Ticks

[Shaedar]

I pulled 8 of them out in last week or so. I get them while running through or near forest and since I began trying some tricks, I fail a lot and I get them when rolling around in grass too.
Now, I usually don't worry about random insect bites these things sort themselves out. This however is beyond an itchy rash as some ticks are transmitters of meningitis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meningitis) and lyme disease (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyme_Disease), both of them serious diseases, with possible heavy post-symptoms even when succesfully treated.

How do you protect yourself (if you have such problem) ?
I've been using sprays but it doesn't seem to help much, they still get into my clothes and eventually to my precious blood stream.

[Confucius]

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[tuareg]

just check your hair etc when you end your session, nothing extreme.

[Surge!]

It's the leeches you've go to worry about.

[Counterfeit Soda]

Just check yourself over when you're done, if you want, after you've done that, take a shower, and check yourself over again.

I've lived in the woods for like 20 years, and so far I haven't died from Lyme Disease. I'm sure you're going to be fine.

[Shaedar]

M'yes, usually they are so small I notice them the day after when it starts to itch. I'm getting a meningitis shot just to be on a safe side.

[Lukas]

Dude, get those fuckers off you as fast as possible, if they are small that means that they are deer ticks which transmit lyme disease. I had lyme for 5 years and it essentially wiped out my "innocent childhood" and replaced it with migraines, joint pain, fatigue, weight gain, inability to do anything physical really. I had it for 5 years, my brother had it for 2, and my mom has had it for 13, yeah, 13 years. It's horrible, she can barely get up and down the stairs each day.

[Shaedar]

Deer ticks are the only ones we have here or I've ever encountered. Not all of them transmit lyme, plus I read on wikipedia if you get them off in 36 hours after they "invaded" the chances of getting lyme drop almost to zero.

Data have demonstrated that prompt removal of an infected tick, within approximately 36 hours, reduces the risk of transmission to nearly zero; however the small size of the tick, especially in the nymph stage, may make detection difficult.

[Surge!]

I don't we have ticks in the uk.

[compleks]

I don't think we have ticks, thank god.

Sorry, I'm no help really.

[Shaedar]

Yes you do have them, good sir.

Australia tick fauna consists of approximately 75 species, most of which fall into the Ixodidae, hard tick, family. The most medically important tick is the Paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus. It is found in a 20-kilometre band that follows the eastern coastline of Australia. Encounters with these parasites are relatively common as this is where much of the human population resides in New South Wales and South-East Queensland. Although most cases of tick bite are uneventful, some can result in life threatening illnesses including paralysis, tick typhus, and severe allergic reactions both in humans and companion animals.

[Zanchito]

Find a small place without trees, burn it to the ground and spread salt on it so nothing ever grows again. You won't have ticks there, I presume.

You could also try to find what species preys on ticks and release some specimens in the area.

I hate wild nature, it's not fun, just filled to the brim with parasites and shit.

[Phil D]

i thought if u pulled ticks out part of them breaks off inside you and will get infected?

[Rahf]

We have ticks in Scandinavia and the main prevention is to just wear covering clothing as well as checking your armpits, ears and scrotum after having been outside.

Use a set of tweezers and make sure you grip the head as well.

[Martial Way]

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Well, I would stop going in a forrest that is notorious for ticks. You don't want to risk getting sick, those disgusting things latch onto other animals that could have a myriad of diseases and then once hungry again get on you and can transmit a bunch of horrible shit. Not that I'm sure you didn't realize this but I think the best thing you can do is just avoid this area if there are so many ticks.

Incidentally, if there are ticks I'm surprised you haven't gotten chiggers...

[Shaedar]

Chiggers are found in tropics, I live in north.

I pull ticks out with fingers and it happens very rarely that I'd tore body off the head (which is under the skin).

[Dimitri-]

We have ticks in Scandinavia and the main prevention is to just wear covering clothing as well as checking your armpits, ears and scrotum after having been outside.

Use a set of tweezers and make sure you grip the head as well.

This will probably be your best advice, as well as not tricking there in the first place. But if you must, you should wear long socks with long pants tucked inside of them, im not sure how this will affect your tricking capability but I have read this is a method of avoiding ticks. I dont know how much your back/chest is on the floor but I would say to try not getting that part of your body on the grass.

[Swartz]

It's because you're a dirty hobo that doesn't clean himself Shaedar.

[Birch]

We have killer ants over here. And drop bears. Yes, gotta watch those.

[Rahf]

This will probably be your best advice, as well as not tricking there in the first place. But if you must, you should wear long socks with long pants tucked inside of them, im not sure how this will affect your tricking capability but I have read this is a method of avoiding ticks. I dont know how much your back/chest is on the floor but I would say to try not getting that part of your body on the grass.

They're actually not commonly found on grass but rather on understory foliage at the edges of forests (subject to change regarding the forest, this is what I was taught in biology). So a patch of plain grass is usually fine, whereas tall grass is a cause for more concern.

[Shaedar]

Long pants and long socks when it's 25°C or more outside is a no go.
And my place is a meadow with tall grass by the forest edge. :eh: I'd go in the middle of it but then the owners can see me and they don't want me jumping around their precious grass. They even threatened me I might get accidentally shot.

[saunders]

i live next to a forest and we've got a shitload of ticks here. +4 dogs who are like tick-magnets. it's pretty damn annoying. but when going in the forest stay on the path, preferably in the middle. ticks hide mostly in long grass and bushes, so whenever you walks through those they can easily climb on you.
so when tricking avoid long grass. and after you tricked/went into the woods, check yourself, esp the warm and dark parts of your body like armpits and stuff.

[Tamonten]

How do you protect yourself (if you have such problem) ?
I've been using sprays but it doesn't seem to help much, they still get into my clothes and eventually to my precious blood stream.
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