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Anonymous Sat 29 May 2021 18:26:32 No.2122827 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>2122830 >>2122864 >>2122874 >>2123735

>be /fit/
>move to new place which is relatively close to a small mountain
>5 hours from my house to the top of the mountain
>decide to check /out/ out and see how to prepare myself so as to not fuck off
>not like I'm a complete moron (used to hike a long time ago) but still, better safe than sorry
>first thread I see is about ticks
>decide to never ever hike again
Excellent, thanks /out/, this is the quickest time I've ever regretted in visiting a board on this site.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 29 May 2021 18:34:18 No.2122830 Report

Quoted By: >>2122864 >>2122925

>>2122827
Go back to your /fit/ fag buddies to get your prostate tickled. /out/ is not for you if you’re afraid of a little tick.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 29 May 2021 18:48:39 No.2122838 Report

Quoted By: >>2122894 >>2123245 >>2123288 >>2123735

I don't understand why everyone speaks out so bad about ticks on this board. Tbh unless you are in that tick hot-zone around the east us then it's not something you need to worry about that much. I've never even seen a tick, much less been bitten by one. Call me lucky.

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Anonymous Sat 29 May 2021 19:21:04 No.2122864 Report

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>>2122827
>Hes scared of bugs
>>2122830
Fpbp

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 29 May 2021 19:37:31 No.2122874 Report

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>>2122827
Wish op told us which mtn.
Come back and deliver op.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 29 May 2021 20:16:52 No.2122894 Report

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>>2122838
I pull ticks off my dog and myself daily, usually before they attach. Never got sick from a tick, but I did from crushing a biting mosquito into myself. Babesia/Lyme/Nanoworms have many vectors.
Solid bait thread/10, OP

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 29 May 2021 21:13:45 No.2122925 Report

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>>2122830
/thread
fuck off op, this board is full

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 May 2021 06:22:17 No.2123245 Report

Quoted By: >>2123289

>>2122838
It's not just that you have to be bitten by the tick, which is easy to avoid, it's that the tick has to stay in you at least 24 hours, which is really fucking easy to avoid. It takes a special kind of coward to fear ticks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 May 2021 08:30:17 No.2123288 Report

Quoted By: >>2123400

>>2122838
I am in this zone. I have almost crashed my car multiple times trying to remove crawling ticks while driving.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 May 2021 08:31:50 No.2123289 Report

Quoted By: >>2123422

>>2123245
This is an old wife's tale. You can get lyme instantly when bit, and 30% of people never get a bullseye rash.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 May 2021 12:16:00 No.2123400 Report

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>>2123288
I am in delaware and only feel safe kayaking. Good thing there is fuckall here outdoors anyway. The maryland side of the bay is the actual recreational side. This place is a shithole.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 May 2021 12:37:16 No.2123422 Report

Quoted By: >>2125741

>>2123289
Source?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 May 2021 20:21:09 No.2123735 Report

Quoted By: >>2125523

>>2122827
Spray your clothing with Permethrin or use DEET/Icaridin on your skin.
Or just have a regular blood check, e.g. every three months and if you are being tested positive for lyme than you should be to finish it with antibiotics. Costs ~50-150$ each time, maybe free depending on your insurance/health system. It's easy to fix with antibiotics in most cases btw.

>>2122838
I had Lyme disease and the few years I had it were a catastrophe. However I usually don't go enter the ticks threads, I think they attract very neurotic people who obsess over something that can be easily dealt with.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Jun 2021 17:04:43 No.2125523 Report

Quoted By: >>2125586 >>2125590

>>2123735
>I had Lyme disease and the few years I had it were a catastrophe.
Tell us how it went?

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Anonymous Tue 01 Jun 2021 18:31:35 No.2125586 Report

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>>2125523
I couldn't concentrate at all, had a heavy depression to the point that I thought that I was bipolar, libido was low - I didn't have pain in my joints however. Might have caused a Hypothyroidism (thyroid malfunction). Correlation =/= causation but I found other people who got 'both' online. Nothing to bad in my case, I go to a doctor for endocrinology, subsidize it with a cheap medicament and it's stable so it's alright. The doctor doesn't really get 'why' my thyroid isn't working well, but finding the origin is difficult.
In the end I took 2 blood tests, first one was with suspecting it because my mother had lyme disease. The test for me was positive. Then I went to a doctor who wanted me take a different, second one just in case, which was positive as well. Then 2 weeks of antibiotics and during. At the 7th day I started to feel very different - much better, I could concentrate, sleep much better, felt much better etc.
Difference between day and night, I never imagined that.
Maybe the antibiotics swept something else away as well, who knows. I had lyme disease for 3-5 years for sure, maybe longer.
Today I'm very healthy and feeling great, no problems with my joints as well. But I am aware of other people from my area (high risk for lyme disease) who had it are in a a bad condition.
So instead of paying it for whores, rent, weed, video games, tobacco etc. just save a bit and get yourself tested regularly.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Jun 2021 18:33:20 No.2125590 Report

Quoted By: >>2125743

>>2125523
>>2125586
>Tell us how it went?
I mean I failed university completely, became a neet shut in with depression and lost a few years of progress, falling behind my peer group. It's alright, I can still make it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Jun 2021 21:41:53 No.2125741 Report

Quoted By: >>2125743

>>2123422
My doctor when he diagnosed me with Lyme (managed to beat it, no long term symptoms that I can tell) It can be awful though. I know someone who's friend has constant nerve pain from lyme.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Jun 2021 21:43:50 No.2125743 Report

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>>2125590
>>2125741
Ayy a fellow limey bastard. Glad to hear you made it through. Your story reminds me of myself when I had undiagnosed celiac disease.

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