'Nother ATTABOY for a civil engineer.
Wilton
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] 617 IP Ticks
Just catching up on these after being away to the Jersey shore for a week
getting the house ready for the summer [Ocean City
Just catching up on these after being away to the Jersey shore for a week
getting the house ready for the summer [Ocean City - no damage from Sandy
due to being in the center of the eye & due to that my civil engineer dad
bought on the highest elevation of 10' on the island in 1973]
Anyway
Might pay to go by an ER or a Doc-in-a-Box since those docs are much more
likely to have seen numerous tick cases than the private docs. Might also
ask the doc how soon you can get skin tested for whichever disease those
kinds of ticks carry.
A med school ER would be a great place to get checke
Didn't think of alcohol.
Tried scaring it away with a lighter, and it didn't want to pull out,
eventually I heated it too much and killed it. Lucky I got all the
mouth parts when I removed the dead thing.
Put it under tension, and then wait. It'll get tired and let go.
That's what I do with t
'Hate to sound morbid, but a tick carrying Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
killed my 8-year-old nephew in 1948.
Wilton
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From: "Mitch Haley"
To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 617 IP Ticks
Rich Thomas wrote:
Clean it really well with disinfectant (external and internal) and keep
an eye on the area for any swelling or red rash (esp in a circle around
it) -- those buggers carry Lyme disease and other nasty stuff. My wife
got Lyme from one a few years ago.
If you pull them out ma
Clean it really well with disinfectant (external and internal) and keep
an eye on the area for any swelling or red rash (esp in a circle around
it) -- those buggers carry Lyme disease and other nasty stuff. My wife
got Lyme from one a few years ago.
If you pull them out make sure to get the h
