Ticks are out, LCC.

LCC-Climber wrote: I would say reserve treatment for positive titers and symptoms. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedheal…

The only problem I see with this is that it can be VERY difficult to accurately diagnose Lyme and when the "symptoms" hit you're already FU*KED so that really is bad advice. Ask anyone who's suffered under this disease if they would have rathered wait for the symptoms again or be more proactive on the front side.... 100% will be more proactive. Understandably, resistance might some day be an issue with lyme, but I'd much rather play it safe with a disease that can be a horribly crippling and debilitate you for the rest of your life and or kill you. Huge downside risk... minimal upside risk.

Besides this thing was genetically created by mad scientists on Plum Island... it ain't natural shit we're talkin about. I visit my Dr. every season and get a preventative bottle for when I find one buried in me.

Morgan Patterson wrote: The only problem I see with this is that it can be VERY difficult to accurately diagnose Lyme and when the "symptoms" hit you're already FU*KED so that really is bad advice. Ask anyone who's suffered under this disease if they would have rathered wait for the symptoms again or be more proactive on the front side.... 100% will be more proactive. Understandably, resistance might some day be an issue with lyme, but I'd much rather play it safe with a disease that can be a horribly crippling and debilitate you for the rest of your life and or kill you. Huge downside risk... minimal upside risk. Besides this thing was genetically created by mad scientists on Plum Island... it ain't natural shit we're talkin about. I visit my Dr. every season and get a preventative bottle for when I find one buried in me.

Very hard to diagnose in certain instances yes. But we're talking tick bites here. When a person has a KNOWN history of a tick bite and presents WITH symptoms, the course of diagnosis and treatment is much, much clearer. Where do you live again? Back east I wouldn't really argue as much, but I would say its overkill for your doctor to give you a bottle of antibiotics every year on the offchance you get a tick in the Salt Lake Valley, which is the topic of this thread.

LCC-Climber wrote: Very hard to diagnose in certain instances yes. But we're talking tick bites here. When a person has a KNOWN history of a tick bite and presents WITH symptoms, the course of diagnosis and treatment is much, much clearer. Where do you live again? Back east I wouldn't really argue as much, but I would say its overkill for your doctor to give you a bottle of antibiotics every year on the offchance you get a tick in the Salt Lake Valley, which is the topic of this thread.

Haha duly noted... I live in CT... the source of Lyme, wahoo! But seriously lyme is lyme regardless of your state.

Morgan Patterson wrote: Haha duly noted... I live in CT... the source of Lyme, wahoo! But seriously lyme is lyme regardless of your state.

Then I'd have TWO bottles on hand. Nasty disease!!