Tick bite prevention week
- 28 March 2012 09:32161751never heard of lyme disease before but looks like it could be nasty, worth a quick read.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9170723/Health-experts-warn-of-hidden-spread-of-Lyme-disease.html - 28 March 2012 10:00161780A danger, so I have heard, of outdoor freshwater leisure pursuits. Swimming with an open wound (small cuts or grazes will do) swallowing the water etc.
It comes from rat-pee [no, not that stuff they charge £3 a pint for. Real rat-pee] and can have devastating consequences.
Oh! Now that I have read Howard's link. Ticks too can carry this to the blood stream. Dashed Global Warming!!!?
Best, perhaps, to up the intake of Garlic. Always good against blood suckers?Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 28 March 2012 10:03161782i think that is weils disease you refer to tom.
- Brian Dixon
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28 March 2012 10:05161784one of my niebours has this at 3 times over the 2 years or so,reckons its quite nasty.but saying that he spends a lot of time in germany [where contracted it] when he is with his girlfriend [yes a german girlfriend]. - 28 March 2012 10:26161796How right you are Howard. It is no coincidence that they often are spoken of together...
http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/.../appendix_j_weils_disease_and_lymes_disease. pdfIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 28 March 2012 14:09161846Be warned for your kids or grand kids. When I was about 11 I was playing in some woods. The next day we went to the beach and my mother put sun cream on my back. I had not known but there was a nice swollen tick on there sucking away at my blood. Luckily we had a dog a knew how to remove ticks properly. Make sure you get those legs out! I did not get sick thank goodness but it could have been worse.
Keeps politics to myself - 28 March 2012 18:10161906I had one on me once - if you hold a hot match to it, it withdraws its mouth parts from your skin ! Which is preferable to pulling it off and leaving something under the skin.---------------------------------------------------
Lincolnshire Born and Bred - 28 March 2012 18:51161915yuk.........
- 28 March 2012 19:10161919Would these be the same experts who told us we were going to die from bird flu or mad cow disease or from aeroplanes dropping on our heads at the turn of the millennium?
- 28 March 2012 19:57161930A good point well made........
- Jan Higgins
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29 March 2012 07:51161987Kath, that is the remedy we used on our dog when she got one, another remedy we were told about years ago was to cover it in Vaseline and it will fall off.-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
------------------------------------------------------------------- - 29 March 2012 09:22162009I think dogs often get them, Jan, from walking in the fields, and near to other animals.---------------------------------------------------
Lincolnshire Born and Bred - 29 March 2012 13:04162048All of our dogs have had the little b*ggers - I was always told to drown them in brandy or whiskey and then squeeze with a pair of tweezers and they should pop out whole. (I mean drown the tick not the dog). I suppose they die happy with a bit of blended inside them. You don't really notice them until they've had a feed and have a full belly and that's when you can have trouble. I was also told that they like sheep so keeping away from sheep should help in that respect. Fingers crossed Kipper doesn't get any this year!I think we are all guinea pigs in the middle of an experiment for which they have forgotten to set up a control group!
- Alec Sheldon
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29 March 2012 17:43162077This thread is making me itch. - 30 March 2012 13:06162250Hi Guys, I volunteer for BADA-UK a small self funded charity that raises awareness about Ticks and the diseases they carry, mainly Lyme Disease. We run Tick Bite Prevention Week (TBPW) each year, to give out the correct information so more people are Tick aware. We don't scare monger, or invent statistics.....and at the moment the national average is that 1 in 3 ticks are infected with Lyme Disease. I see from some of your comments that some of you have come across ticks before....I came across BADA when my husband found out he had Lyme (after talking to a volunteer), they helped him very much...sadly he had gone 10 years before being diagnosed...so he has had his life altered in many ways....We go round as many different shows as we can over the country, speaking to many different types of fowk about ticks....
One of the most important things is how you remove the tick...I see that some of you have mentioned putting Vaseline or alcohol over a tick to remove it.....this doesn't work...when I tick feels threatened it's defence mechanism is to regurgitate it's gut contents into it's host be that you or your pet....and then they back out....so yes smothering/burning/freezing etc does get them to back out...but the damage has already been done....below is a link to show you have to safely remove them
http://www.tickbitepreventionweek.org/tick-removal.html
Below is our blurb with other bits of information for you...please visit our website, I guarantee that everyone of you will learn something new.....and this week we now have backing from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) which is a massive thing for us, and we have worked very hard for our good name, we make sure that we only give out best practise information, and only sell products that have been proven to work. If you have any questions please feel free to ask, I will try to answer than asap...thanks for your time
Ticks can carry harmful infections that can be transmitted to humans. It is estimated that each year around 3,000 people in the UK contract Lyme disease (Borreliosis) from a tick bite.*
If you take part in outdoor activities or simply enjoy being in the countryside, or parks and gardens where wildlife is present, you may be at risk from tick bites. In fact, research from the School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, published in January 2012, suggests that the prevalence of Lyme disease bacteria in the UK tick population is considerably higher than most recent estimates indicated.
Tick Bite Prevention Week, supported by Mosi-guard Natural™, runs from 26 March-1 April 2012, and is an annual programme that helps promote awareness of tick-borne diseases and effective tick-bite prevention for at-risk groups, including pet owners and their animals.
Don't panic but be 'Tick Aware'!
Simple precautions can help to keep you safe. The campaign's Patron, Bushcraft and Survival expert Ray Mears, shares his Top Tips that can be taken to help prevent ticks from biting people and pets.
The great outdoors is there to be enjoyed, so make sure you visit www.tickbitepreventionweek.org for lots of useful information and advice.
*Health Protection Agency 2011 - 30 March 2012 13:11162251Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
- 30 March 2012 14:13162255Thank you very much Tom.
I have been on so many sites my brain is a bit smush like now! - 30 March 2012 14:15162257Thank you Lisa - nice to have input from a knowledgeable source! Appreciated.
- 30 March 2012 16:21162292Glad to be of help Bern
- 31 March 2012 19:35162494Yes thanks Lisa, very informative and helpful. I have 2 dogs and often worry if they might have had ticks and whether I would know what to do. I shall make sure I have a proper tick remover, who knows when I might need it.