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Warning to berzerker attendees
Aug. 6th, 2008 07:20 pmI pulled a tick off me after Sunday's cleanup, and found some tick parts in the other leg after getting home (apparently I just scratched it off, leaving bits behind). I waited to see if I got the standard rash, which I didn't, but the bite area has been healing very slowly, and in the last 2 days I've gotten some other skin symptoms which could be related and which I've never seen before. On doctor's advice, I'm starting 10 days of antibiotics as a precaution. Over 25% of infected people don't develop the standard rash.
I don't have any other symptoms, but I rarely do even if I know I have a germ in me, so I'm not giving that any weight.
I know at least one other person on site found a tick on them. Ticks can be pinhead sized so you might have one and not find it. They'll drop off on their own after a while but can still infect you.
If you've developed an unusual symptom since berzerker, think about it. Lyme disease is trivial to treat in the first few weeks, just standard antibiotics, but if you don't catch it it can attack your joints and even your heart and can kill you, and if you leave treatment too long it gets a lot harder to wipe out.
I don't have any other symptoms, but I rarely do even if I know I have a germ in me, so I'm not giving that any weight.
I know at least one other person on site found a tick on them. Ticks can be pinhead sized so you might have one and not find it. They'll drop off on their own after a while but can still infect you.
If you've developed an unusual symptom since berzerker, think about it. Lyme disease is trivial to treat in the first few weeks, just standard antibiotics, but if you don't catch it it can attack your joints and even your heart and can kill you, and if you leave treatment too long it gets a lot harder to wipe out.
