Comments on: How to Protect Yourself from Ticks & Lyme Disease https://newengland.com/living/how-to/protect-yourself-from-ticks-lyme-disease/ New England from the editors at Yankee Fri, 11 Apr 2025 02:07:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Katie https://newengland.com/living/how-to/protect-yourself-from-ticks-lyme-disease/#comment-397122 Fri, 20 May 2022 18:04:11 +0000 https://newengland.com/today/living/new-england-environment/protect-yourself/#comment-397122 Get tested for Alpha-gal, which can come from a tick bite. It can cause a bad allergy to mammal products including gelatin!

]]> By: amh.ajg@gmail.com https://newengland.com/living/how-to/protect-yourself-from-ticks-lyme-disease/#comment-385675 Tue, 19 Apr 2022 20:43:18 +0000 https://newengland.com/today/living/new-england-environment/protect-yourself/#comment-385675 Thanks Tom…excellent advice !

]]> By: tom chase https://newengland.com/living/how-to/protect-yourself-from-ticks-lyme-disease/#comment-385528 Tue, 19 Apr 2022 11:48:11 +0000 https://newengland.com/today/living/new-england-environment/protect-yourself/#comment-385528 Ticks are a dangerous health problem. The deer tick carries the Lyme Disease, as known. What is not known they also carry other diseases and bacteria. I’ve had the antibiotic pills that have to be taken with food or crackers to avoid vomiting. My brother thought it was a cold / flu and didn’t get medical help. Finally they helped him in the car to the hospital in St. Johnsbury VT. The docs there said he’d be dead in another two days. He was treated and is OK.

Last summer In Townshend VT, May to end of July I took 196 ticks off my body and was bit 12-15 times in that time on about 1/8 acre mowed lawn. They were all over everything, building, vehicle and are hard to detect. Had some in bed with me when thought I was clear. I developed severe full body itching. The VA blood test said I didn’t have the Lyme, and didn’t know what was causing the itching, I scratched so much, blood appeared. The joints were the worse. A year later I’m still taking an antihistamine prescribed by my VA in WRJ. It’s controlled the itching but the itching is evident if I miss a day taking this pill. TICKS CARRY MORE THAN JUST THE LYME. Get more than one type of blood test, have testing for more.

New strains are of bacteria is emerging. A guy in MO died withing a week of being bit. Don’t mess around with it and get protection means. Didn’t have ticks 3-4 years prior, swear an airplane flew over and dumped them. There are places with hardly any ticks and my place, loaded. Mice, chipmunks and other blood bearing rodents might have many diseases and the ticks pick it up to pass on. VT is loaded with mice.

Good luck,. Tom

]]> By: Peter R Andrighetti https://newengland.com/living/how-to/protect-yourself-from-ticks-lyme-disease/#comment-385523 Tue, 19 Apr 2022 11:33:22 +0000 https://newengland.com/today/living/new-england-environment/protect-yourself/#comment-385523 Great article

]]> By: T LAFLEUR https://newengland.com/living/how-to/protect-yourself-from-ticks-lyme-disease/#comment-272501 Fri, 30 Apr 2021 10:20:25 +0000 https://newengland.com/today/living/new-england-environment/protect-yourself/#comment-272501 Important info

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