Tick grumpage

[Mike P]

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I just weedwacked the whole yard and was sitting down cool off and I feel a tick on my inner thigh, grab it immediately but it had already bit me Wood tick so hopefully no lime, blood where he got me though so I circled it with a sharpie so I can watch it.

Wood ticks are carrying Lyme now, but you should be OK. It takes them awhile after they're embedded to transmit the virus---I read it can take up to 24 hours.

[UserRemoved1]

thanks Mike I heard that too, I actually got bit twice and one got blood so he got me good but he wasn't there for more than an hour and probably hadn't been biting for too long. I felt something and rubbed it and felt it, rubbed back again and realized what it was and immediately grabbed it way down as low as I could and piched it real tight and got it out as quick as I could. I'm going to watch it that's why I circled it. Sucker hurts too they bite hard.

[Raven]

somethin about how the 'saliva" believe it or not, is how the disease is transmitted...is why it takes a while...so when you find them after they made contact it isnt an automatic thing as a result of the bite....
because i had one bite my neck one mornin and my neck ached like a s.o.b. like i was punched "hard" or karate chopped....and i wasn't infected. after removal it healed ok with no redness and or swelling.
the doc said two weeks it takes....following....so your prolly ok man.