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To: Pogeu Mahone who wrote (190881)8/14/2022 9:28:27 AM
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Thanks.

You just don't ever want to be bitten by a tick and if you are you run into the controversy of diagnosing and treating Tick Borne Diseases. Lyme (borrelia) is but one of many infections a tick can pass on.

Some examples of the controversy:

In Connecticut 34% of ticks tested in 2021 carried the Lyme borrelia.

One issue is how long the tick needs to be feeding to infect its host. The CDC and Infectious Disease Society of America guidelines indicate 36 hours. This is originally based on a mouse study (from memory by Piesman in the 1980's), none of the mice fed on for 24 hours became infected, 2 of the mice fed on for 48 hours became infected and all of the mice @ 72 hours became infected (3 groups of 14 mice). Then there is a study showing the spirochete boring through the mid gut to the salivary and that takes 36 to 48 hours.,

Flip side is Piesman did another study showing 1 mouse infected within 24 hours (1 / 14 is 7% chance of infection) and in Europe the Pasteur Institute has shown Ticks can pass the borrelia bacteria within 12 hours.

If you go to your MD if there is no rash they may give you one dose of Doxycycline as a prophylactic but not give you adequate treatment unless you have a rash.

So its summer and if you come down with a summer flu, or have a high fever (which can be from one of the many co infections) or develop bells palsy its highly likely you have a Tick Borne Disease (or more than one). This is missed by most MD's unless you have / had the erythema migrans rash (take a picture of the rash).

A recent mouse study showed with Doxy administered within 7 days the borrelia being cleared. Doxy administered starting on day 14 didn't clear the infection.

I read the Powassan virus can be transmitted in 15 minutes.
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