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<blockquote data-quote="scn" data-source="post: 5067430" data-attributes="member: 1859"><p>For our turkey hunters: </p><p></p><p>Since we are entering the tick season, I thought I would throw this tick borne disease out there as well since it isn't as well known as Lyme or Rocky Mountain Spotted fever. I have a doctor friend here in middle TN that fortunately self-diagnosed this a few months ago and started treatment before the lab results were back. He made it though it OK. He had a good friend here in the Nashville area that died from it around the same time.</p><p></p><p>Here is the writeup for it: <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/ehrlichiosis/symptoms/index.html" target="_blank">https://www.cdc.gov/ehrlichiosis/symptoms/index.html</a></p><p></p><p>Treatment is a fairly cheap antibiotic. But, you can't wait too long. I would encourage anyone that is bitten by a tick and has some of the listed symptoms to get to a doctor asap. I lost one on my best friends years ago to Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever because he waited, and then the doctor missed the diagnosis. This disease is just as deadly, and, it is here in TN.</p><p></p><p>And, permethrin is CHEAP compared with some of the issues surrounding ticks. They are already out, so don't wait to start using your spray.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scn, post: 5067430, member: 1859"] For our turkey hunters: Since we are entering the tick season, I thought I would throw this tick borne disease out there as well since it isn't as well known as Lyme or Rocky Mountain Spotted fever. I have a doctor friend here in middle TN that fortunately self-diagnosed this a few months ago and started treatment before the lab results were back. He made it though it OK. He had a good friend here in the Nashville area that died from it around the same time. Here is the writeup for it: [URL]https://www.cdc.gov/ehrlichiosis/symptoms/index.html[/URL] Treatment is a fairly cheap antibiotic. But, you can't wait too long. I would encourage anyone that is bitten by a tick and has some of the listed symptoms to get to a doctor asap. I lost one on my best friends years ago to Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever because he waited, and then the doctor missed the diagnosis. This disease is just as deadly, and, it is here in TN. And, permethrin is CHEAP compared with some of the issues surrounding ticks. They are already out, so don't wait to start using your spray. [/QUOTE]
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