I got Ehrliciosis two years ago it starts out as bad joint aches them a feeling like your hungover then a god awful fever mine spiked at 102.9 while in the emergency room they had all kinds of tests going before they confirmed it was caused by a tick bite the center for disease control finally found out what the problem was .Three weeks on doxycycaline and I was good as new but ended up having a seizure shortly after being sent home they said it was from the high fever .I don't take ticks lightly anymore I don't go in the woods without permitherine now

I wish this past weeks deep freeze would kill ticks, but I doubt it will.

When do you the blood test? just posted on the forum about a tick bite, never had one in my life.. lol.. but now it seems more serious then i though reading this.. got bit yesterday.

I don't get a blood test unless I start developing symptoms.

If you got the tick removed (entirely) so it wasn't embedded more than 24 hours, you probably have nothing to worry about.


I'm starting to think of wearing permethrin.