[Namron] Tick Answers from Gwyneth

[Lindseybellam at aol.com]

My ticks showed up Monday morning and evening, having taken a shower Sunday 
night and checked carefully, I think they came in on my clothes and ended up in 
my recliner and then back onto me.  You either need a bug repellent with DEET 
for yourself or with permethrin for your clothes or car. It took me over a 
year to get diagnosed and as a result I had to take two month long rounds of 
tetracyclin, but it left damage since it took so long.  The main symptoms for 
tick related diseases are: high fever, headache, tiredness, muscle aches, or a 
rash, with Lyme you can get at bulls-eye rash (red center, white circle, red 
circle) but only 50% of people with Lyme get that.  It takes about six weeks for 
the antibodies to build up in your blood so that a test can find it.  It takes 
a radioactive-immuno-assay test ( I think it is called ALISSA) and the test 
is expensive, so some times you have to very persistent with your doctor to get 
it.  Anymore questions, contact me privately by e-mail or phone, hoping all 
stay well - Gwyneth
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