Tick information.
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hi @SnowyCA
it is difficult as Chronic Lyme Disease and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) share an extensive overlap in debilitating symptoms, including profound fatigue, brain fog, and chronic pain. While "Chronic Lyme" involves an infectious origin, both conditions can cause prolonged post-infectious illness with nearly identical clinical presentations, often leading to misdiagnoses.
https://www.meresearch.org.uk/how-similar-are-me-cfs-and-post-treatment-lyme-disease/
prevention is best.
one benefit of me staying indoors.
i will probably catch one from @Shelfie
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No. A tick can only bite one person (or animal) at a time. Once they find a host, they attach and feed on that specific person's blood for days until they are full, then drop off. Ticks do not hop from person to person like mosquitoes.
@amiserabilist @Shelfie @LikeItOrLumpIt @Sir_Osis_of_Liver
Indeed those illnesses do share similarities and yes I know ticks don't move from person to person
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Me too. I'm wondering if they can latch onto birds.
yes, they latch onto birds.
but after they have had their meal they will drop off and molt before looking for you.
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@amiserabilist @Shelfie @LikeItOrLumpIt @Sir_Osis_of_Liver
Indeed those illnesses do share similarities and yes I know ticks don't move from person to person
i find their life cycle fascinating, and that they evolved to live on blood.
https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/about/tick-lifecycles.html
There is no official or exact global death toll for tick bites, but experts attribute several thousand deaths annually to severe tick-borne illnesses worldwide. Out of the more than 700,000 annual global deaths caused by all vector-borne diseases (including mosquitoes and ticks), tick-related fatalities make up a relatively small fraction.
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/vector-borne-diseases
Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne illness globally. Conservative worldwide estimates place incidence at over 700,000 to 1,000,000+ cases annually. Cases are highly concentrated across the Northern Hemisphere, spanning North America, Europe, and parts of Asia.
https://attomarker.com/lyme-disease-long-lyme-global-burden-statistics/
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i find their life cycle fascinating, and that they evolved to live on blood.
https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/about/tick-lifecycles.html
There is no official or exact global death toll for tick bites, but experts attribute several thousand deaths annually to severe tick-borne illnesses worldwide. Out of the more than 700,000 annual global deaths caused by all vector-borne diseases (including mosquitoes and ticks), tick-related fatalities make up a relatively small fraction.
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/vector-borne-diseases
Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne illness globally. Conservative worldwide estimates place incidence at over 700,000 to 1,000,000+ cases annually. Cases are highly concentrated across the Northern Hemisphere, spanning North America, Europe, and parts of Asia.
https://attomarker.com/lyme-disease-long-lyme-global-burden-statistics/
@amiserabilist @LikeItOrLumpIt @Sir_Osis_of_Liver
My brother-in-law * has Lyme disease- and it's something I want to avoid! I keep a can of bug spray by our door so I don't forget .
*He's 88 years old so he is really feeling the impact of the illness.
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i find their life cycle fascinating, and that they evolved to live on blood.
https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/about/tick-lifecycles.html
There is no official or exact global death toll for tick bites, but experts attribute several thousand deaths annually to severe tick-borne illnesses worldwide. Out of the more than 700,000 annual global deaths caused by all vector-borne diseases (including mosquitoes and ticks), tick-related fatalities make up a relatively small fraction.
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/vector-borne-diseases
Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne illness globally. Conservative worldwide estimates place incidence at over 700,000 to 1,000,000+ cases annually. Cases are highly concentrated across the Northern Hemisphere, spanning North America, Europe, and parts of Asia.
https://attomarker.com/lyme-disease-long-lyme-global-burden-statistics/
@amiserabilist @SnowyCA @LikeItOrLumpIt @Sir_Osis_of_Liver eh, please put CW because of that thumbnail..
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@amiserabilist @SnowyCA @LikeItOrLumpIt @Sir_Osis_of_Liver eh, please put CW because of that thumbnail..
@serigala_tropis @amiserabilist @LikeItOrLumpIt @Sir_Osis_of_Liver
they are creepy to see.
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@amiserabilist @SnowyCA @LikeItOrLumpIt @Sir_Osis_of_Liver eh, please put CW because of that thumbnail..
sorry again Demokritus!
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@LikeItOrLumpIt ...or they just walk onto ya in bed, cause you didn't see them on your black cat's fur.
(on my black&white cat I always spot them while they cross a white patch, pick them off and EXTERMINATE)@nachtet @LikeItOrLumpIt with fire!
Not down the drain, where it will happily latch on the next rat.
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Tick information. #LymeDiseaseAwarenessMonth
@LikeItOrLumpIt This looks like AI generated?
Deet and picaridin don't "block the heat signature". They literally kill the ticks and repell them.
Cc @lenzgr
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@atax1a @LikeItOrLumpIt @corbden So I'm not the only one whose spidey sense got triggered by the Ai shit, huh? Good.
This is slop. There are plenty of non-Ai tick infographics. Use those.
@Legit_Spaghetti @atax1a @LikeItOrLumpIt @corbden yup, it's come round before
the Käseglanzasthetik is distinctive
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@amiserabilist @LikeItOrLumpIt @Sir_Osis_of_Liver
In Canada we have many of the same types of ticks
Here's a website with all the info you need -how to identify, remove, etc...
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/ticks-tick-borne-diseases/ticks.html
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Tick information. #LymeDiseaseAwarenessMonth
Incorrect. Sure, ticks don't fly, but they do climb, also trees. The one in your neck fell on you from the branch you brushed.
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@LikeItOrLumpIt This looks like AI generated?
Deet and picaridin don't "block the heat signature". They literally kill the ticks and repell them.
Cc @lenzgr
@larsmb @LikeItOrLumpIt could indeed be Al generated, sigh. But the myth that ticks fall from trees still seems to persist, that's why I found it worth sharing.
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yes, they latch onto birds.
but after they have had their meal they will drop off and molt before looking for you.
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@amiserabilist @LikeItOrLumpIt @Sir_Osis_of_Liver
WTF is wrong with people!
This is what happened with covid vaccines! -
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