Lyme Disease not that fruity after all..

[Katie at FoxMedics]

I am sure as everything has side affects but this chap had been spraying WD40 on his knees for years! But always be cautious with anything and it seems to have helped Sandworks. There is a product called DEET which is an insect repellent but is very strong and can corrode plastic coatings on things which is a concern when you can spray it onto your skin!!

[Countryboy]

Very interesting post Katie

[Darrin Turnbull]

Here's something which is used in Germany.

[scottythepinetree]

I had a bad dose of this in 2012. Was off work for 3 months with it. I was working on utilities on a Friday. On the following Sunday my wife noticed a tick on my neck. There had recently been a safety bulletin from the ESB (power company) alerting us to the danger, so we removed the tick according to the advice in the bulletin. About a week or two later, when walking my dog on the beach, I began to get a strange tingling sensation in my legs. I ignored it, and it went away. It came back the following evening, again while walking the dog. This went on the same way for about 2 weeks, until one evening the tingling in my legs was accompanied by a similar sensation in my arms. When I got home it got worse. I felt suddenly really weak, and had some numbness in my face.

 

I went to the doctor the following day, and they were almost dismissive. Even more so when I mentioned the possibility of it being Lyme disease. But I pushed them to test me for it. The test results came back positive, but it turned out that I actually had stage 2 Lyme disease (iirc), meaning that it wasn't the recent tick bite that caused it. I could have had it a long time before developing symptoms.

 

They put me on Doxycyclene for a month. When I didn't get any better, they doubled the dose for another month. Knocked me for 6.

 

Good to be aware of it. They're dangerous little buggers.

[sasha.p]

I didn't realise the infection rate was so high for the UK Katie good post I am always telling people to watch out for ticks especially in bracken and long grass areas

[Darrin Turnbull]

Just got myself some new tick tweezers.

 

[mendiplogs]

Just got myself some new tick tweezers.

 

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Hi DARRIN they look good mate thanks Jon