tick on his Prick:w00t:

[lowlanderkev]

Dont know if anyone has mentioned previously but i use http://www.otom.com/how-to-remove-a-tick . makes removing them really easy even my dog would let me D nasty little beggers remind me of them things that pop out the pods on aliens )

[matthew]

Howdy,

On the LAMM both my and my partner (wife) suffered numerous tick bites. We are now both feeling pretty run down with flu symptoms and tiredness so much so we pulled out of the SLMM on the first day.
Do you know if the is a history of Lyme disease in Northern Scotland? Is it worth getting it checked - neither of us have the bullseye rashes?

Opinions, debate and wild speculation please.

Cheers,
Matt

[Alexandra]

IMO, always worth getting checked. What do we have an NHS for?

[Mike T]

Howdy,

On the LAMM both my and my partner (wife) suffered numerous tick bites. We are now both feeling pretty run down with flu symptoms and tiredness so much so we pulled out of the SLMM on the first day.
Do you know if the is a history of Lyme disease in Northern Scotland? Is it worth getting it checked - neither of us have the bullseye rashes?

Opinions, debate and wild speculation please.

Cheers,

Matt

I agree with Alexandra - see your GP. Do not take risks with Lyme disease, it is rare but can become chronic if not treated properly/early.