04-07-2021, 06:46 AM
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Things are not always as they seem
On looking at this picture of a female with her dog initially I thought "what a happy looking young lady with her pet dog", then I read her story, which is very different:Lyme disease: 'People say I don't look ill'
"Yen Lau caught Lyme disease from an infected tick bite during a camping trip to Loch Lomond almost four years ago.
She says she is living with an "invisible disease" that today still causes her days-long bouts of sickness, migraines, dizziness and chronic fatigue.
Lyme disease is an infection that can be spread to humans by ticks carrying the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...-west-57693815
04-07-2021, 07:33 AM
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Re: Things are not always as they seem
Ticks are very common here in Sweden and as well as Lyme disease they can cause TBE - Tick-borne encephalitis.We're vaccinated against TBE. Four jabs, the first two within a month of each other, the third after one year and the fourth after three years. The vaccination isn't covered by our National Health but we thought it was worth the 40 pounds per jab cost.
04-07-2021, 07:57 AM
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Re: Things are not always as they seem
Originally Posted by Ullabi
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Ticks are very common here in Sweden and as well as Lyme disease they can cause TBE - Tick-borne encephalitis.We're vaccinated against TBE. Four jabs, the first two within a month of each other, the third after one year and the fourth after three years. The vaccination isn't covered by our National Health but we thought it was worth the 40 pounds per jab cost.
04-07-2021, 08:06 AM
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Re: Things are not always as they seem
Originally Posted by Baz46
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On looking at this picture of a female with her dog initially I thought "what a happy looking young lady with her pet dog", then I read her story, which is very different:
. I discovered a tick on my leg many years ago, while in the bath. We'd been to Dartmoor that day, so clearly that's where I'd picked it up - lots of sheep there!
I'd never heard of them and had no ideas of the dangers. I found it behind my knee, and just pulled at it. Thankfully it all came out, no legs left behind, and it started swimming around in the bathwater
. Yikes, didn't I jump out quickly, screaming!
04-07-2021, 08:17 AM
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Re: Things are not always as they seem
I read that woman's story too and know very little about Lyme disease. I know someone (vaguely) who has it and it isn't pleasant. at all from what I can gather. I check the dog for ticks after we have been out, but that's it. I really need to be more aware.
04-07-2021, 03:32 PM
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Re: Things are not always as they seem
Originally Posted by Bathsheba
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I discovered a tick on my leg many years ago, while in the bath. We'd been to Dartmoor that day, so clearly that's where I'd picked it up - lots of sheep there!I'd never heard of them and had no ideas of the dangers. I found it behind my knee, and just pulled at it. Thankfully it all came out, no legs left behind
When you remove them you have to make sure you get the head out because thats the part you have to worry about for causing infection not the legs.
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