i think i'd rather just pick some ticks off me than go through all that

5/30/2011 11:20:37 AM

5 on the dog

1 on me

5/30/2011 1:05:29 PM

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"tick bites itch like a motherfucker"

2 bites

5/30/2011 3:12:24 PM

what constitute as a bite? when they latch on?

mine was latched and it doesn't itch?!

5/30/2011 3:14:36 PM

prob wasn't on there long enough to do any damage

5/30/2011 3:21:55 PM

yeah they itch like a motherfucker.
think mosquito bite x100

5/30/2011 3:38:21 PM

it was there possibly all night

it was really hard to get unattached

i've had other attached ticks (tick bites i guess) but they've NEVER itched. weird.

maybe i am super human. or maybe you guys are allergic to them or something.

[Edited on May 30, 2011 at 3:45 PM. Reason : .]

5/30/2011 3:43:18 PM

maybe i have tick AIDS

5/30/2011 3:50:20 PM

i am keeping a close eye on my bite area

no bullseyes por favor

5/30/2011 3:53:50 PM

If a tick latches on, you should go see a doctor whether you see a rash or not.

5/30/2011 4:05:11 PM

haha yeah, tell the hypochondriac that

[Edited on May 30, 2011 at 4:07 PM. Reason : terrible advice]

5/30/2011 4:07:23 PM

Ticks only get on nasty people

5/30/2011 4:09:20 PM

^^^ I don't think that's really necessary.

to date:
crawlers - countless
biters - 6

oh, and...

Quote :

"tick bites itch like a motherfucker"

[Edited on May 30, 2011 at 4:11 PM. Reason : ^s]

5/30/2011 4:10:41 PM

Quote :

"If a tick latches on, you should go see a doctor whether you see a rash or not. "

you must be a doctor.

5/30/2011 4:16:20 PM

you guys are weird my tick bites have never itched

and you def don't need to see a doctor if a tick latches on....maybe if you can't get it off. i mean what would i do. be like, ummmm well here is where it bit me but i already took it off?!?! what would they tell you. good job wash it off with soap and water?!

Quote :

"haha yeah, tell the hypochondriac that"

i never actually go to the doctor so we're good. and i'm not scared of ticks. only weird diseases and ailments that no one ever actually has/catches, duh.

[Edited on May 30, 2011 at 4:20 PM. Reason : .]

5/30/2011 4:19:39 PM

oic

5/30/2011 4:26:34 PM

so maybe you will get tularemia instead of lyme disease or rocky mtn spotted fever

5/30/2011 4:29:01 PM

exactly

5/30/2011 4:29:32 PM

looks like somebodys "spray your clothes/walk through the cloud" trick didn't work

5/30/2011 4:31:22 PM

lol

it worked for the mosquitoes!

5/30/2011 4:32:45 PM

I had a bunch crawling on me earlier and found one on me when I took a shower when I got home. Now I'm paranoid that I missed more of them that are latched on somewhere.

5/30/2011 9:33:07 PM

My poor puppy has a tick on her. Frontline fail.

6/1/2011 3:39:42 PM

I was covered in randomly arranged red sometimes-itchy bumps when I woke up this morning. I know I have one small spot of poison ivy. The rest I am not so sure but I have been super paranoid about missing ticks somewhere. Perhaps I should stop rolling around in the woods every other day ... but that isn't going to happen any time soon.

6/1/2011 3:42:45 PM

Ticks on dogs are easy.

1. Apply tweezers.

2. Drop on duct-tape.

3. BURN IT.

6/1/2011 3:42:48 PM

^^chiggers? I know I have seen a shit ton of those too

6/1/2011 3:44:38 PM

found one on my nuts yesterday morning



So far no reddish mark of any kind, and no itching (never had an itch from a tick before)

6/1/2011 3:46:03 PM

^^ Quite possible. I was out in a field most of Monday and in a park for a while yesterday and felt pretty itchy when I left. Who knows.

6/1/2011 3:46:55 PM

the one I found on my back left an itch red bump... the other two in the nether regions left no marks or anything

6/1/2011 3:46:56 PM

I have 100s of tick bites and not all itch. I had one on my balls that after I pulled off itched for over a year.

This weekend I acutally felt the tick bite in for the first time. I was shooting clays and I had to drop the gun while I was screaming. It hurt so bad.

6/1/2011 4:03:29 PM

I was looking up other methods because I don't want to use my tweezers. However, I've read that making a tick release is bad because it vomits into the wound. Ugh, I hate ticks.

6/1/2011 4:04:04 PM

i usually grab them with some needle nose pliers and pull

6/1/2011 5:15:21 PM

we spread some anti-tick shit around the house and yard today

probably won't work, but it's worth a shot

6/1/2011 5:25:22 PM

ticks from the UP of Michigan are apparently the laziest things ever. 10 hour car ride home and that bum is still just hanging out on my sock? either suck my blood or go home.

6/1/2011 7:45:34 PM

i just came into say that my tick bite does itch sometimes

its like 3 days after the fact and it is kinda read and itchy

its also like right where my bra hits so...that probs isn't helping any

eric found one on his BUTT on monday night ahahaha.

6/1/2011 7:46:54 PM

after my most recent bite, i awoke to 2 bullseye looking welts, not including, but in close proximity to, the spot where i found the tick

went to the doctor today and he gave me doxycycline (antibiotics)

stained an 8-foot section of my fence after work. found one attached to my arm, and one attached to my back after undressing

FML

6/1/2011 8:16:35 PM

They've always itched for me, but who knows.

Picked three off me, one off a friend, and a couple off the dog this weekend -- much lower than I expected.

6/1/2011 8:24:19 PM

Quote :

"...but still went to the doctor and got Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted fever vaccines."

pretty sure there is currently no lyme disease vaccine for humans

6/1/2011 10:25:32 PM

Quote :

"its like 3 days after the fact and it is kinda read and itchy"

yeah you need to see a doctor.

6/1/2011 10:26:47 PM

6/1/2011 10:27:09 PM

6/1/2011 10:32:03 PM

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"yeah you need to see a doctor."

you are the one saying to see a doctor if it even latches on...no one does that.

NO WORRIES i CDCed and webmded that shit and redness and itchiness can be normal. this one couldn't have been on me more than 24 so i'm feeling pretty good about my odds. though it did bite me twice. bastard.

i think maybe you are just trying to freak me out. right?? RIGHT!!!!???

hahahaha. look what i found from yahoo answers:

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"Let me tell 1 thing u can have first aid by urself at ur home and you will find the different... All u have to do when ever tick bits u rapidly put some body spray or perfume on that .... It will fight with the germs for that time and you not gona itch anymore on that Source(s): email me if u find any difference"

[Edited on June 1, 2011 at 10:52 PM. Reason : .]

6/1/2011 10:43:45 PM

You go to a doctor for a tick bite when you get symptoms, not just because you got a bite.

I got rocky mountain spotted fever around 6 months into my job back in 2007. The symptoms were pretty obvious...all major joints (neck, elbows, shoulders, knees, back, etc.) were very sore, any time I would lean over it felt like all the blood in my body rushed to my head, and I only got slight fever. The worst and most fucked up symptom came about 2 or 3 days in (I was convinced I was just getting something cold-like) was that any time my eyes would move any amount to the left, I would get a dizzy spell. At that point I realized it wasn't your average sickness. $2k thousand bucks in blood tests later (thanks, insurance!), the results of my tests came up "neutral", but I was already given a $5, 2-week scrip for Doxy that cleared up my symptoms in 24 hrs. They took another round of blood samples, and the second round showed positive (according to my doc, "through the roof").

I've taken hundreds of tick bites, but only one got me sick. The average bite (whether a seed tick or a big motherfucker) itches for at least 2 weeks, and the red spot from the bite and subsequent scratching of itches lasts for at least a month if you cave into the scratching. The bite will start to itch usually the moment the tick gets its bite on. It's a persistent itch, and in my experience the bite mark goes away the quickest if you keep your grubby fingers away and resist the urge to scratch.

That said, 2 bites yesterday (5 total crawling on me) and 3 bites today (7 total crawling on me).

6/2/2011 12:10:41 AM

^THANK YOU!

yea i read getting an infection from a tick is pretty unlikely, even if they bite. i put anti itch stuff on my bites (have it for poison ivy). so far it is working on the bites!!! not so much with the ivy lol. but hopefully this will keep me from scratching the bites. i'm def really bad about it.

6/2/2011 12:13:18 AM

i pull ticks off me everyday i go fishing

they dont bother me, comes with the territory

i actually like wearing shorts and t shirts because i can easily feel them crawling up off my boots or clothing and onto my skin

ive had one that latchedthis year, was in my crotch area lol, shit loads of crawlers and some on my clothes

[Edited on June 2, 2011 at 12:21 AM. Reason : f]

6/2/2011 12:19:02 AM

I've had dozens or hundreds of crawlers but only a couple of bites in my whole life.

I'm pretty good at feeling things crawling on my skin. I slap mosquitos that are biting me pretty often also.

[Edited on June 2, 2011 at 12:24 AM. Reason : ]

6/2/2011 12:23:36 AM

I got Lyme and didn't get the bullseye. Just a red raised rash about the size of a nickel.

I seriously can't have fun camping because I am looking for ticks the whole time and just don't enjoy it. Byproduct of a tick ruining my life.

6/2/2011 7:54:41 AM

^ same.

Would have been entirely preventable I had done something about it early enough.

6/2/2011 12:24:56 PM

just pulled one off my lower leg today. Had about 5 crawlers today, though...thought I got them all.

6/7/2011 11:08:06 PM

had 3 monsters on me today latched on


my count is now up to 6 latchers (these I got shortly after they bit though)

6/8/2011 1:13:39 PM

another biter today. too many crawlers to count.

6/8/2011 7:08:24 PM