On Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 9:23:01 PM UTC-5, Terry Coombs wrote:
(PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per Gijs Van Dijk:
What do you do to ... to prevent disease?

I have stopped going where I get ticks.

Every bird watcher I know has serious Lyme disease, as does the
misguided gardener in New Jersey (the Jersey shore is crawling with
the things).

When I saw your second pic link, a little voice in my head said "Lyme
Disease Bullseye Rash". If I had that I could get myself to a
competent doctor ASAP. Without prompt treatment, Lyme goes into the
cartilage of the joints and then you have it for life .


I guess that's why I haven't had a lot of the problems others describe , I
got treatment as soon as I saw the bullseye rash .
--
Snag

Problem is not everyone gets the bulls eye rash. Or they may have a rash
and not notice it. The rash is not necessarily at the site of the bite
either.