Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ticks rashes
Here is what the New York State Health Department says about deer tick bites: Although not routinely recommended, taking antibiotics within three days after a tick bite may be beneficial for some persons. This would apply to deer tick bites that occurred in areas where Lyme disease is common and there is evidence that the tick fed for more than one day. In cases like this you should discuss the possibilities with your doctor or health care provider. See the full NYS fact sheet on prevention of Lyme disease http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/2813/index.htm Carol From: "geoklop...@gmail.com" To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 11:17 AM Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ticks rashes My doctor looked at my rash, prescribed the antibiotic, and said there was no point in doing a Lyme test, as it would come back negative, being un-useful for the just-bitten. Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ticks rashes
My doctor looked at my rash, prescribed the antibiotic, and said there was no point in doing a Lyme test, as it would come back negative, being un-useful for the just-bitten. Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] Ticks rashes
My friend who has battled Lyme for years said that his tests came back negative. There are different strains of Lyme in different parts of the country and each Lab only tests for their local strains. Nobody runs a test for all the flavors of Lyme. So you have to keep getting tested and send sample out to different testing labs...Christianne From: bounce-58282060-26885...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-58282060-26885...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Donna Scott Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 10:15 AM To: Ann Mitchell; John and Fritzie Blizzard Cc: geoklop...@gmail.com; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ticks rashes And one can get a large, oval solid rash that is not like a bull's eye one with separate rings, and still be free of Lyme Disease! Last year I had a tick embedded in my neck/collarbone area and it made such a rash (solid red, no rings); later blood testing and lack of symptoms showed no Lyme Disease (luckily). However, sometimes it still itches there. Even though we all took precautions, I just came back from the SFO Cape May, NJ trip with a small reddish tick embedded in the small of my back. Did not look like a Deer Tick, but I am keeping an eye on the area (with a mirror). Found and removed within 24 hours of embedding, I think, so it would not have had time to disgorge its intestinal contents. Yuck. However, I have not seen many ticks around Lansing area since our "winter summer" weather a few months ago. Maybe the later extreme cold killed off that first bunch? But they will be back. Donna Scott - Original Message - From: Ann Mitchell<mailto:annmitchel...@gmail.com> To: John and Fritzie Blizzard<mailto:job121...@verizon.net> Cc: geoklop...@gmail.com<mailto:geoklop...@gmail.com> ; CAYUGABIRDS<mailto:CAYUGABIRDS-L@cornell.edu> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 10:41 PM Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ticks & Trip to Lindsay Parsons Just to let you know, that not everyone gets a circular rash. It is a great warning to the people who are "lucky" (not a good word to use for the bite, but...) enough to get the rash. Beware because you can be bitten and never develop a rash. If you feel ill, don't ignore it. Seek treatment. I worked for a doctor who knew. Sorry about your son, Fritzie and John. Ann On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 10:25 PM, John and Fritzie Blizzard mailto:job121...@verizon.net>> wrote: George & all .. ... Our 56 yr. old son had Lyme last spring/early summer & was very seriously ill for close to 2 mos., initially refusing to go to a dr.. I'm so thankful that a man with whom he works told him how CRITICALLY ill his own daughter became from the effects of Lyme. This was the 2nd time in 3 yrs., with last yr. being FAR, FAR, FAR worse than the first bout. (Both times the ticks were in hard to spot places & it was the red rash that made him aware.) He had unrelenting high fever for three wks. with temp. that finally peaked at 103.4 deg. accompanied by chills, sweating, dreadful, unending headache, as well as aches & pains everywhere. Whether it was "just" the Lyme or his bad reaction to Doxycycline we'll never know but his hands were very red, very sore & very swollen with blisters deep in the flesh & eventually the skin peeled off. He has had flu/cold-like bouts several times since then. From what I've read, these & other weird effects can continue to crop up. Folks, this is not a simple "virus, it'll-go-away-in-due-time" type thing even tho' it acts like a virus. If you have the red rash .. get to the dr. fast. Blood tests rarely come back "positive" but that rash is the basic thing to look for. Seems that there are drs. who tend to pooh-pooh the whole idea but besides our son, we have a friend in NH, heart of tick country, who has been through severe medical crises since having Lyme twice. AND pay attention to the side effects warnings about Doxycycline esp. the part about light/sun-sensitivity. Fritzie *** Susan wrote: An added bonus... not a single tick in sight! George wrote: several of the ones I _have_ seen were already attached to me. One of these bites produced a vague circular rash about 3" in diameter. I took the full course of Doxycycline, just in case (a neighbor of mine actually came down with Lyme Disease last year). Better safe than sorry. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebi
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ticks rashes
And one can get a large, oval solid rash that is not like a bull's eye one with separate rings, and still be free of Lyme Disease! Last year I had a tick embedded in my neck/collarbone area and it made such a rash (solid red, no rings); later blood testing and lack of symptoms showed no Lyme Disease (luckily). However, sometimes it still itches there. Even though we all took precautions, I just came back from the SFO Cape May, NJ trip with a small reddish tick embedded in the small of my back. Did not look like a Deer Tick, but I am keeping an eye on the area (with a mirror). Found and removed within 24 hours of embedding, I think, so it would not have had time to disgorge its intestinal contents. Yuck. However, I have not seen many ticks around Lansing area since our "winter summer" weather a few months ago. Maybe the later extreme cold killed off that first bunch? But they will be back. Donna Scott - Original Message - From: Ann Mitchell To: John and Fritzie Blizzard Cc: geoklop...@gmail.com ; CAYUGABIRDS Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 10:41 PM Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ticks & Trip to Lindsay Parsons Just to let you know, that not everyone gets a circular rash. It is a great warning to the people who are "lucky" (not a good word to use for the bite, but...) enough to get the rash. Beware because you can be bitten and never develop a rash. If you feel ill, don't ignore it. Seek treatment. I worked for a doctor who knew. Sorry about your son, Fritzie and John. Ann On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 10:25 PM, John and Fritzie Blizzard wrote: George & all .. ... Our 56 yr. old son had Lyme last spring/early summer & was very seriously ill for close to 2 mos., initially refusing to go to a dr.. I'm so thankful that a man with whom he works told him how CRITICALLY ill his own daughter became from the effects of Lyme. This was the 2nd time in 3 yrs., with last yr. being FAR, FAR, FAR worse than the first bout. (Both times the ticks were in hard to spot places & it was the red rash that made him aware.) He had unrelenting high fever for three wks. with temp. that finally peaked at 103.4 deg. accompanied by chills, sweating, dreadful, unending headache, as well as aches & pains everywhere. Whether it was "just" the Lyme or his bad reaction to Doxycycline we'll never know but his hands were very red, very sore & very swollen with blisters deep in the flesh & eventually the skin peeled off. He has had flu/cold-like bouts several times since then. From what I've read, these & other weird effects can continue to crop up. Folks, this is not a simple "virus, it'll-go-away-in-due-time" type thing even tho' it acts like a virus. If you have the red rash .. get to the dr. fast. Blood tests rarely come back "positive" but that rash is the basic thing to look for. Seems that there are drs. who tend to pooh-pooh the whole idea but besides our son, we have a friend in NH, heart of tick country, who has been through severe medical crises since having Lyme twice. AND pay attention to the side effects warnings about Doxycycline esp. the part about light/sun-sensitivity. Fritzie *** Susan wrote: An added bonus… not a single tick in sight! George wrote: several of the ones I _have_ seen were already attached to me. One of these bites produced a vague circular rash about 3" in diameter. I took the full course of Doxycycline, just in case (a neighbor of mine actually came down with Lyme Disease last year). Better safe than sorry. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
