ENGORGED Re: Bb transmission etc.

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Honestly, in the last few weeks, I have read online both of these. I am being

careful to stick with " real " websites and not the info-advertisement websites.

Using this research approach I have run across several times, that the tick must

be attached approx. 36 hours feeding before it regurgitates (some mention

engorged others do not). Common sense would tell me the key is " approx " . and

that there are cases where regurgitation would happen much earlier and sometimes

later. There seems to be so many unknowns with this disease. We just keep

praying for those biochemists!

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> > The significance of a tick being engorged is that once the tick has

> > fed to being engorged, it regurgitates, thus spilling the bacteria into

> > its host.

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> you suggest that it will not regurgitate if it is not engorged (visibly

enlarged), but I doubt that. I think it 'spits' after a certain amount of time

has passed, because the function of this is to keep the blood vessel opened

(prevent clotting).

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> I don't think it spits when it is 'full'. Not sure about this though ...

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