Tick Paralysis

Posted by: Rick_D

Tick Paralysis - 06/08/08 10:08 AM

Further cementing my love of parasites. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> Article

"People here don't expect to find ticks. But they are more common than you'd think."
Posted by: jshannon

Re: Tick Paralysis - 06/08/08 09:25 PM

A rare dx, but one that could easily be missed in a hiker found dead and otherwise given a cause of death of exposure. It makes me think of the John guy from Arkansas that died in the last year, found just lying dead in his hammock. Maybe Arkansas isn't really the common place for this type tick.
Posted by: OregonMouse

Re: Tick Paralysis - 06/11/08 10:41 PM

This cold, wet spring has been really bad for ticks in the Pacific Northwest.
Posted by: Earthling

Re: Tick Paralysis - 06/15/08 09:45 PM

I think the tick population is getting bad everywhere this year <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> Bell's Palsy is another transmitable disease that ticks carry, and folks unknowingly develop after the tick is long gone. Have a friend who got it and she did'nt know how until I explained it to her, and she to her doctor. Wet Springs bring on ticks like breezeless forest trails bring on the skeeters <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />