Tick bites and disease

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Originally posted by lquade

glen, i just went to hawaii dept of health site. it stated that although we have a big tick problem in the dryer areas, it is the brown dog tick. this tick does NOT carry the lyme disease. it stated that directly there is none (lyme) in the state, as that is carried by the deer tick. (we do have deer on maui,alot, but apparently they came without the tics)

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Hi l, thanks! The tick born illness thing covers quite a range, Lyme is just one. I am kicking myself now for not putting two and two together sooner for what has been happening to me. My old place in Washington is deer central complete with tall grass with me being the perfect tick food working around there. Unfortunately I have not gotten on it early so it will be tough sledding for a while beating it back. The diagnostics on these things is not a perfect science. Spirochetes die!!