Sue, thank you so much for helping make people aware of tick bites & the myriad, awful diseases that ticks carry. Please know that a person DOES NOT need to show a rash to be infected. A huge percentage of Lyme transmissions do not have a rash. Also, the rash is not always a bulls-eye. If a tick latches on, I'd seek antibiotics, sorry to say.
Yes - the webinar describes many of the typical symptoms of various diseases and notes that the absence of a rash is common. This was new information for me! The webinar is highly informative.
Sue, thank you for bringing this information to your readers. As Janisse mentioned a bullseye rash is not the only sign of Lyme or other tick borne diseases, and many tick bites never show a rash! I share resources on my Substack because Lyme disease did change my life and the life of my child. I advocate now so other families do not make the same mistakes or experience the same debilitating illness we did.
Thank you for commenting and mentioning your Substack resources. The presenter in the webinar, Lindsey, shared that her young son developed Alpha-gal syndrome (allergy to mammalian food products) after being bitten by a tick. It's so important to share this information.
I heard a People's Pharmacy program about tick and flea-borne diseases driving north this week. The hosts are venerable public radio hosts based in the Triangle area in NC.
Ugh, I thought I was reasonably informed about such things, but no. Lots of scary information was shared.
Fortunately, ticks haven't yet made it to our part of Eastern Quebec, but we definitely have them in North Carolina. Sigh. Sydney, our dog, brought one into the house, where I suddenly discovered it on my leg. Ick. It was a Lone Star tick.
I had the same reaction - I thought I knew enough, but was so surprised to learn how little I knew.
The warmer winters likely mean it's just a matter of time before the ticks reach Eastern Quebec. Because of the humidity, the Atlantic coast has a much higher rate of ticks/tick bites.
Good timing on this, Sue. Thanks for sharing the resources, too. I read through the slides. Earlier this week, I was awakened in the early morning hours by...you guessed it...a tick, which was crawling on my spine, spine-tingling in the literal sense.
This is the first year I've put my dog on tick medicine because everyone said it was going to be bad. We don't see them much because we tend to walk in places without the grasses ticks so love, but I remember one spring outside of Sheridan Wyoming where I was attending a residency and the ticks were so thick we kept a daily tick count in our residency tallying hundreds of ticks each day.
Sue, thank you so much for helping make people aware of tick bites & the myriad, awful diseases that ticks carry. Please know that a person DOES NOT need to show a rash to be infected. A huge percentage of Lyme transmissions do not have a rash. Also, the rash is not always a bulls-eye. If a tick latches on, I'd seek antibiotics, sorry to say.
Yes - the webinar describes many of the typical symptoms of various diseases and notes that the absence of a rash is common. This was new information for me! The webinar is highly informative.
Thanks for this, Sue!
Sue, thank you for bringing this information to your readers. As Janisse mentioned a bullseye rash is not the only sign of Lyme or other tick borne diseases, and many tick bites never show a rash! I share resources on my Substack because Lyme disease did change my life and the life of my child. I advocate now so other families do not make the same mistakes or experience the same debilitating illness we did.
Thank you for commenting and mentioning your Substack resources. The presenter in the webinar, Lindsey, shared that her young son developed Alpha-gal syndrome (allergy to mammalian food products) after being bitten by a tick. It's so important to share this information.
Alpha Gal is becoming much more prevalent!
I heard a People's Pharmacy program about tick and flea-borne diseases driving north this week. The hosts are venerable public radio hosts based in the Triangle area in NC.
Ugh, I thought I was reasonably informed about such things, but no. Lots of scary information was shared.
Fortunately, ticks haven't yet made it to our part of Eastern Quebec, but we definitely have them in North Carolina. Sigh. Sydney, our dog, brought one into the house, where I suddenly discovered it on my leg. Ick. It was a Lone Star tick.
I had the same reaction - I thought I knew enough, but was so surprised to learn how little I knew.
The warmer winters likely mean it's just a matter of time before the ticks reach Eastern Quebec. Because of the humidity, the Atlantic coast has a much higher rate of ticks/tick bites.
It is just a matter of time until ticks reach here. The Atlantic provinces are full of ticks and tick-borne diseases, I'm afraid.
Good timing on this, Sue. Thanks for sharing the resources, too. I read through the slides. Earlier this week, I was awakened in the early morning hours by...you guessed it...a tick, which was crawling on my spine, spine-tingling in the literal sense.
Oh goodness! I admit I am a bit creeped out by ticks after my own experience.
This is the first year I've put my dog on tick medicine because everyone said it was going to be bad. We don't see them much because we tend to walk in places without the grasses ticks so love, but I remember one spring outside of Sheridan Wyoming where I was attending a residency and the ticks were so thick we kept a daily tick count in our residency tallying hundreds of ticks each day.
Now we know to save the dead tick if we are able to, in case of ill effects. Thanks so much, Sue.