Guest guest Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Great question. If your skin is unbroken and you remove the tick with tweezers and then dispose of it reasonably.... I do not think that is a problem at all. I think it is the poppy-seed sized nymph with an antihistamine, pain killer and anti coagulant in its injector with 100,000 spirochetes which you DO NOT SEE that is the problem. We are doing a book on pediatric tick-born infections in children and adolescents --literally the fetus to the 20 y/o ..... I will try to keep folks updated when it is done. XXXX---I am getting a scary sense that many very sweet and precious folks on this list have had tick borne infections ruled out by junk labs and also that co-infections were never tested for. This is very concerning to me, since tick infections are the top vector infections in the USA and reported as little as 1/40 times and this is with junk labs, so who knows how many millions? XXXX---And indoor mold exposure might expose 30% in the US (EPA#) of which 20-25% of these are poor at removing these mold spore surface chemicals..... So I guess that is crudely 5-7% of the country exposed and unable to rid the body in a reasonable time. Best, Schaller, MD jschaller@... www.personalconsult.com Re: LYME-BIG CITIES?--Dr Schaller > That's what I was thinking, too. Plus what about overseas? I have a > former supervisor who spends September through May in NYC and the > rest of the time in rural France. She's not alone in this. I wonder > what she picks up overseas and then brings back here. > > > > > >> >> Oh my God, Dr Schaller, NYC is full of us. >> We were so naive. Summer weekends we'd go to...the Hamptons, Block >> Island, the Cape, Connecticut shore...I mean, that's what you do in >> NY. So many places to get borrelia and babesia its not funny. There > is >> nobody who lives in NYC who just stays in NYC and never leaves it. > And >> I really think we are almost more at risk. >> >> Plus folks go back and forth with their dogs, and bring the ticks > back >> to their friends. >> >> I remember my literary agent, years ago, had friends from the > Hamptons >> visit him in his apartment in NYC, with their dog. He ended up with > a >> huge bullseye on his back. Obviously the tick dropped off the dog > and >> found my agent later that day in his own home. >> > > > > > > > This list is intended for patients to share personal experiences with each > other, not to give medical advice. If you are interested in any treatment > discussed here, please consult your doctor. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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