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I had it. Caught it from a seed tick and was on the Doxy regiment a day or two later. The sweats took forever to go away. Embarrassing when you are in front of a group and sweating like crazy.
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Don’t know how I escaped ever contracting that. I have had GAZILLIONS of ticks and tick bites over the years. Walking pipelines, mapping valves, digging ginseng, August squirrel hunting get covered up with 6000 seed ticks. Same with me, brother. I've pulled ticks off me many times over my life. But apparently one that carried RMSF didn't bite me....until it did.
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I was ‘saving’ ticks if they had gotten attached and maybe stayed on a day or two.
Usually something strange happens with me myself and I. If I get a runny nose in summer, by God there is usually a tick somewhere on me. It’s uncanny. Get out the mirror check all my folds. LOL
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Can I have your guns?
Lol, I hope you heal up quick! 😆
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Just this week, after finally going to the Dr. after having severe night sweats and feeling like crap the past couple of weeks. That’s how the first two weeks of Sober October feels.
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Better RMSF than Alpha Gal. Was in a meeting with someone last week who has AG so severe if they even touch red meat it can trigger a severe reaction.
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Better RMSF than Alpha Gal. Was in a meeting with someone last week who has AG so severe if they even touch red meat it can trigger a severe reaction. I could live off seafood, but I would miss having a steak now and then.
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I've had it once, with the rash. My dad had it twice, and ended up in the hospital both times.
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One thing the slumlord does is take a goddamm shower asap after being in the woods AND rub all legs, and arms, crotch with 91% alcohol
I don’t head to the Napa and whittle on a bar stool for 8 hours after going turkey hunting. What's the purpose of the 91% alcohol? Does it make ticks let go if they are biting; or is it more of a disinfectant for bite areas? Ticks have really started showing up around here the last few years. Not exactly a welcome addition....
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Bad stuff! Neighbor kid had it several years ago and almost died from it.. Take care of yourself!
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I assume its location based, but I've never know anyone with RMSF, but I do know a bunch of people that had Lyme disease.
I want to meet someone who got bit by a tick and can't eat red meat.
Ticks weren't a big deal when we were kids, now..hell you gotta be on the lookout that is because they were able to use DDT then and it killed ticks and fleas by the ton. the rotten witch that got DDT canned is said to have a bigger death toll then Moa stailn and Hitler. all to save eagle eggs where now eagles are being slaughtered wholesale by windmills who are in the same group as the anti DDT crowd
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Better RMSF than Alpha Gal. Was in a meeting with someone last week who has AG so severe if they even touch red meat it can trigger a severe reaction. I could live off seafood, but I would miss having a steak now and then. I love seafood, but no more red meat would really suck. Aside from steak, you'd be no fly for tacos, burgers, meatballs, brisket, chili, etc. with beef or venison. Not even being able to touch red meat to gut, process or cook it for someone else would add insult to the injury.
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There's only 1 good thing about it - you can't get it again. yea cause you be dead lol. just kidding. a guy I knew got here in NY and they would not test him for it being it was only out west. he was near death and an intern asked the nurse if they tested him for it.she said no when they did they saw he had it. they said 2 more days he would have died. anti biotics cured it. RMSF is the black plague. It's called Rocky Mountain because that's where it was discovered. However, it's found wherever there are ticks and there are a lot more ticks in the south than in the Rockies. The SE has a lot more cases than the west does.
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Better RMSF than Alpha Gal. Was in a meeting with someone last week who has AG so severe if they even touch red meat it can trigger a severe reaction. There was a guy on Coast to Coast this morning that gets triggered from the smell of bacon cooking. That would really suck.
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One thing the slumlord does is take a goddamm shower asap after being in the woods AND rub all legs, and arms, crotch with 91% alcohol
I don’t head to the Napa and whittle on a bar stool for 8 hours after going turkey hunting. Good advice.
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when we were kids high school age a cousin of mine got this Rocky mountain spotted fever it's kind of a new deal back then early to mid 80s. and he did damn near die spent several weeks in the hospital before they figured out what was going on. extremely high fever, packed him on ice a few times. you ended up losing all of his hair and a whole lot of weight..
turned out a worthless little [bleep] so maybe he should have croaked...
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One thing the slumlord does is take a goddamm shower asap after being in the woods AND rub all legs, and arms, crotch with 91% alcohol
I don’t head to the Napa and whittle on a bar stool for 8 hours after going turkey hunting. Jus like thet there strawberr y shamppoo stuff, don't be gettin' nonthat 91% alkiehall get i n thet little hole on the end a yer willy
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
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Get healthy. Damned ticks.
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My former boss, who was also a very good friend of mine, died of the crap. He went undiagnosed for almost a week. Doctors thought he had a routine virus. He got the rash late, as it was shut his organs down.
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Treatment with a course of doxycycline I am currently treating a dog with this medicine, two pills a day, morning and night for thirty days. Vet caught it during a yearly checkup, and shot update. Dog showed no symptoms but blood test caught it. Vet just said tick fever, so not sure if it is the same, or different disease. I give him a monthly dose of next gard, so ticks a fleas die when they bite him and fall off, but he still got the disease. I pull a few ticks off of me every year, so this is worysome. miles
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