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Kayak Fishing Zone => Safety First => Topic started by: otobepelagic on February 27, 2017, 04:51:31 PM

Title: Tick Bites...
Post by: otobepelagic on February 27, 2017, 04:51:31 PM
For all you hunters, gatherers, etc...

Tomorrow I'm getting antibiotics for an embedded tick bite as I cannot be sure of when it bit me. We check ourselves constantly ...this one never even gave me a hint of an itch. If it was Friday ...I exceeded the 36 hour window. If it was later it would be no problem. Plus, if you are not careful when removing the tick you might actually squeeze the infection through the tick like a syringe and infect yourself. I'm not taking the chance...getting the antibiotic ..... :smt012

Here is a great site for tick bites....

https://www.uptodate.com/contents/what-to-do-after-a-tick-bite-to-prevent-lyme-disease-beyond-the-basics
Title: Re: Tick Bites...
Post by: Kurious on February 27, 2017, 05:11:18 PM
Wish you are safe Allen.
Title: Re: Tick Bites...
Post by: Tote on February 27, 2017, 05:30:13 PM
Where was the little effer?
Title: Re: Tick Bites...
Post by: LBSteve on February 27, 2017, 06:11:12 PM
Ticks are no joke! With all the rain and spring just around the corner they are starting to "repel"
That's were they climb up as high as they can and reach out and grab on to anything that walks by. I went to my favorite bank fishing hole and plucked two off when I got home Sunday night. They give me the creeps!
Title: Re: Tick Bites...
Post by: Salty. on February 27, 2017, 06:33:31 PM
Damn Allen that sucks!  We used to get them walking down the trails to go surfing. I hate ticks.
Title: Re: Tick Bites...
Post by: Fisherman X on February 27, 2017, 07:45:50 PM
Damn, sorry to hear that, O2B!

Tick bites are no joke with them carrying 16 known diseases for humans. Good that you are getting the treatment!
Title: Re: Tick Bites...
Post by: masterandahound on February 27, 2017, 08:34:36 PM
I picked up one hiking about two years ago. Just as O2B said, no itch or discomfort at all. Just happened to get out of the shower and noticed the little turd. I was able to get it out in one piece bit it left a nasty welt that looked bad for a few weeks afterwards. There's even a faint scar left from it still. We were hiking a few weeks ago and lucked out, but the dog didn't. He came home with two tiny little guys. Looks like tick season is getting going early.

Good luck, O2B.
Title: Re: Tick Bites...
Post by: Archie Marx on February 27, 2017, 08:57:29 PM
I contracted Lyme and I never even saw the tick, nor did I notice the tick bite.

Know what early stage Lyme looks like!

Title: Re: Tick Bites...
Post by: lightfoot on February 27, 2017, 09:09:29 PM
If you want an eye opener then try flagging along a trail you have used in the past.  It's basically a white wool cloth, tied to a stick, that you wave back and forth across the grass/brush as you walk.  Any color actually works but it's easier to see the little buggers on a white background.
Title: Re: Tick Bites...
Post by: Eddie on February 27, 2017, 09:12:01 PM
I contracted Lyme and I never even saw the tick, nor did I notice the tick bite.

Know what early stage Lyme looks like!
Do you still suffer from it or are you well because you got treated in time?
Title: Re: Tick Bites...
Post by: MANBEARPIG on February 27, 2017, 10:19:52 PM
Sorry to hear that tio, I had one a few years ago from liberty Glen, and I had to take the big pill o anti biotics.  Make sure to take some beneficial bacterias afterwords or that anti biotics will real havoc on your tummy.  Good luck, you're always so diligent on ticks, I'm surprised you missed  it!
Title: Re: Tick Bites...
Post by: Fishcomb on February 27, 2017, 11:01:42 PM
I contracted Lyme and I never even saw the tick, nor did I notice the tick bite.

Know what early stage Lyme looks like!
Damn Adam! That's crazy!

I was driving home from sac after a hook up with you on the American and I felt something on my neck and it was a tick. I pulled over on the freeway and freaked out  :smt044 good thing it didnt bite me.
Title: Re: Tick Bites...
Post by: Chadrock on February 28, 2017, 08:17:41 AM
Dayuum doood!
I'll have to check my leg after work. The one I yanked out at the lake Saturday wasn't in long, and came out clean thanks to Totes tick tool. 
Good luck Al!
Title: Re: Tick Bites...
Post by: otobepelagic on February 28, 2017, 08:22:17 AM
Dayuum doood!
I'll have to check my leg after work. The one I yanked out at the lake Saturday wasn't in long, and came out clean thanks to Totes tick tool. 
Good luck Al!

Mine was a bit more difficult to remove. I had to remove the remainder of the small tick parts like a Civil War Doctor...ouch!!! Had I read the complete  referenced attached article they said not to as your body would take care of the small pieces.
Title: Re: Tick Bites...
Post by: Archie Marx on February 28, 2017, 08:43:59 AM
I contracted Lyme and I never even saw the tick, nor did I notice the tick bite.

Know what early stage Lyme looks like!
Do you still suffer from it or are you well because you got treated in time?


I am asymptomatic. Yay.
Title: Re: Tick Bites...
Post by: opie on February 28, 2017, 09:17:00 AM
http://murakamicentreforlyme.org/How%20To%20Check%20for%20Ticks.htm

How to check for ticks.

Step 1
Head straight for your bathroom and strip off all your clothes. Toss them in a dry bathtub. This keeps any critters crawling across the bathroom floor. Just because they aren't on you, doesn't mean they won't find you later in they are out crawling around.
 
Step 2
Check your hair first. If you have long hair , take it down. Run your fingers flat against your scalp and over your entire head. Hold your fingers together and use both hands. Touch the entire surface area of your scalp. Feel for small bumps or objects against your head. It helps to have a partner assist you in the search through your hair, making sure to part the hair in sections while checking thoroughly.
 
Step 3
Comb your hair. Hopefully you didn't find any ticks attached to your head, but they could still be around. Use a small-toothed comb and thoroughly comb through all of your hair. If your hair is long, pull it up when you're finished.
 
Step 4
Look over the rest of your body from the top down. Some ticks are very small, so look carefully at your skin. You are looking for a small, round, black or brown bump. Stand in front of a long mirror to look at your back side or ask for some assistance if your partner is around.
 
Step 5
Raise your arms and check your armpits. Ladies, be sure to check underneath your breasts. Ticks like dark areas. Check your male and female parts just in case. Ticks will typically head for the hottest area of the body (the head) and will only stop if they are blocked by clothing or armpits, groins, etc.
 
Step 6
Put on some clean clothes. If you've made it this far without finding a tick you are good to go. Carefully pick up your clothes from the bathtub and hold them away from yourself. Look for ticks in the bathtub.
 
Step 7
Take your clothes outside and give them a shake. Turn them inside out and shake them again. If you found a tick, leave your clothes outside for a while. If you missed one, it should crawl away eventually in search of more food.
Title: Re: Tick Bites...
Post by: spinal tap on February 28, 2017, 11:24:49 AM
That's the part I worry most about trips to the lake.  That's why I go shower, even in cold water and change clothes. 

Hoping for the best news and outcome.  This reminds me to reapply all my clothes with permetherin.
Title: Re: Tick Bites...
Post by: Str8FishiN on February 28, 2017, 11:48:00 AM
I got bit by my first tick last year at Lake Sonoma.  I used to sit and lay down wherever I wanted, until I was hanging out at camp and something bit me in the neck.  It was in an area where I couldn't see it in the mirror.  It felt like a mole and no matter how hard I tried to pull it out with my fingers, I couldn't.  I finally had ChuckE check and he confirmed it was a tick.  Luckily he had tweezers to carefully remove it before the tick had a chance to bury it's head.  There's no way I could've removed that tick in the field by myself. 
Title: Re: Tick Bites...
Post by: crazyfisher on February 28, 2017, 01:38:00 PM
tick are nasty buggers!! Used to go to Bon Tempe and Alpine Lake a lot and hiking around there are a ton of ticks. Even golfing at Half Moon Bay last year I got a few.

Just make sure to tuck in your shirts and pull your socks over your pants. Wear light color so you can spot them in case. This will help slow them down but they will eventually find a way to the blood source.

My dog got a few at Bon Tempe and those suckers leave scars! GF got a few as well when we went home and she notice it. I grab tweeter and pull it out.

Lyme disease is no joke. Her co-worker got it and it eventually ended his life :(

Title: Re: Tick Bites...
Post by: MontanaN8V on February 28, 2017, 04:19:19 PM
I got bit by my first tick last year at Lake Sonoma.  I used to sit and lay down wherever I wanted, until I was hanging out at camp and something bit me in the neck.  It was in an area where I couldn't see it in the mirror.  It felt like a mole and no matter how hard I tried to pull it out with my fingers, I couldn't.  I finally had ChuckE check and he confirmed it was a tick.  Luckily he had tweezers to carefully remove it before the tick had a chance to bury it's head.  There's no way I could've removed that tick in the field by myself.

Quick squirt of OFF and they back right out...done it once a buncha times.
Title: Re: Tick Bites...
Post by: MontanaN8V on February 28, 2017, 04:22:42 PM
I contracted Lyme and I never even saw the tick, nor did I notice the tick bite.

Know what early stage Lyme looks like!
Do you still suffer from it or are you well because you got treated in time?


I am asymptomatic. Yay.

I think most of us would disagree with you on that one.
Title: Re: Tick Bites...
Post by: crash on February 28, 2017, 04:28:19 PM
I contracted Lyme and I never even saw the tick, nor did I notice the tick bite.

Know what early stage Lyme looks like!
Do you still suffer from it or are you well because you got treated in time?


I am asymptomatic. Yay.

Me too. Got it near Shelter Cove in 2001. Never knew I got bit but I got the nice bullseye rash a few weeks later on the back of my leg. Guy in line behind me at the grocery store saw it and asked me if I played racquetball. Pointed it out. I got it checked but never developed any other symptoms. I've known other people that weren't so lucky.
Title: Re: Tick Bites...
Post by: Papa Al on February 28, 2017, 04:40:08 PM
I hate ticks. Got one on my neck once while Geocaching. Yuck.
I've removed a few from my dogs too.

Hope you're ok.

Al
Title: Re: Tick Bites...
Post by: otobepelagic on February 28, 2017, 04:48:12 PM
Wear rubber gloves whrn messing with ticks on animals.  Not funny but we used to squish ticks prior to flushing them...ouch
Title: Re: Tick Bites...
Post by: NowhereMan on February 28, 2017, 08:57:45 PM
Ticks suck...
Title: Re: Tick Bites...
Post by: Chadrock on February 28, 2017, 09:08:38 PM
Wear rubber gloves whrn messing with ticks on animals.  Not funny but we used to squish ticks prior to flushing them...ouch

I'll remove a good dozen from Kona after any weekend on the coast. Lucky so far this weekend. We give her some 3 month pill for the bastards as well.
Title: Re: Tick Bites...
Post by: MontanaN8V on March 01, 2017, 10:34:02 AM
Wear rubber gloves whrn messing with ticks on animals.  Not funny but we used to squish ticks prior to flushing them...ouch

I'll remove a good dozen from Kona after any weekend on the coast. Lucky so far this weekend. We give her some 3 month pill for the bastards as well.

Spray your dog with repellant before turning them loose. I spray Ol Peps down good before quail hunting or any place I think may be "ticky" and I have only pulled a couple off him the last year or so. Usually up under his collar. Try it, it really helps.
Title: Re: Tick Bites...
Post by: kayakingdonald on March 28, 2017, 04:43:31 PM
Ugh scary stuff, hope it works out OK. Thanks for the guide opie, that's actually quite useful for me as a beginner.