#2389127 - 05/09/11 09:16 PM
Re: tick
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SilverFox
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Dang it man.
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#2389135 - 05/09/11 09:28 PM
Re: tick
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moondawg
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Loc: Millington, TN
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My wife is currently being treated for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. The medicines all have lots of side effects & make her feel bad themselves but are by far the lesser of two evils.
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#2389150 - 05/09/11 09:42 PM
Re: tick
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moondawg
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I don't know how long it had been on there. I got worried and went to the doctor as I had a little itching. I figured my doctor would take a look at it and maybe prescribe some antibiotics as a precaution.
Nope, two NURSES come and one inspects (ahem) my boys, (shining a flashlight on them and poking and prodding) while the other one is holding a sheet in case someone walks in. For some reason, FUBAR's classic story came to mind at this point.  The nurse says I got the tick just in time, as there's no bull-eye ring.
THEN the doctor comes in the room--with the nurse--and he has a look, with he and the nurse inspecting and poking and prodding them like a science experiment. Again, the conclusion was that they didn't see any a bite or bulls-eye, and said I pulled it off just in time. Doc told me that if I felt like I had the flu, I needed to call him. That was back in early April. So far, I've been ok, with the exception of a little itching from time to time.
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#2389154 - 05/09/11 09:48 PM
Re: tick
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FLIPPER
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That is the reason I ALWAYS wear my rhino skin clothing during turkey and archery seasons.
I also spray my clothes.
Knock on wood...I've only had 1 tick embedded in 33 years of hunting.
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#2389184 - 05/09/11 10:33 PM
Re: tick
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scn
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Rhino skin clothing is worth the money and hassle during tick season. I got one embedded on my leg from a March work trip to IL. The doc didn't like the looks of the bite site, so I did a dose of doxycillen.
Tick borne diseases are nothing to take lightly.
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#2389217 - 05/09/11 11:59 PM
Re: tick
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stik
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most likely a lone star tick. it is the blacklegged tick that carries lyme. but they all carry RMSF.
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#2389367 - 05/10/11 08:26 AM
Re: tick
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NICHOLS3
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those things are terrible at my mothers house on Watts Bar I pulled about 20 off me the other day, if I stand in one place for more than a minute they are all over me.
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#2389377 - 05/10/11 08:50 AM
Re: tick
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jb3
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Whenever my wife and I have been working in the yard, we always have a tick check afterwards. 
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