Ticks

For riding I use deet on exposed skin and treat my shoes and pack with Sawyer Permethrin; I used to treat my socks with permethrin but now I just buy them pre-treated by Insect Shield:
https://www.insectshield.com/collections/socks
For trail work I use socks, pants and shirts by Insect Shield, the treatment is supposed to last much longer than the DIY Sawer, "up to" 70 washes v 6 washes/42days.
 
Walked the butterfly garden at Wawayanda today for 15 minutes, and pulled 6 ticks off my shirt & pants.
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snashters said:
For riding I use deet on exposed skin and treat my shoes and pack with Sawyer Permethrin; I used to treat my socks with permethrin but now I just buy them pre-treated by Insect Shield:
https://www.insectshield.com/collections/socks
For trail work I use socks, pants and shirts by Insect Shield, the treatment is supposed to last much longer than the DIY Sawer, "up to" 70 washes v 6 washes/42days.
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Which weight socks from insect shield seem best for biking?
 
Just saw a report on the news that the first know death from alfa gal disease from lone star tick happened in north jersey
Causes reaction from eating red meat
Those mfers keep finding new ways to off us
 
Patrick said:
Just wrapped up my participation in the Lyme vaccine study. I'll know in a couple months if I received the vaccine or placebo.
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hey, me too. they are doing a follow on study, if anyone is interested in participating pm me and ill share the info. its starting in the next month or so.
 
Is there any clarity on how long a deer tick needs to be attached to transmit disease? I’ve heard everything under the sun. What are your thoughts?


To note: did trail clearing and litter cleanup today. Found three crawling. Just felt a pinch at inner knee and sure enough there was an attached deer tick that required a lot of force to pull out. I imagine the pinch was it basically anchoring those spikes on its mouth, so I don’t think it started transmitting yet. Was likely there for 3-5hrs. Probably more concerned about Powassan. Normally don’t have a welt on my skin where tick gets removed.
 
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mtn said:
Is there any clarity on how long a deer tick needs to be attached to transmit disease? I’ve heard everything under the sun. What are your thoughts?


To note: did trail clearing and litter cleanup today. Found three crawling. Just felt a pinch at inner knee and sure enough there was an attached deer tick that required a lot of force to pull out. I imagine the pinch was it basically anchoring those spikes on its mouth, so I don’t think it started transmitting yet. Was likely there for 3-5hrs. Probably more concerned about Powassan. Normally don’t have a welt on my skin where tick gets removed.
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Do you still have it? Rutgers had a service to test them, not sure if they look for anything other than lime though. Or if it's still available.
 
mtn said:
Is there any clarity on how long a deer tick needs to be attached to transmit disease? I’ve heard everything under the sun. What are your thoughts?


To note: did trail clearing and litter cleanup today. Found three crawling. Just felt a pinch at inner knee and sure enough there was an attached deer tick that required a lot of force to pull out. I imagine the pinch was it basically anchoring those spikes on its mouth, so I don’t think it started transmitting yet. Was likely there for 3-5hrs. Probably more concerned about Powassan. Normally don’t have a welt on my skin where tick gets removed.
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Get a script of doxycycline to keep in the house. Take 2 every time you find a tick embedded. According to a few doctors I've spoken to, that should kill any potential infection. It's not enough to get rid of lyme if you have a full-blown case (fever, aches, etc) but should be enough to stop an infection if you discovered the tick within 24 hours.
 
Yes, the CDC recommends a single 200 mg dose of doycycline within 72 h of high risk tick bite as prophylaxis against Lyme, under certain conditions. I have a few 100 mg tablets of doycycline I keep on hand, in case needed. Use you own judgement, but I'm inclined to take two if I had an embedded tick.

Here is the guideline from CDC. EDIT: I noticed the jpeg attachment did not show up well, so I attached the pd file too.

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The Lyme disease thread went quiet so I am posting this here as an FYI. I see stuff like this in my social media/news feeds because I work in the Pharma industry but I don't work for Pfizer.

Will see if the powers that be think that 70% effective is better than zero to get it approved.

www.cnbc.com

Pfizer to seek FDA approval for Lyme disease vaccine candidate despite trial miss

Lyme disease is an illness caused by bacteria most commonly spread to humans from ticks. It can cause arthritis, muscle weakness and pain.
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iman29 said:
The Lyme disease thread went quiet so I am posting this here as an FYI. I see stuff like this in my social media/news feeds because I work in the Pharma industry but I don't work for Pfizer.

Will see if the powers that be think that 70% effective is better than zero to get it approved.

www.cnbc.com

Pfizer to seek FDA approval for Lyme disease vaccine candidate despite trial miss

Lyme disease is an illness caused by bacteria most commonly spread to humans from ticks. It can cause arthritis, muscle weakness and pain.
www.cnbc.com www.cnbc.com
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I'm surprised they are going forward, given the failed efficacy and $1B is somewhat peanuts in today's world dollars for new drug indications. Maybe okay for orphaned drugs but not for major treatments. I don't work there either.

Btw, I found 2 ticks on me yesterday at CR. One on my shin and the other in my hair. Check after every ride. The current variants are very resistant to cold as they are invading from the north.
 
I don’t want to jinx myself but I haven’t found a tick on me ever. I wonder if they are like what mosquitoes are purportedly like and have certain preferences. Mosquitoes eat me alive first before biting my husband. Perhaps ticks are like that too. Anyway, when I ride, I cover up from neck to toe with shin and knee pads over my skin so that might help.
 
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