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Ticks are out, LCC.
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Tick season has, apparently, begun. Found a bugger on me this morning. I've been climbing in LCC pretty consistently with this weather over the last week. Check yer dark places. |
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There have been more than a few confirmed cases of Lyme in Northern Utah as a result of tick bites so be extra careful. I know of one climber that got it from a tick in LCC within the last couple years. |
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Not only lyme disease any more; now red meat allergies may develop from tick bites too. |
LCC-Climber wrote:There have been more than a few confirmed cases of Lyme in Northern Utah as a result of tick bites so be extra careful. I know of one climber that got it from a tick in LCC within the last couple years.You got a reference for the confirmed cases? health.utah.gov/epi/fact_sh… It does appear that a small number of individuals diagnosed with Lyme disease in recent years may have acquired the disease in Utah. To my knowledge, there's been no "confirmed" cases. Suspected, maybe. Certainly not a common occurrance here, and, worth it to take precautions to be sure. |
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25 ish reported cases of Lyme in Utah since 2003. 2 confirmed cases in 2012, 3 more probable cases that year. |
LCC-Climber wrote:http://www.cdc.gov/lyme/stats/chartstables/reportedcases_statelocality.html 25 ish reported cases of Lyme in Utah since 2003. 2 confirmed cases in 2012, 3 more probable cases that year.Really interesting, but, there's no information about those cases at all, and, the state of Utah doesn't have anything. utahpests.usu.edu/htm/utah-… exploreutahscience.org/scie… JoDee Baker with the Utah Department of Health says so far they have not been able to confirm that any cases originated within Utah. They also have not been able to find evidence of the Lyme bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi in ticks in Utah, although they are looking. There's a disconnect. I guess be aware. I find ticks on me every spring from especially LCC. |
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Picked one off me last weekend. Time to go climb tick fever |
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Found one on my shirt two weeks ago. How do they usually get onto a climber's person? During the approach, off trees/shrubs, off the ground onto your pack, directly off the walls? Any precautions people are taking when in high risk areas? |
Ryan Arnold wrote: Any precautions people are taking when in high risk areas?They are pretty much everywhere. I usually go the paranoid route and just assume that they are constantly all over me. I am usually correct. Shaving as much hair as you can really streamlines the search process. |
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ticks don't like carhartts... wear em and you'll see fewer ticks then anyone in ur party. |
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Pulled one off me today.... Hours after I had left the canyon. Have your partners check "yer dark places" ;) |
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Had one today. I chopped him up with a knife =) |
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Grab some of this cheap at the IFA, dilute to 0.5% like Sawyer, and apply to clothing and shoes. Then ur good. |
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Does OFF! or anything with DEET help keep those pesky little arachnids off ya? |
Ryan Arnold wrote:How do they usually get onto a climber's person?Ticks do what's called "questing." I pulled this off the CDC website because it's fascinating: How ticks find their hosts Ticks find their hosts by detecting animals´ breath and body odors, or by sensing body heat, moisture, and vibrations. Some species can even recognize a shadow. In addition, ticks pick a place to wait by identifying well-used paths. Then they wait for a host, resting on the tips of grasses and shrubs. Ticks can't fly or jump, but many tick species wait in a position known as "questing". While questing, ticks hold onto leaves and grass by their third and fourth pair of legs. They hold the first pair of legs outstretched, waiting to climb on to the host. When a host brushes the spot where a tick is waiting, it quickly climbs aboard. Some ticks will attach quickly and others will wander, looking for places like the ear, or other areas where the skin is thinner. I had the mischance of getting bitten by one last spring after climbing in Tanners, even though I'd done what I'd thought was a fairly thorough tick check at the car. I had forgotten about that bathroom stop I'd made and apparently that's when one climbed on me. Got bit right on the butt. Yuck-o. |
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Fascinating info. Thanks for sharing. |
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Will someone check me!!! |
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When in doubt take the med pills even if there are no signs... there's no downside only getting lyme. I often here people say oh well I didn't see a ring so I didn't take meds but seriously with such high downside risk, I don't get why people would take the risk rather then pop the antibiotics... |
Morgan Patterson wrote:When in doubt take the med pills even if there are no signs... there's no downside only getting lyme. I often here people say oh well I didn't see a ring so I didn't take meds but seriously with such high downside risk, I don't get why people would take the risk rather then pop the antibiotics...There is very much a downside to taking prophylactic antibiotics. Resistance, adverse reactions, C.diff.....I would say consult your physician on this one if you find an embedded tick. Prophylactic antibiotics in areas with high numbers of Lyme has been studied and proven effective but in Utah this is just not the case. I would say reserve treatment for positive titers and symptoms. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedheal… |
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You seriously eat match-heads? Are you kidding?! If you believe sulfur keeps the ticks at bay, why wouldn't you take a sulfur supplement rather than eating matches? |
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Not only are ticks found in grassy, shrubby areas but they can be concentrated in rocky areas, boulders, talus, etc. Small mammals/rodents use the rocks to scrape ticks off. Just a heads up, you don't need to be in a wooded area to find them. |
