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The Forthcoming Lyme Disease Explosion

yes, tweezers or a notch.

Ive had ticks in hard to get at places...Doctors are often not easy to find same day, and vets (probably more experienced in de-ticking) get iffy about treating humans...
 
Lyme fears grow.

PHOENIX—Fearing a case of potentially debilitating Lyme disease, countless hikers postpone their trips to the woods until winter, when the ticks that carry the disease have disappeared for the season. Or so many people had thought.

Research reported here this week at the annual meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology has revealed black-legged ticks infected with the Lyme disease–causing microbe thrive in below-freezing weather and can be active even in winter. The finding suggests the variable winter conditions brought on by climate change could increase ticks’ activity, boosting the odds that people will encounter the ticks and come down with Lyme disease. ..

https://www.science.org/content/art...content=alert&et_rid=394299689&et_cid=4061163
 
Hikers should prepare for this. Wearing long trousers and long sleeves keeps ticks off humans.

When I regularly walked dogs in woods I'd do that to keep bitey insects at bay, and also wore high necked tops and cotton gloves.

OK, it was a bit warm and I was laughed at but didn't get bitten. Or ticks. :bthumbup:
 
escargot said:
Hikers should prepare for this. Wearing long trousers and long sleeves keeps ticks off humans.

When I regularly walked dogs in woods I'd do that to keep bitey insects at bay, and also wore high necked tops and cotton gloves.

OK, it was a bit warm and I was laughed at but didn't get bitten. Or ticks. :bthumbup:
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Heat rash - yes, tick bites - no.

Around here we all know to wear long trousers if you're going where the deer go. Which, around here, is practically everywhere, including your back garden.
 
Indeed I was bitten last November, pretty chilly up here then. And yes, socks, long pants etc.
 
Interesting: a very large country deer park - ironically called Lyme Park - is only about three miles from here. (We go there sometimes - visitors are warned to go nowhere near the deer for this very reason). If these little buggers are spreading and migrating, things might get interesting! Ah well. Bambi's Revenge?

Lyme Park
 
l own and recommend the O’tom Tick Twister.

*groans inwardly*

l wouldn't recommend the use of ordinary tweezers: pressure on the tick could cause it to regurgitate its contents into your bloodstream, potentially increasing your chances of infection.

maximus otter
 
@maximus otter your services may be required.

Here's a daft wee bugger who is opposing the cull:

But among those arguing against eradication is Alasdair Moffat, who has Lyme disease and had to have a pacemaker fitted because the infection affected his heart.

Mr Moffat said deer management provided jobs for young people in South Uist.

A vote is to be held on whether all the red deer on a community-owned estate in the Western Isles should be culled.
Some residents of 93,000-acre South Uist Estate have raised concerns about Lyme disease, which can be spread to humans from infected deer tick bites.
South Uist has among the worst rates of the disease in the Western Isles.
The board of community company Stòras Uibhist, which manages the estate and would oversee the cull of 1,200 deer, believes the action to be unnecessary.

It said the animal's population could be reduced through targeted culls.
But about 200 members of Stòras Uibhist have signed a petition calling for the removal of all the estate's deer. The vote next week could involve up to 870 people.


As well as concerns around the disease, there have been complaints about grazing on croft land and the damage the deer do to woodland, gardens and other property. ...

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-64964575
 
maximus otter said:
l own and recommend the O’tom Tick Twister.

*groans inwardly*

l wouldn't recommend the use of ordinary tweezers: pressure on the tick could cause it to regurgitate its contents into your bloodstream, potentially increasing your chances of infection.

maximus otter
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We've got one of those for the dog.
 
ramonmercado said:
@maximus otter your services may be required.

Here's a daft wee bugger who is opposing the cull:

But among those arguing against eradication is Alasdair Moffat, who has Lyme disease and had to have a pacemaker fitted because the infection affected his heart.

Mr Moffat said deer management provided jobs for young people in South Uist.

A vote is to be held on whether all the red deer on a community-owned estate in the Western Isles should be culled.
Some residents of 93,000-acre South Uist Estate have raised concerns about Lyme disease, which can be spread to humans from infected deer tick bites.
South Uist has among the worst rates of the disease in the Western Isles.
The board of community company Stòras Uibhist, which manages the estate and would oversee the cull of 1,200 deer, believes the action to be unnecessary.

It said the animal's population could be reduced through targeted culls.
But about 200 members of Stòras Uibhist have signed a petition calling for the removal of all the estate's deer. The vote next week could involve up to 870 people.


As well as concerns around the disease, there have been complaints about grazing on croft land and the damage the deer do to woodland, gardens and other property. ...

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-64964575
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l don’t think that Mr. Moffat is opposing a cull of the reds, he’s opposing the eradication which some Stòras Uibhist members are proposing.

A serious cull would be a good compromise.

maximus otter
 
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