seasonal: tick alert!

[Soon to be Mrs. C]

Just a friendly PSA... In our area, ticks are, unfortunately, abundant. yesterday I found one on a client!

 

[Leah C]

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Eeeek!

Is Lyme's disease a danger in your area?

 

[mattmadge22]

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oh my! Thanks for the reminder of the season...

 

[CourtStar94]

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Lyme disease is a concern in this area. Our neighbor has had it. It's one of those things that we have become used to looking out for and its why finding one on a client didn't freak me out. Every night I check my kids for ticks. last year my husband had tick bites frequently. No one in our family has had Lyme disease luckily. If anyone has an unexplained fever though, that would be one thing to check.

With the client, I just informed him and avoided the area around it. I believe its not in my scope of practice to remove it. We were at the end of the session so he could go home a remove it. apparently, the tick should be embedded from 36-48 hours before there would be worry about transmitting Lyme. but I also know there is quite a bit of controversy around the disease. I wonder, though, if I should call him to be sure he remembered?

 

[name-me]

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Ellie, Thanks for posting this. you reminded me to call a friend of mine who was bitten by a tick last week and who was told that she does have Lyme. I am about to go post a question about her situation.


one other thing I thought of in making sure to watch out for ticks on clients is also to be very careful if they DO happen to have carried any that are not-yet-attached in to the office, those could also get tangled up in the sheets or left hanging around when they change their clothes- so it's probably a good idea to very carefully check up AFTER they leave, as well.