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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Overuse of antibiotics are effecting us all.  We are close to entering into a post-antibiotic world simply because we are overusing antibiotics both on ourselves and in the farm industry.  For Pete's sake, stop being so self-centered people.  Do not take antibiotics prophylactically.  A mere tick bite does not warrant drugs "just in case".  Btw, OP, the tick you described is most likely a dog tick.[/quote]

You probably don't know anyone with severe Lyme. I know close to a dozen people with it and it's worth the antibiotic risk. I am the person who does everything to avoid antibiotics unless it's an emergency and I would take them as a precaution to avoid Lyme. That said, I agree that what OP described does not sound like a deer tic.[/quote]

A dozen people with severe Lyme????[/quote]

I live in Clarendon and I know 5 people that tested positive for Lyme after a tick.  One child has had many longer lasting symptoms.  None had the classic bulls-eye rash.  The other 4, luckily, have not had the long-lasting symptoms.  I have a co-worker that has serious nerve damage, and autoimmune issues from Lyme infection.   It's realy ugly if it does happen[/quote]

You can test positive for Lyme even if the exposure was decades prior.

That's why doctors don't treat unless there are actual symptoms, and that's why it's important to have the tick tested, and that's why it's important to do daily tick checks.

AND that's why vaccine deniers suck -- there used to be a vaccine for Lyme, but it was put out to market at the height of the anti-vaccine crazy movement and they pulled it. [/quote]

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