Thank you for the tick-lyme info. I will forward it to my daughter. I think they will probably walk someplace else...Ken your story about all the ticks on you was gross...yuck..I can't imagine being covered with that many ticks...
Joanne www.snowcrest.net/samijo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ode Coyote" <coy...@alltel.net> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 8:38 AM Subject: Re: CS>A question of ticks and lyme > The very small tick may or may not be a deer tick. Adult deer ticks are > about an 8th inch. The tick 'nymph' or what we call a 'seed tick' is very > small. It's the same tick in a different stage of it's life cycle. > Lymes is pretty rare especially if you get that tick off within 3 hours. > Usually one gets flu like symptoms and the spreading rash or bullseye, but > not always. > > Also be aware of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever which can kill ya pretty quick. > > > I always check for ticks several times after walking in the woods. > There's something that we locals call "tic paranoia", lasting hours to > days, where every little tickle promotes nudity and inspection. [more fun > in mixed company :-)] > > If a dog gets a tick in its ear, the dog can be paralyzed till it's pulled > out. If the tick is allowed to drop off, you'll have "Sagans" [billions and > billions] of ticks around...starting with seed ticks. > I don't know if dogs get or carry Lymes disease but it's a good idea to > de-tick them every day. > > As a former forestry worker, I've had ticks on me that were so thick that > the blue on my jeans was not visible and they had to be scraped off with a > knife before they dug in. WAY FREAKY!!! > > Fun with ticks... > They can run around on the bottom of a jar full of methonol for a long time. > Lots of fun to touch with a butane pocket torch. Sometimes they'll imitate > a ballistic missile! Ready, aim, FIRE "pop"! > Place ticks on the burner of a kerosene lamp and watch them do laps! > Pull off their legs on one side and watch them walk in circles. > > Guinea hens and chickens love ticks...for supper. > > Hey, what's that little spot??? Oh a Freckle whew! > Ken > > > At 07:38 AM 6/29/01 EDT, you wrote: > >In a message dated 6/28/01 9:59:06 PM EST, sam...@snowcrest.net writes: > > > ><< bj: CS>A question of ticks and lyme > > Date: 6/28/01 9:59:06 PM EST > > From: sam...@snowcrest.net (Joanne) > > Reply-to: sam...@snowcrest.net (Joanne) > > To: silver-off-topic-l...@yahoogroups.com, silver-list@eskimo.com > (silver > >list) > > > > Last week I was visiting my daughter about 30 miles East of > >Sacramento.(California) We went for a walk with the kids and the dog. After > >we got back we found a tick on the dog. Later that day while shopping a > tick > >fell off me. After we got home Nancy found two ticks on her. The next > day I > >found another one on me. Today, three days later and three showers later, > >after I got home, I found two more on me. Except for the first one they > all > >had a hold of me and were digging in. The clothes I was wearing were not > >even with me in Sacramento.....The questions are: > > Where were those ticks for three days? > > Do all ticks carry lyme? > > If they do and one gets it what are the symptoms to watch for? My daughter > >was concerned as there apparently are ticks around her place this year. I > >told her I would try and get some info. for her as I know some of you have > >had to deal with lyme. > > Thank you > > > > Joanne > > I am posting this to both lists > > >> > > > >Joanne: I'm sure there are others much more knowledgeable than I, and I may > >be dead wrong as well, but here goes anyway. Those ticks could have > >transferred themselves to other clothing, or your pets and back to your body > >during those three days, or been on your body the whole time. There's no way > >to know. If you can see the tick easily, i.e., its an eighth to a quarter of > >an inch in size, it is NOT a deer tick which is extremely small and very > >difficult to see. It's the deer tick which carries Lyme disease and even > >among deer ticks, only about 3% actually carry the Lyme bacteria. > >Furthermore, even IF you HAD a Lyme infected deer tick on your body, there > is > >no certainty, by any means, that it will infect you. However, one way to > >PROMOTE infection from any tick, since all ticks carry infectious bacteria, > >is to attempt to remove it with a tweezers, or other means that induces it > to > >regurgitate bacterial containing fluids into your bloodstream. I would be > >VERY cautious about removing a tick. If fact, have an expert do it. As far > as > >your pets are concerned, my vet once told me it's far safer to allow them to > >fall off rather then attempt to pull them off yourself. If you are infected > >with Lyme bacteria, a bulls-eye shaped redness MAY appear around the bite. > >Check with your doctor to get further help. Roger > > > > > >-- > >The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > > >To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > >silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com > >with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > > >To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > >Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > >List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > > > > >
