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A tick bite can.......

raven-blackbird — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 03:59:08 GMT

make you a vegetarian...........personally I think this is a conspiracy started by chickens......or maybe the cows................................raven

http://news.msn.com/us/bad-bite-a-tick-can-make-you-allergic-to-red-meat LINK

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september — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 04:07:56 GMT

did not read the link yet, but just have to say, it hasn't made anyone in my family vegetarians yet. Yes, we hike a lot, and have been bit!

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raven-blackbird — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 04:10:14 GMT

On 8/7/2014 september said:
did not read the link yet, but just have to say, it hasn't made anyone in my family vegetarians yet. Yes, we hike a lot, and have been bit!

it's a certain tick...........the lone star tick, a deer tick doesn't carry the sugar our bodies build immunities to......................................raven

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september — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 04:12:16 GMT

Raven, I did just scan the article,and it seems to apply to east coasters, and I know the ticks are different there. Our California ticks wouldn't do this to us!

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raven-blackbird — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 04:14:46 GMT

On 8/7/2014 september said:
Raven, I did just scan the article,and it seems to apply to east coasters, and I know the ticks are different there. Our California ticks wouldn't do this to us!

I don't think we have Lone Star ticks here and that's the reason.........although deer ticks can carry Lyme Disease and if given the choice I think I'd rather have the Lone Star bite me LOL.......I already don't eat meat............raven

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september — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 04:19:07 GMT

I'd rather have NO ticks bite me, but if you spend a lot of time outdoors, it can happen.

Just get to a Dr. right away (the 24 hour clinics will do) and start on the antibiotics asap. I think after you get bit by a lyme infested tick, you have at least 24 hours, if not 48, to get started on the treatment.

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sylviahomeatlast — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 05:02:23 GMT

there are ticks here----are they Rocky Mountain spotted fever??? I don't know---maybe someone does--

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hckynut — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 05:18:01 GMT

My becoming a vegetarian back in the mid 1970's had nothing to do with being bitten by a tick. The many times in the US Army I spent in tents and in the woods? Had ticks all over use when we got back to our barracks. We us to help each other remove ticks from the our backs and other places we could not see. What, is there a new breed of ticks now?

Guess I am missing something in this thread.

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Kachina624 — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 07:31:42 GMT

On 8/7/2014 sylviahomeatlast said: there are ticks here----are they Rocky Mountain spotted fever??? I don't know---maybe someone does--

Yes, ticks in Colorado and adjacent areas can cause Rocky Mountain Fever.

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mewsmomtoo — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 11:09:24 GMT

Well, you know those cows are always holding up signs saying "Eat Mor Chikin"...

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Preds — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 11:13:55 GMT

Those sneaky cows are at it again.

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Cakers1 — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 14:06:28 GMT

On 8/7/2014 sylviahomeatlast said: there are ticks here----are they Rocky Mountain spotted fever??? I don't know---maybe someone does--

Hi sylvia: RM Spotted Fever is carried by ticks if they carry the bacteria that causes the illness. At least that is what we were told in our jaunts to Colorado.

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chrystaltree — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 15:13:45 GMT

Interesting. I'm not a hiker, I don't spend any time in the great outdoors. My idea of outside is sitting on my balcony with a glass of iced tea by my side. And I gave up red meat a while ago. So, I'm safe.

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Allegheny — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 15:57:02 GMT

A friend recently told me that her Aunt contracted Lyme's disease. The Aunt lives in a very upscale area noted for it woody setting, but also with an abundance of deer. Aunt is a avid gardener and apparently encounter the tick through her outdoor activity. Luckily she was diagnosed at early onset.

I am also always on the look out for ticks as I live in the woods. The CDC posts excellent information on their website of the different types of ticks and diseases they can cause. I have heard of the lone star tick and that it can cause a red meat allergy though the CDC does not make mention of the meat allergy symptom.