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Ticks

  • 17-07-2016 10:55am
    #1
    Wailin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,439 ✭✭✭


    After a walk yesterday I was at home and discovered a tick on my inner thigh :eek: How long it was there I don't know but it wasn't plump as it would had it engorged (yuk!). So I plucked it off with a tweezers and rubbed the area with dettol. Should I be worried about Lime's disease or is that unlikely and rare?


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  • #2
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Apply an antiseptic cream for a few days. If you develop any flu like symptoms in the next ten days, go straight to your GP.

    Usually, all is fine though.

    Nasty buggers!


  • #3
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,499 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    As long as you removed it promptly, within 24-48 hrs of it biting, and didn't squeeze the body of the tick, i.e. removed it by gripping the tick around it's mouth parts and pulling it straight out you will probably be OK.

    See here for a good guide to what to look out for ...

    https://www.hse.ie/eng/health/az/L/Lyme-disease/

    If you do develop symptoms, early treatment is essential, so don't accept any bull**** from doctors who insist we don't have Lymes here in Ireland. Keep looking until you find a doctor who knows what he's talking about.


  • #4
    Wailin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,439 ✭✭✭Wailin


    Thanks guys. I probably should have looked up how to remove a tick correctly before ripping it off my leg!

    Plenty of antiseptic cream so and I'll watch out for the bite showing expanding redness. Lime disease most definitely does exist in Ireland.


  • #5
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,499 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    Bear in mind that not everyone experiences the classic bullseye rash, so also keep an eye out for the other symptoms, i.e. fever, joint and muscle aches etc.


  • #6
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    Lyme disease isn't as prevalent in Ireland as America/Canada. I get about fifty ticks a year minimum and have yet to see anything worse than an itchy bump!


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  • #7
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,499 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    Kovu wrote: »
    Lyme disease isn't as prevalent in Ireland as America/Canada. I get about fifty ticks a year minimum and have yet to see anything worse than an itchy bump!
    It may or may not be as prevalent, nobody really knows, since aside from the staggering level of ignorance on behalf of some members of the medical profession regarding Lymes, until quite recently it wasn't even a notifiable disease (to the HSE), so there were in fact no reliable statistics available.

    The problems occur when it goes undiagnosed for a long time, and then when the more serious symptoms come along it gets completely misdiagnosed as something totally unrelated, by which time it's too late to treat with antibiotics.


  • #8
    Wailin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,439 ✭✭✭Wailin


    Kovu wrote: »
    Lyme disease isn't as prevalent in Ireland as America/Canada. I get about fifty ticks a year minimum and have yet to see anything worse than an itchy bump!

    Good to know Kovu!


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