Unfortunately they wouldn't do anything without symptoms which i totally understand. I had been preoccupied looking for the rash and didn't really think much of the headaches. It was only the dizziness that raised the red flag. Fingers crossed.I just hope that there hasn't been too much damage done in the intervening 7 weeks or so. While the infection can be halted, any damage already done can be permanent.
It's so weird. I now have pain in my right wrist which is annoying as my job requires me to lift 5 metre lengths of pvc all day so no fun right now. I am hopeful all this will clear up as the antibiotics take effect. Glad yours did.Sorry to hear you are now symptomatic. Glad they’ve given you the antibiotics. Hope it sorts things out for you. Antibiotics seemed to have sorted mine out, thankfully. I suffer headaches anyway and there hasn’t been any increase in them at all. It took about three and a half weeks for the rash to go.
Several things I take warn of grapefruit (no problem to me) but now I’ve been banned from Seville Oranges as well which is is a problem, no more marmalade, sigh ... .And of all the citrus fruits it's only Grapefruit, and my favourite. I am on statins so grapefruit is a nono. Being a toxicologist I was aware of all these drug-drug interactions, and if one of our candidate medicines induced a certain liver metabolyzing enzyme, grapefruit was out in the first in man trials,
Jesus. Hopefully i will avoid some of the symptoms you had. The credit card thing worked perfectly by the way. Maybe beginners luck but no issues whatsoever. Just swept it off.Impacted on me really badly. Ended up with two stays in Hospital in isolation. Both times by ambulance as my temperature went high enough to make me unconscious. I had everybody involved including at one point the Liverpool tropical medicine unit. Never quite got to the bottom of what actually happened in terms of a reaction but the general consensus was Ticks. Still have treatment now for serious joint pain, kidney issues and lethargy, almost three years later. The second time I was rushed in I was actually out of it for three days and woke up in another isolation room. It was terrifying.
The symptoms described were like mine. I also had sensitivity to light for which they gave me a lumbar puncture (I think that’s what that was called). Not nice. They treated me with a combination of three intravenous antibiotics over a two week period each time I was hospitalised. The third antibiotic was like having bleach injected. It hurt. My hair fell out and I lost almost two stone in weight. The second time I went in I was totally out of it and delirious for three days.
You hear all kinds of blasé crap about tick bites but the disease that they carry and the impact if you get a reaction can be life changing. The other thing is never take a tick off by pulling it or squeezing it. The advice about using a credit card is crackers! If the head is left in or the tick regurgitates you will have a problem. Always use a tick remover and twist gently. Also never remove by smothering with Vaseline like some people recommend either. I have two gun dogs and we are out all the time. I have a new found fear and respect for ticks. They frighten me to death now. Many GP’s particularly in cities don’t have a clue about how dangerous tick bites can be.
Impacted on me really badly. Ended up with two stays in Hospital in isolation. Both times by ambulance as my temperature went high enough to make me unconscious. I had everybody involved including at one point the Liverpool tropical medicine unit. Never quite got to the bottom of what actually happened in terms of a reaction but the general consensus was Ticks. Still have treatment now for serious joint pain, kidney issues and lethargy, almost three years later. The second time I was rushed in I was actually out of it for three days and woke up in another isolation room. It was terrifying.
The symptoms described were like mine. I also had sensitivity to light for which they gave me a lumbar puncture (I think that’s what that was called). Not nice. They treated me with a combination of three intravenous antibiotics over a two week period each time I was hospitalised. The third antibiotic was like having bleach injected. It hurt. My hair fell out and I lost almost two stone in weight. The second time I went in I was totally out of it and delirious for three days.
You hear all kinds of blasé crap about tick bites but the disease that they carry and the impact if you get a reaction can be life changing. The other thing is never take a tick off by pulling it or squeezing it. The advice about using a credit card is crackers! If the head is left in or the tick regurgitates you will have a problem. Always use a tick remover and twist gently. Also never remove by smothering with Vaseline like some people recommend either. I have two gun dogs and we are out all the time. I have a new found fear and respect for ticks. They frighten me to death now. Many GP’s particularly in cities don’t have a clue about how dangerous tick bites can be.
Thanks for posting about tick bites. I've had many over the years without a problem but will be extra careful about them in future.
Going by the location in your profile, I wouldn’t call that rural, kind of remote, good communication links, but tick (& deer) free I would think .First tick that attached to me was in the late 60's. Lyme was unknown until 1976.
I have lived in a very rural area for nearly 45 years. For over 20 years I walked my dogs all over the area and, like other dog walking residents, never had a problem with ticks. Now they are prolific. My vet told me that council maintained grass area are very bad because the grass is not being cut (Covid !!!).
Locations in profiles sometimes need to be taken with a large pinch of salt mine. Encountering deer are an almost daily occurrence for meGoing by the location in your profile, I wouldn’t call that rural, kind of remote, good communication links, but tick (& deer) free I would think .
I thought you’d be more likely to encounter Richard Hannay there .Locations in profiles sometimes need to be taken with a large pinch of salt mine. Encountering deer are an almost daily occurrence for me