speaking from personal experience not professional,
Ugh… I hate ticks... just checking for ticks might not be enough they bite me and loved ones and we don't even feel it and really once they dig into ya you might be infected..in other words I always find the tick after he's burrowed his head under skin. Sometimes I find stray tick on my clothes and I am able to shake it off my clothes before it bites me but not always.
My significant other got bit by a tick. She got an itchy rash right away.
We talked to the doctor via online through her tele health and he prescribed antibiotics.
I rode my bicycle to Walgreens with my mask on and picked up antibiotics through the pharmacy window.
(Nothing to be ashamed of we’ve got deer in back yard.. ticks are in yard and ride in on hair and clothing and pets such as dogs…)
. we used tele health took a picture of the rash .. or just showed it through webcam.
In the past Ive underestimated the dangers of ticks and disease.. Ive plucked a tick or two out of my hair or off my neck and didn’t break out into an itchy rash so personally I didn’t feel obliged to request antibiotics for that… that’s not to say I didn’t come down with Lyme disease… in the past I never get very concerned because It didn’t break out in rash and didn’t feel sick shortly after the bite.. I used to be comfortable risking that for myself but that was the past and I don't feel that way anymore...
As they say “If your provider thinks you are at risk for Lyme disease, a single dose of antibiotics given within 72 hours of tick removal can help prevent infection”.
…not sure how my provider can determine that if we s wait to see for symptoms days or week later?
If you don’t want to take chances you can opt for a round of antibiotics from your doctor.. maybe you should try to get that round of antibiotics the sooner the better to reduce that Lyme disease threat….
https://www.endeavorhealth.org/articles/know-the-symptoms-of-lyme-disease… personally speaking, I can see where a person might try to opt for the antibiotics right away to be on the safe side.
I feel your fears Steve! I hate not knowing and not feeling safe. I hate ticks! It’s scary.
With our recent tick incident she got a rash right away and felt sick and even then we can never be sure we got the antibiotics soon enough for my significant other so we aren’t certain she hasn’t suffered from Lyme disease and how much and I feel guilty because maybe a day or two lapsed(but we probably got the antibiotic within 72 hours) before we got the antibiotics because at first we were waiting to receive the antibiotics in the mail until I raced over to the pharmacy window in my mask.
… all that said however when you see one tick there’s gonna be more so it’s prevention time: topical tick/mosquito repellent is probably wise to use this gardening season. One might alsobe able to spray clothes such as cuffs and collars and socks to ward off ticks(mosquitos aren't a bad thing to ward off while you are at it).. I don't know but having some outdoor clothes such as boots and hat with some tick spray in it might help.
… damn after having said all that now I’m studying more about tick bites and fearing more
“Symptoms usually start about 2 to 14 days after the tick bite”
And then they say “If your provider thinks you are at risk for Lyme disease, a single dose of antibiotics given within 72 hours of tick removal can help prevent infection”.
… that’s what stinks … trying to take antibiotics within 72 hours of tick removal yet waiting to see for symptoms days or week later.. damn.
If there is no rash, symptoms like fever, chills, headache, fatigue, muscle and joint aches, and swollen lymph nodes may show up.
I would imagine a doctor might prescribe antibiotic treatment to a person that just got bit by a tick that felt they were having bad headaches and felt super tired right after a tick bite then a doctor would probably treat that person for Lyme disease with antibiotics
In other words i would assume one theoretically wouldn’t have to have the rash or all the symptoms to request antibiotics for the tick bite… they could simply have some of the symptoms to qualify for antibiotics.
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