Black Fly story ... tell yours

[angela4design]

A friend contracted Lyme and it went undiagnosed until it caused a lot of problems. She has been on the mend for over a year.

I always watch for ticks, they seem to love me. Luckily most of my tick exposure has been the larger ticks. They are really icky and uncomfortable but generally have no long term effects.

If you get a tick off in less than 36 hours, even a Lyme infected deer tick, you have a very tiny risk.

I'm not a doctor by any means, but I would advise seeing a doc to get antibiotics anyway if you find a bite. Less than half of the people who get bit by a tick see the bulls-eye rash. Some only realize it from the aches and flu-like symptoms from the initial onset of infection. You can also send the tick to DHHS for analysis, but it's simple to have two weeks of antibiotics and prevent a lifetime of pain.

Also... size (of the tick) doesn't matter. Neither does the variety. The parasites they carry are microscopic; they don't need to be large.