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Sunday, April 26, 2026

Finding a tick on your skin is always worrying because all it takes is one bite and a small amount of saliva for it to transmit disease-causing pathogens (like Lyme disease) to you, its host. ... Here's everything else experts suggest to quickly and safely deal with a tick bite, what to do with a tick once you've removed it and when to get in touch with your doctor.

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It's a good idea to get in touch with your provider after removing a tick. Guidelines from leading expert groups recommend prophylactic antibiotic treatment, usually a single dose of oral doxycycline taken within 72 hours, for adults and children who identify a tick bite considered high risk for Lyme disease.

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My wife contracted Alpha-gal syndrome from a tick bite about 20 years ago. Causes an allergic reaction when eating meat from mammals. Symptoms would come on several hours after eating. She'd have hives and sever abdominal pain and said it felt like her throat was closing up. Allergy tests found nothing but at the time it's not something they tested for because the condition was still undiscovered. We figure out what was causing her reactions through trial an error. It was quite the challenge to figure out because I'm vegetarian so it was somewhat rare for her to eat meat unless we got something out of the house or she made something special for herself.

#1 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-04-26 02:47 PM | Reply

Lyme Disease ... Hold my beer....

The big issue are ticks which make you allergic to meat.

When a tick bites, it can transfer alpha-gal from its saliva into a person's blood. The body's natural defenses, or immune system, can identify alpha-gal as a threat and trigger an allergic reaction. Symptoms occur after people eat red meat or are exposed to other products made from mammals. Because of this, AGS is also known as red meat allergy or tick bite meat allergy.
www.cdc.gov

#2 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-04-26 03:12 PM | Reply

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