[at-l] Lyme disease

[Jim Bullard]

He'd have to be on you for several hours to infect you.

Jim Bullard
http://jims-ramblings.blogspot.com/
http://members.photoportfolios.net/Jim_Bullard


On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 6:06 PM, <groberts6774 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hey Amy, or the AT-L, I was bitten by a tick in my backyard on Sunday.  He
> hadn't had a chance to eat yet and was really skinny.  I successfully pulled
> him and his glue-like mouth off of me.  I looked at him under a magnifying
> glass to make sure i got his mouth.  I was also careful not to squeeze him
> too much to have him regurgitate his parasitic stomach back into me.
> BUT.....the area looks like a small zit or bump and is red.  No ring, and
> doesn't hurt.  I'm thinking it's just a reaction to the secretions he
> attached with, for now.  any thoughts?  I don't wanna die.
>
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