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  • Tick bites – there may be more issues than just Lyme Disease
  • CountZero
    Full Member

    I’ve just read this article about an American who was suffering a whole range of health issues, and it turned out he’d been bitten by a tick but was asymptomatic. It seems that there’s more than one disease that can be caught from a tick.
    Unfortunately, for this gentleman and his family, one of them has led to a neuro-degenerative condition, with fatal results.
    It may be that it’s not such a concern over here, but with increasing numbers of tick bites being recorded, it might be worth bearing these other issues in mind.

    https://www.yourtango.com/health-wellness/my-husband-irritable-moody-surprising-cause-required-more-than-therapy

    johnners
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    That’s all very alarming but the credibility of the message is undermined a bit by its appearance on a website which also carries reports on burning issues like

    “There Are 8 Types Of Nipples In The World — Which Kind Do You Have?” and

    “Why Your Vagina Smells Like Onions — And What To Do About It”.

    damascus
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    Greybeard
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    I was planning to go to Finland in 2020, and started a course of 3 vaccinations against Tick Borne Encephalitis. If you get infected, there’s no treatment, and in Scandinavia the risk of infection is similar to Lyme. I only had the first jab, as the clinic closed in lockdown and the trip was cancelled, but I’ll finish the course before I go, whenever that might be.

    footflaps
    Full Member

    “Why Your Vagina Smells Like Onions — And What To Do About It”.

    Store your onions somewhere else?

    johnnystorm
    Full Member

    I don’t for a moment want a tick bite, Lyme disease etc. but as articles go that was light on stats, sources and supporting evidence. The final section mentions schizophrenia and puts in a link that looks like it will lead to a source but instead just leads to an explanation of schizophrenia.

    TiRed
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    Hypersensitivity to tick saliva can have profound future consequences. The story of how this was found, and the role of cetuximab, an anti-cancer antibody, is fascinating.

    https://www.businessinsider.com/how-tick-bite-can-make-you-allergic-red-meat-2018-8?amp

    greatbeardedone
    Free Member

    Potentially, the ticks on deer could spread covid too.

    I’d gladly support thinning the uk’s deer population. Nothing but a fast-moving vector for infection.

    Spin
    Free Member

    Potentially, the ticks on deer could spread covid too.

    There’s no evidence of that as yet.

    maccruiskeen
    Full Member

    “There Are 8 Types Of Nipples In The World — Which Kind Do You Have?”

    I only need type 7 to complete the set but I’ve got swaps of types 2 and 8 if anyone wants to trade.

    cheekyboy
    Free Member

    Store your onions somewhere else?

    Posted 17 hours ago

    Makes them easier to peel.

    jimmy
    Full Member

    “Why Your Vagina Smells Like Onions — And What To Do About It”.

    I have a vagina?

    Nobeerinthefridge
    Free Member

    I seen a post on facebook by a fairly famous footballer (in Scotland anyway) about how his dog had developed pneumonia brought on by anxiety caused by fireworks at GFN recently*. That’s the kind of tripe that would fit in with that publication.

    *Needless to say the doggy lovers were all lapping it up.

    labsey
    Free Member

    I only need type 7 to complete the set but I’ve got swaps of types 2 and 8 if anyone wants to trade.

    Just need the shiny ones then I’ve finished the page.

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