Ticks, and the risk of Lyme disease to humans

Going out in the countryside? Take a pair of tweezers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17635997

I came back from a walk the other day and found a tick on my arm *shudder* horrible wee creatures!!

A couple of years back a friend of mine had a bite on her arm
The Dr freaked that it might have been a tick and put her on a months worth of super strong antibiotics that made her really ill for the full month!

I can beat that one - found one on my cleavage last year after a visit to Scotland. Me, hubby and mother in law all at it with my very expensive eyebrow tweezers (the only ones I had to hand at the time)... good job I get on well with the MIL!

My friend had Lyme Disease a few years ago, she was very ill for some time.

Another friend's dog died of it.

It is very tricky to spot often.

The best site on Lyme Disease is this:

http://www.bada-uk.org/

Oh. My. God

I would have had a fit!!!

Well at least it would rhyme.............

hahahaha very good!

My friends dog (one of my pups) died last month of a tick bite so do check yourself and you dogs over after every walk in the countryside.

I live in the country, and tick incidents seem to be on the rise around the world.

I have a three acre fenced back yard BUT it is on a natural deer and moose path, so they simply hop the 4 foot fence and stroll through, sometimes stopping to graze. As a result, even though I live in a low tick risk area (Northern Alberta) one of my dogs has managed to come away from roaming in my own yard with a deer tick that was positive for lyme disease. The antibiotics for a month were very hard on her system.

I hate the nasty ******s.

Ruby