Tick bites

[Krisalicious]

Any help on this one would be greatly appreciated. And I mean GREATLY.

Okay, so I wanted to know if any of you have ever gotten a tick bite before. And if you have, I'd like to know what exactly it looks like and any other additional information about them because well...I think I might possibly have one. Ehhhhh...

[PZelda]

I got a tick bite in '98. It was on my neck, but I've seen other people who had them.


OK, here's what happens. You don't feel a thing...But the telltale sign is, an area of your skin will be lumpy (think: moles) and there will be a thin slit on the top of that lump. That's how you know you have a tick bite. The lump will usually be red, but again you can't feel anything.

Anything else?

Oh yeah, and you can't remove it yourself. You have to have somebody help you with it. In my case, I was at summer camp and we had a nurse with us at all times, so I just had to go over to the nurses' tent and she took it out with this special tool that looks like scissors.

[Krisalicious]

Originally posted by Miss Vicki


OK, here's what happens. You don't feel a thing...But the telltale sign is, an area of your skin will be lumpy (think: moles) and there will be a thin slit on the top of that lump. That's how you know you have a tick bite. The lump will usually be red, but again you can't feel anything.

Okay well....it is lumpy slightly, and yes, it does look EXACTLY like a mole. In fact, I have a other moles on my leg, but they're really light and faded looking. This thing however is really, really dark black. And it is red around it, but I've been picking at it ever since I noticed it. And I think there's a slit on it, however I'm not exactly too sure...ehh. Damn it. Well thank you so much for your help, I greatly appreciate it.

Oh by the way...do you happen to know if ticks live by oh lets say...water, or maybe rainy places? Or in rainy weather. Because if it's yes, then I DEFINITELY have one.

[PZelda]

Originally posted by Krisalicious
Okay well....it is lumpy slightly, and yes, it does look EXACTLY like a mole. In fact, I have a other moles on my leg, but they're really light and faded looking. This thing however is really, really dark black. And it is red around it, but I've been picking at it ever since I noticed it. And I think there's a slit on it, however I'm not exactly too sure...ehh. Damn it. Well thank you so much for your help, I greatly appreciate it.

Oh by the way...do you happen to know if ticks live by oh lets say...water, or maybe rainy places? Or in rainy weather. Because if it's yes, then I DEFINITELY have one.

Mine wasn't THAT red, but you do get a ring around the bite..



It'll look something like this.


AND DON'T PICK AT IT!!!!!!! DON'T!!!!!!!! The tick is still inside your skin, and doing so could cause its head to separate from its body and get stuck inside your skin when you get it removed, leading to worse things...

[Kazza]

I think TICKS and H2O get along just fine

[passionsfan79]

someone i was sitting by at work today he had a tick on him there hard to kill i go try using the chair once and it worked

[Kazza]

Originally posted by fullhousefever
someone i was sitting by at work today he had a tick on him there hard to kill i go try using the chair once and it worked

I bet that the tick lived and your friend went to the ER.

[PZelda]

Originally posted by I'maDESIlover
I bet that the tick lived and your friend went to the ER.

[Sterling Holobyte]

Not to alarm anyone, but if it starts to look like a bullseye and you get flu-like symptoms, you might want to have it checked out as it could be Lymes disease, which ticks are known to carry. Mostly deer ticks which are smaller than the regular ones.

[sara]

I was bit by a tick once behind my ear I couldn't get a real good look at it. I did see a little of the bite in a mirror and it looked like a mole. My grandpa had to get it out with tweezers.

[bandito]

See a doctor.

[HootervilleFan]

Another vote to get to a Doctor. Lyme Disease is VERY serious. You have to get that thing OUT if it is a tick. Hold a cotton pad with nail polish remover on it on the area. If it's a tick, it should back out of your skin. I'd save the tick itself in case they need it to test it for something.

[Kazza]

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to get that checked out

[PZelda]

Originally posted by I'maDESIlover
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to get that checked out

Hehe..I know...It's SO easy to get one in the summer (I've had a few scares myself) and extremely dangerous to get a tick bite, which is why they tell you to dress with everything tucked in when you go out into the woods. You can never be too safe

[Kazza]

Originally posted by Miss Vicki
Hehe..I know...It's SO easy to get one in the summer (I've had a few scares myself) and extremely dangerous to get a tick bite, which is why they tell you to dress with everything tucked in when you go out into the woods. You can never be too safe

Here, ticks and fleas are not very commom but shiggers (sp) are. Very annoying and itchy