They are very good Docs! I have been listening to them since 2019. They were great for me to listen to before I had my knee surgery! Thanks again Docs! Love you Docs! I live in the USA.
This was a while ago, I went on a first date with a professor and he was aware I was a nurse when he asked me to take a look at his thigh. Thought what have I gotten into. He had seen his doc who said it was a spider bite. I did check and confirmed that it looked like Lymes. I had had multiple patients with this disease and told him what my patients had been put on. He apparently told his doc, who called re tx. I just told him what I knew and he ordered the titer and the doxycycline. My new friend took me out to dinner again and again. He healed!
Two years ago I was bitten by a tick that had obviously been on me for a considerable time. It was somewhat enlarged when I found it and shortly thereafter I developed a fever and felt quite ill. The doctor in emergency had me admitted to the hospital where I spent the next 5 days. The care in the small eastern Ontario hospital was superb and the diagnosis was anaplasmosis, a tick-born disease. My recovery was complete with no residual complications and subsequent blood tests also showed antibodies to Lyme disease, although I never had any symptoms of Lyme. Tick bites can transmit other bacterial diseases besides anaplasmosis and Lyme.
I am from southern Missouri. I have lost count of the ticks I have gotten just mowing the lawn! I have alpha-gal syndrome from the lone star tick. All three of you are spot on...........WEAR REPELLANT!!!!! I can't stress that enough!!!!
I went about 3 weeks undiagnosed with Lyme disease, felt stiff as a board and couldn’t stay awake. It manifested to Lyme Carditis and I went into 3rd Degree Heart Block. Luckily Dr Adrian Baranchuk is a cardiologist in Kingston and is the man when it comes to Lyme Carditis. He diagnosed me and said if this was 5 years earlier they would have put a pacemaker in me, but instead antibiotics did the trick. I’m forever grateful for him
I’ve had Lyme Disease for years now. Got bit by a tick, but I did not have a bullseye rash. Even though bloodwork was done, and it came back positive. I also had spinal tap twice, which confirmed it as well. I’ve had history of seizures, now I have a neurogenic bladder, which required a bladder stimulator implant. Not counting the other symptoms Lyme disease has. I was actually on antibiotics for almost a year through a Picc line IV.
Deer tick bite in the back of my hand when cutting back climbing roses in October of all times. I first thought it was a sore from thorn. I must have knocked the body off and about a week later I had the bullseye rash. My GP put me on antibiotics for 3 weeks. Lots of deer in my area. Luckily I haven’t ever been sick from it. Unfortunately, a friends husband passed from Lyme disease that affected his heart a few years after his bite. Thank you for excellent info. 😊❤️
Be very careful!!! If you begin having unexplained allergic reactions, usually about 6 hours after eating red meat, it could be alpha-gal syndrome. I was diagnosed 5 years ago with Alpha-Gal. I hope you are okay.
I live in a tic infected area, i do a tic check twice a day, every day. I also check my dogs twice a day. The dogs are on monthly tic medicine and are vacinated against lyme disease. Hate to tell you, but both dogs have had lyme disease, and I have had it twice. So the longest time possible would be 12 hours they would have been attached. So the 24 hour time to transfer is, in my experience, the product out of the south end of a north bound bull.
Ticks are active when the temperature is 4 degrees and above. In Ontario we are seeing ticks in months you never would have seen them before ( December,January and February). It is recommended if you have a dog to use tick prevention as early as March and as late as December. Great video!!
I’m going camping again soon. And it really “ticks” me off to have to worry about Deer ticks that may infect me with lymes disease 😵💫. Thank you Docs, for your ongoing information, for preventing and treating medical issues 🙏🏻👏
I took an engorged tick off a canine patient [when I worked as a vet] and kept it in a test tube and used it for demonstration purposes... One year later it had shrunk quite small so I took it out... IT WAS STILL ALIVE! 😨
Live in Eastern Connecticut, had Lyme with many coinfections including Babesiosis. Was on Doxycycline for 2 months and Mepron. I did not have the bulls eye rash. Thankfully here we have Lyme specialists that listen to you, but not always covered by insurance. Generally GP’s are testing for Lyme and Babesiosis at the same time, because the Babesiosis here is becoming rampant. I change my clothes every time I spend time outside. Lyme is brutal, if you don’t know what is making you sick get tested for Lyme.
My daughter had a severe case of Lyme Disease. She's always vigilant about checking for ticks but as an archaeologist, sometimes one tick can get missed. To date, she has had no lingering symptoms.
Been there, done that. Both my Mom and I got Lyme Disease but we were about 30 years apart. She got hers in CT and I got mine either in FL or GA. There's a lot of misinformation out there and after going through the American health system where everyone else thought I was nuts, I finally found a test that is only done in 2 labs in the US and cost me $1500. Insurance won't pay for it. If you think you have it, do your research and look up the Lyme Disease Organizations for the real info.
Most doctors won’t run the tests unless you have a good relationship with them. I saw two of my regular doctors before one tested for Lyme. They generally don’t think it’s Lyme. It’s always arthritis in their view. You have to be insistent on the testing, and you have to have so many markers for the test to come back positive. Read about the Lyme vaccination. There’s a crazy story.
Great information. I live in NY, very near CT so it is a very real issue here. I have 2 friends that have neurological problems since having Lyme disease. They say that they have trouble following directions and remembering things.
On the northern California coast, about 65% of our ticks carry Lyme disease. I got some white jeans to hike in, so that it is easier to see them if they hitch a ride.
That's interesting. In the East Bay Hills only about 1% of the ticks capable of feeding on mammals carry Lyme's disease. Apparently a common lizard, which ticks feed on early in their life cycle carry a protein that kills the Lyme disease in the tick.
Regarding the white pants - seems like a good idea. But I've hiked in a tick infested area with a few generations of dogs, over 20 years. For some unexplained reason, my white dogs have always attracted more ticks than my black dogs - I'd estimate a 20X difference in the rate. And it's not a matter of it being easier to see them either. Something about white makes it far more likely for ticks to sense and attach themselves. I assume it has something to do with differences in heat signature.
A key prevention tip is if you have been exposed to ticks in a high-risk area or activity, is immediately after you get home to throw your clothes straight into the wash (with dryer on high heat) and take a shower. Use the opportunity in the shower to feel all over your skin for ticks and scrub areas such as hair, armpits and privates, which are areas they could easily hide.
Locally here on Mount Desert Island, Maine if you get a deer tick bite the doctors will prescribe a 3-5 day treatment with amoxicillin. This is usually given immediately after a tick bite. The local hospital even runs a weekend "tick clinic" for deer tick bites. I don't know if this approach does anything, but it makes people feel better after they find a tick on themselves. Deer ticks are the primary vector here. The problem with them is that they are very small ticks (often 1mm or less) and it is easy to miss one, particularly in your hair.
Thx once again for this valuable info. I would like to ask in addition, how to safely remove the tick before you go to the doctor or clinic to get help? I've heard there is a right and wrong way?? Thx Drs!
Thank You all for covering this topic. It sounds like ticks have been wide spread this year. Thankfully, I haven't seen one on myself or my dog yet this year. We live in the semi-arid high plains part of the US.
This may seem unreal but very true. When I lived in TN I noticed one bearing in my little man's arm. I lite up a match and placed it where it was. It popped out. They say don't use twisters as you may not get all of it out. Also my husband got this horrible disease and had to see a specialist. He takes SAM-e & V/8 juice with fruit & vegetables in it which has helped him. Thank you for sharing your videos.
I respectfully observe that Lyme disease is not that easy to treat later on and probably never goes away. Antibiotics should be used for persistent infections. Lyme hides and protects itself from the antibiotics. Biofilms, cysts, and also hiding in our immune cells and nerve cells Lyme and co infections need to be taken a lot more seriously.!
One of the biggest problems with this is the deer ticks are so small they are very difficult to see. I usually get a few every year on me and most times I don’t know they are on me until I see a red spot with a small black dot in the center. If you ever got one on your scalp you would never see it. Lone Star ticks have gotten very bad here in Virginia as well. Several neighbors have gotten alpha gal syndrome.
@@ShepherdMinistry I've been lucky so far and have not gotten it yet. I know plenty of people who have gotten Lyme and two of my neighbors have gotten alpha gal syndrome. My brother in Wisconsin got Lyme's disease a few years ago. Took the docs a LONG time to diagnose it (was actually his girlfriend who suggested it, and confirmed by test). It really messed him up. He's in constant, almost debilitating pain all day long and nothing helps.
In Ontario I believe pharacists can prescribe for tick bites (post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent Lyme disease). I am surprised you didn't mention this.
Hey is that House undercover? I see Dr House is still joyful as ever. Glad he came back practicing medicine after Wilson probably and sadly died. Thank you for this video. As a father of a young kid i was very interested in this subject
I'm not sure why it's so hard to get permethrin treated clothes up here. I have taken the opportunity to order permethrin treated socks, pants and shirt while visiting the US, and brought them back. I've never seen a tick while wearing these while doing high risk (of ticks) activities. Come on Canada, get your act together.
My husband was finally diagnosed in 2011 after several misdiagnoses. He was treated with antibiotics and multiple supplements and considers himself to be mostly recovered, although he has some mild, lingering issues.
Lymes Disease is now found throughout the UK, and appears to be associated with ticks in general. I first came across Lymes when I visited both east and west USA in the early 1990s where Lymes was associated with a specific tick, although this may have been incorrect information. My question is, Can all ticks carry Lymes disease? Many thanks, Docs, for a very informative videos
Great video! Nothing prevents ticks better than products with Permethrin insecticide such as Sawyers or Gordons spray and clothing sold at Canadian Tire/Marks treated with Permethrin in addition to the obvious clothing regiments. End of day do a thorough search of ticks on one's body!!! It is typically the Black legged (Deer tick) that is the vector although I treat all ticks the same.
Yes. I hike nearly every day in a heavily wooded park with my dogs - black legged ticks are most prevalent during mid-winter here and I can attest that permethrin type products keep the ticks away.
@@peterwest323 for the life of me I cannot figure out why the Canadian govt does not allow the sale of .5% spray products such as Sawyers yet they permit the sales of .5% Permethrin treated clothing. its govt so doesn't have to make sense and god forbid we prevent Lyme. I get 35% Gordons from a buddy and dilute it down to .5% in a spray bottle which only takes half a teaspoon.
My son got Lyme in Idaho! Camping in the Boise area. Took him to the pediatrician with a Bullseye rash. Doctor said he had only seen the rash in books.
@@SaltCreekFarmstead it is very very bad in New England don’t go there. My mother had Lyme disease my dog had Lyme disease all my friends are crippled from Lyme disease. I left best thing I ever did.
@@truckcamper5751 they’re definitely in the part of Utah I’m in! Get up in the mountains above Utah valley and you will find them. We see them on the deer we harvest every year.
I've had Lyme twice and the thing about having to have a tick on you for 24 hrs is absolute BS. First time, I know when I got the bite and didn't get treated right away after developing a big, round rash because of the 24 hr thing. Next time, I went into the woods and came back with the worst itchy bug bite that turned into a big round rash, but I know (it was on my forearm) that whatever bit me was there and gone. When you get a big round rash, get to a doctor.
Great video... Vet's will post first sighting of ticks for your area. Ours was February neighbor 🇨🇦 The autoimmune system can take the hit and effect your gut too. Blood and fecal samples years later will present. Okay, now I itch lol
I have millions of those little nasty buggers at my property. I see a huge population of deer on my trail cams and they congregate in large groups on my driveway and clearing. It is a go to destination for hunters and has a very busy deer season. No body in the county has caught lymes as far as I know and we have two common types of ticks. I have been bitten every year since I owned the place. So far we've been lucky.
It's important to pull your socks up over your pants so the ticks can't crawl inside your pant leg. Some people in the US have said that ticks can fall out of trees so wear a hat. April and May are particularly bad times for ticks in Ontario. Dogs can be given slow release pills to protect them against tick bites because they can get Lyme disease.
We pulled 7 off my husband last friday, but his friend had 40 on his back (and more elsewhere). We also found some in the car, so vacuum your vehicles if you find any on yourself. From Manitoba
My now deceased wife had lyme disease, she went through weeks of various antibiotics, with breaks in between each one. Not fun at all, eh? I have been accused of being Canadian, but from Northern Minnesota - so there ya go!
I got limes disease in 2017, I had the red target, on the back of my knee, I removed it had the 30 days of the meds, I am still having itch from it, the itch is always where the tick bite was and it also itches insanely ,
Would like to have heard about the prevalence of Lyme Disease. Years ago a vaccine failed and the rate was about 10,000 cases per years. I had treated a few cases with the rash. However a doctor I know of had treated a thousand patient nowhere near Lyme,Connecticut!
Is it Lyme or Lymes? There are doctors around that use a lab from CA that I think always has a positive result. We are in VA of US. They are selling treatments I think! Glad to hear this was eluded to. I’ve been tested by my PCP and was negative but never had a tick that was known to me. Just as fatigue symptoms of something else.
The tick testing depends on where you are, if you live in Connecticut, there is free tick testing and it's relatively quick, I used it this spring after I got a tick in March ugh! Results in a week from when I dropped the tick off, my local health department even called me with the results. So if you live in Connecticut you can get a tick tested easily 😎
Hi! Could you add descriptions or perhaps a photo of the type of tick that can carry Lyme Disease? We believe that it is the Blacklegged tick. Also what if you find a tick and it is not engorged? Does that mean that it is under 24 hours or ??? Thank you!
My friend had it and she thinks she still has it. She was in bad shape from it. Now she takes neurotin. I said if she still has it then she'd be on antibiotics. It's between her and her doctor anyway. She claims it was a difficult to diagnose it. It's apparently curable in stage 1 or 2, not stage 3.
Living in the Vancouver area and walking in a forest daily I average one tick a year. I find them quickly and am prescribed a big one time dose of antibiotics. Normally it's in the spring but I had 2 at once after cutting a Christmas tree!
I've only knowingly had a tick 2 times. Once I scraped it off in a shower like a scab without giving much thought. I had heard a lot about tick diseases and, being about 16, got so scared that I immediately felt sick. There is another disease called tick-born encephalitis. Apparently, it is not widespread in America. Our local health experts strongly promoted rimantadine for it as a first remedy. That drug was quickly sold out. They say not to walk in tall grass. There are other reasons not to do that.
My third child got Lyme as a toddler back in 2003. At that time they DID send the tick to the local University lab to be tested. The tick did have the bacteria so my toddler was treated.
This was very informative. However, I do wish that medical professionals would be more conscious of the fact, that, when describing symptoms of anything involving skin color changes (redness in this case), that millions of people have dark skin. Offer them another descriptor, please!
I guess It would have helped me to know about the bullseye rash years ago when I had one and the flu symptoms to go with it. I didn't know to mention it to my rheumatologist. Maybe that's what has caused some of the suffering I've gone through.. Thank you
It's easier to find the larger, regular sized ticks. However, in my area we have the TINY microscopic ticks. They are almost impossible to find unless you can find them while crawling.
Doctors very interesting and informed are your information about the situation I have a request to make you Is there any way that you will talk about ringworms any time soon ? My husband has been diagnosed with ringworms recently.. Thanks you for sharing your experience and knowledge I am an attentive subscriber to your videos ❤
You guys talking to the infectious disease specialist reminded me about our experience with rabies, I know it's not common but very serious. I learned a lot, maybe consider this topic. Our cow came down with rabies,...as always, you Doctors do good work, thanks! 13:09
A good friend died from Lyme Disease. He told me he let it go way too long before he went to the doctor. The Disease affected his heart, nerves, and joints. He passed in 1997 at 52 years old.
Walk to work through long grass, and also any walk out in the countryside here at the moment is so bushy as we've had so much rain. Just had to take a tick off the cat. Chatting to someone at work and he carries a tick remover with him when out and about.
I think you should have warned that not everyone gets a rash. You end up with Lyme and you don't know it until it's got a really good hold and maybe has done some real damage.
Love your show, but i am getting old so i think i missed the part where you showed your audience that it is just the Black Legged Deer Tick and the Western Black Legged Tick that transmit Lyme disease, though all the other ticks can carry other nasty diseases too! And the little buggers like to climb in order to increase their chances to attach to a host, so trail grass or scrub can be of more risk. And as you briefly alluded to, in removing them it is very important to get the “head” out (not really a head as you and i think of one, more like the toothed tip of a little monster) and the best way to do this is to use a little scooper you can get real cheap on Amazon, like $5.00, that hooks under and around the so called head and tugs it out. Do NOT try pulling with fingers nor the match method for that can make the tick barf back infected blood into you and no one wants tick barf in them. Oh, they don’t make very good pets. They rarely come when you call them and it is next to impossible to house train them. -Notes from a guy in Virginia
I live north west central Alberta , so far here wedo not have a problem with the ticks that get on human and or dogs but the Moose in our area are infested with ticks and have been for years , so my question are these ticks different species, I haven’t found anyone who can answer my question ,,
We were visiting in Ottawa last week and our two companions both picked up ticks in the woods (my husband and I didn’t thankfully). They were both given only two doses of doxycycline to be taken at once. Is that enough antibiotic? We got the ticks out in around 24 hours.
Very Disappointed with this video as you failed to hammer home the seriousness of the disease; how it hides in the body, how it develops into several life forms (Spirochete, Cyst, and non-cell wall), and the co-infecting bacteria (Babesia et all) that also accompany the Lyme bacteria. Bottom line- if you notice an engorged tick on your body, remove it and get on an antibiotic right away and you'll probably never see a symptom. If left alone for several months and you become symptomatic, see a Naturopathic or Lyme-literate Doctor. Antibiotics are worthless after the bacteria begin to divide and multiply. This from someone with first hand experience.
So we can agree to disagree. Antibiotics still play a role in a delayed presentation. And we literally said remove the tick and get treated. Not sure what else to say. Hope you are ok
@@TalkingWithDocs Thank you for your reply. I don't feel as though we are disagreeing on anything. I just felt disappointed with the limited content in relation to the seriousness of the disease. As for my experience- I never had Lyme disease but my daughter did. In 2012 she was a promising student athlete who developed and felt the wrath of this horrible disease. I will spare you and your viewers the details of what ensued, but can tell you there is hope for patients with advanced cases. After many months of misdiagnosis by traditional MDs and a close look into the abyss of the disease, we were fortunate to find a pair of MDs who gave us the diagnosis and treatment that saved her life. I am proud to say after countless prayers and many years she is today a Naturopathic Doctor herself and will soon graduate with a second degree in chiropractic medicine. Regardless, she is still feeling the effects of this evil and often debilitating disease. I'm a fan of your channel and remain.
My first test in fall of 2020, because of symptoms related to Lyme, was negative. I was prescribed azithromycin for 14 days before results of negative were in. However, over the next 3 years I became progressively worse with joint and nerve issues. Was tested again for Lyme in 2023 which came back positive. Seen an Infectious Disease doctor and was prescribed doxycycline for 30 days. Was tested a month later, the test was negative even though antibodies were still high but only 4 markers. Continued to experience joint and nerve issues. Infectious Disease doctor ordered another test 6 months later which came back positive with even more markers and higher antibodies. So I have presently completed another 30 days of antibiotics (azithromycin this time). I go back to Infectious Disease doctor next week. Any suggestions if I continue having positive tests.
The two types of ticks that carry Lyme both have BLACK LEGS and have this term in their names... "The blacklegged tick and the western blacklegged tick"
Canada, eh? You make us proud for having such an informative (and fun) channel.
They are very good Docs! I have been listening to them since 2019. They were great for me to listen to before I had my knee surgery! Thanks again Docs! Love you Docs! I live in the USA.
This was a while ago, I went on a first date with a professor and he was aware I was a nurse when he asked me to take a look at his thigh. Thought what have I gotten into. He had seen his doc who said it was a spider bite. I did check and confirmed that it looked like Lymes. I had had multiple patients with this disease and told him what my patients had been put on. He apparently told his doc, who called re tx. I just told him what I knew and he ordered the titer and the doxycycline. My new friend took me out to dinner again and again. He healed!
Two years ago I was bitten by a tick that had obviously been on me for a considerable time. It was somewhat enlarged when I found it and shortly thereafter I developed a fever and felt quite ill. The doctor in emergency had me admitted to the hospital where I spent the next 5 days. The care in the small eastern Ontario hospital was superb and the diagnosis was anaplasmosis, a tick-born disease. My recovery was complete with no residual complications and subsequent blood tests also showed antibodies to Lyme disease, although I never had any symptoms of Lyme. Tick bites can transmit other bacterial diseases besides anaplasmosis and Lyme.
I am from southern Missouri. I have lost count of the ticks I have gotten just mowing the lawn! I have alpha-gal syndrome from the lone star tick. All three of you are spot on...........WEAR REPELLANT!!!!! I can't stress that enough!!!!
My friend went to acupuncture for alfa gal..it has helped him
I went about 3 weeks undiagnosed with Lyme disease, felt stiff as a board and couldn’t stay awake. It manifested to Lyme Carditis and I went into 3rd Degree Heart Block. Luckily Dr Adrian Baranchuk is a cardiologist in Kingston and is the man when it comes to Lyme Carditis. He diagnosed me and said if this was 5 years earlier they would have put a pacemaker in me, but instead antibiotics did the trick. I’m forever grateful for him
I’ve had Lyme Disease for years now. Got bit by a tick, but I did not have a bullseye rash. Even though bloodwork was done, and it came back positive. I also had spinal tap twice, which confirmed it as well. I’ve had history of seizures, now I have a neurogenic bladder, which required a bladder stimulator implant. Not counting the other symptoms Lyme disease has. I was actually on antibiotics for almost a year through a Picc line IV.
Wow 😳
Deer tick bite in the back of my hand when cutting back climbing roses in October of all times. I first thought it was a sore from thorn. I must have knocked the body off and about a week later I had the bullseye rash. My GP put me on antibiotics for 3 weeks. Lots of deer in my area. Luckily I haven’t ever been sick from it. Unfortunately, a friends husband passed from Lyme disease that affected his heart a few years after his bite. Thank you for excellent info. 😊❤️
Be very careful!!! If you begin having unexplained allergic reactions, usually about 6 hours after eating red meat, it could be alpha-gal syndrome. I was diagnosed 5 years ago with Alpha-Gal. I hope you are okay.
@@lynnettecook6973 thanks. I’m fine. This was about 3 yrs ago. I’m so sorry you have issues though. Take good care. 🫂
My brother-in-law has had it for years. He's on all types of meds. It has taken a toll on his life.
I live in a tic infected area, i do a tic check twice a day, every day. I also check my dogs twice a day. The dogs are on monthly tic medicine and are vacinated against lyme disease. Hate to tell you, but both dogs have had lyme disease, and I have had it twice. So the longest time possible would be 12 hours they would have been attached. So the 24 hour time to transfer is, in my experience, the product out of the south end of a north bound bull.
How did you cure it?
@@ShepherdMinistry 14 days of antibiotics, same for the dogs!
@@sandraoboyle5155 I’m glad to hear you cured it!
Ticks are active when the temperature is 4 degrees and above. In Ontario we are seeing ticks in months you never would have seen them before ( December,January and February). It is recommended if you have a dog to use tick prevention as early as March and as late as December. Great video!!
You’re all great doctors helping us to understand illness like this one! Les felicitamos y agradecimos enormemente!
I’m going camping again soon. And it really “ticks” me off to have to worry about Deer ticks that may infect me with lymes disease 😵💫. Thank you Docs, for your ongoing information, for preventing and treating medical issues 🙏🏻👏
I took an engorged tick off a canine patient [when I worked as a vet] and kept it in a test tube and used it for demonstration purposes... One year later it had shrunk quite small so I took it out... IT WAS STILL ALIVE! 😨
Thanks, all three of you. Helpful and actually reassuring. We live just north of Lake Erie where they are now more ticks than we really need.
Our pleasure!
Live in Eastern Connecticut, had Lyme with many coinfections including Babesiosis. Was on Doxycycline for 2 months and Mepron. I did not have the bulls eye rash. Thankfully here we have Lyme specialists that listen to you, but not always covered by insurance. Generally GP’s are testing for Lyme and Babesiosis at the same time, because the Babesiosis here is becoming rampant. I change my clothes every time I spend time outside. Lyme is brutal, if you don’t know what is making you sick get tested for Lyme.
My daughter had a severe case of Lyme Disease. She's always vigilant about checking for ticks but as an archaeologist, sometimes one tick can get missed. To date, she has had no lingering symptoms.
Been there, done that. Both my Mom and I got Lyme Disease but we were about 30 years apart. She got hers in CT and I got mine either in FL or GA. There's a lot of misinformation out there and after going through the American health system where everyone else thought I was nuts, I finally found a test that is only done in 2 labs in the US and cost me $1500. Insurance won't pay for it. If you think you have it, do your research and look up the Lyme Disease Organizations for the real info.
Your presentation shows it to be pretty straight forward if there are symptoms. Do you know why it is mis-diagnosed so often?
Most doctors won’t run the tests unless you have a good relationship with them. I saw two of my regular doctors before one tested for Lyme. They generally don’t think it’s Lyme. It’s always arthritis in their view. You have to be insistent on the testing, and you have to have so many markers for the test to come back positive. Read about the Lyme vaccination. There’s a crazy story.
Great information. I live in NY, very near CT so it is a very real issue here. I have 2 friends that have neurological problems since having Lyme disease. They say that they have trouble following directions and remembering things.
On the northern California coast, about 65% of our ticks carry Lyme disease. I got some white jeans to hike in, so that it is easier to see them if they hitch a ride.
That's interesting. In the East Bay Hills only about 1% of the ticks capable of feeding on mammals carry Lyme's disease. Apparently a common lizard, which ticks feed on early in their life cycle carry a protein that kills the Lyme disease in the tick.
Regarding the white pants - seems like a good idea. But I've hiked in a tick infested area with a few generations of dogs, over 20 years. For some unexplained reason, my white dogs have always attracted more ticks than my black dogs - I'd estimate a 20X difference in the rate. And it's not a matter of it being easier to see them either. Something about white makes it far more likely for ticks to sense and attach themselves. I assume it has something to do with differences in heat signature.
A key prevention tip is if you have been exposed to ticks in a high-risk area or activity, is immediately after you get home to throw your clothes straight into the wash (with dryer on high heat) and take a shower. Use the opportunity in the shower to feel all over your skin for ticks and scrub areas such as hair, armpits and privates, which are areas they could easily hide.
Locally here on Mount Desert Island, Maine if you get a deer tick bite the doctors will prescribe a 3-5 day treatment with amoxicillin. This is usually given immediately after a tick bite. The local hospital even runs a weekend "tick clinic" for deer tick bites. I don't know if this approach does anything, but it makes people feel better after they find a tick on themselves. Deer ticks are the primary vector here. The problem with them is that they are very small ticks (often 1mm or less) and it is easy to miss one, particularly in your hair.
Thx once again for this valuable info. I would like to ask in addition, how to safely remove the tick before you go to the doctor or clinic to get help? I've heard there is a right and wrong way?? Thx Drs!
Thank You all for covering this topic. It sounds like ticks have been wide spread this year. Thankfully, I haven't seen one on myself or my dog yet this year. We live in the semi-arid high plains part of the US.
This may seem unreal but very true. When I lived in TN I noticed one bearing in my little man's arm. I lite up a match and placed it where it was. It popped out. They say don't use twisters as you may not get all of it out. Also my husband got this horrible disease and had to see a specialist. He takes SAM-e & V/8 juice with fruit & vegetables in it which has helped him. Thank you for sharing your videos.
Plumb Island, you failed to mention. NHS now runs the facility and it has a dark history since wwII. Its not far from CT and NYC
now in Kansas!
I love this channel but figured they would not discuss the origin of Lyme's.
Lots of sh*t went on at Plumb Island!
I respectfully observe that Lyme disease is not that easy to treat later on and probably never goes away. Antibiotics should be used for persistent infections. Lyme hides and protects itself from the antibiotics. Biofilms, cysts, and also hiding in our immune cells and nerve cells
Lyme and co infections need to be taken a lot more seriously.!
Agreed.
Great explanation. Absolutely first class. Thank you doctors!
Lyme disease came out of a federal bio lab near Lyme CT back in the 70s
One of the biggest problems with this is the deer ticks are so small they are very difficult to see. I usually get a few every year on me and most times I don’t know they are on me until I see a red spot with a small black dot in the center. If you ever got one on your scalp you would never see it. Lone Star ticks have gotten very bad here in Virginia as well. Several neighbors have gotten alpha gal syndrome.
It’s not good is it.
Have you gotten Lyme?
@@ShepherdMinistry I've been lucky so far and have not gotten it yet. I know plenty of people who have gotten Lyme and two of my neighbors have gotten alpha gal syndrome. My brother in Wisconsin got Lyme's disease a few years ago. Took the docs a LONG time to diagnose it (was actually his girlfriend who suggested it, and confirmed by test). It really messed him up. He's in constant, almost debilitating pain all day long and nothing helps.
@@SemperFiBiologist I’ll send a prayer for him.
In Ontario I believe pharacists can prescribe for tick bites (post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent Lyme disease). I am surprised you didn't mention this.
Hey is that House undercover? I see Dr House is still joyful as ever. Glad he came back practicing medicine after Wilson probably and sadly died.
Thank you for this video. As a father of a young kid i was very interested in this subject
It’s to bad that permethrin is so hard to get in Canada. It works great.
Yes it is something that the tick and mosquito companies sell
I'm not sure why it's so hard to get permethrin treated clothes up here. I have taken the opportunity to order permethrin treated socks, pants and shirt while visiting the US, and brought them back. I've never seen a tick while wearing these while doing high risk (of ticks) activities. Come on Canada, get your act together.
My husband was finally diagnosed in 2011 after several misdiagnoses. He was treated with antibiotics and multiple supplements and considers himself to be mostly recovered, although he has some mild, lingering issues.
Dr. Warren must be the life of the party 😂
Yes and his excitement is so "infectious" :P
I don't mind listening to a doctor who obviously knows his stuff and takes it seriously.
Lymes Disease is now found throughout the UK, and appears to be associated with ticks in general. I first came across Lymes when I visited both east and west USA in the early 1990s where Lymes was associated with a specific tick, although this may have been incorrect information. My question is, Can all ticks carry Lymes disease? Many thanks, Docs, for a very informative videos
What ideas do people have for removing hidden ticks from your car, after they hitchhiked a ride after a hike in the woods?
Great video! Nothing prevents ticks better than products with Permethrin insecticide such as Sawyers or Gordons spray and clothing sold at Canadian Tire/Marks treated with Permethrin in addition to the obvious clothing regiments. End of day do a thorough search of ticks on one's body!!! It is typically the Black legged (Deer tick) that is the vector although I treat all ticks the same.
Yes. I hike nearly every day in a heavily wooded park with my dogs - black legged ticks are most prevalent during mid-winter here and I can attest that permethrin type products keep the ticks away.
@@peterwest323 for the life of me I cannot figure out why the Canadian govt does not allow the sale of .5% spray products such as Sawyers yet they permit the sales of .5% Permethrin treated clothing. its govt so doesn't have to make sense and god forbid we prevent Lyme. I get 35% Gordons from a buddy and dilute it down to .5% in a spray bottle which only takes half a teaspoon.
You didn’t discuss the parasites that often accompany the tick. On cape cod they also give you an anti parasitic.
Long Covid please!!! We need more info 😢
And that’s why I left New England and headed out west no ticks out here it’s fantastic
My son got Lyme in Idaho! Camping in the Boise area. Took him to the pediatrician with a Bullseye rash. Doctor said he had only seen the rash in books.
@@SaltCreekFarmstead it is very very bad in New England don’t go there. My mother had Lyme disease my dog had Lyme disease all my friends are crippled from Lyme disease. I left best thing I ever did.
@@truckcamper5751 I understand. I was just letting you know they’re out west too.
@@SaltCreekFarmstead I haven’t found any in Utah so far👍
@@truckcamper5751 they’re definitely in the part of Utah I’m in! Get up in the mountains above Utah valley and you will find them. We see them on the deer we harvest every year.
Good reporting the hard stuff too needs proper attention as show it.
I've had Lyme twice and the thing about having to have a tick on you for 24 hrs is absolute BS.
First time, I know when I got the bite and didn't get treated right away after developing a big, round rash because of the 24 hr thing. Next time, I went into the woods and came back with the worst itchy bug bite that turned into a big round rash, but I know (it was on my forearm) that whatever bit me was there and gone.
When you get a big round rash, get to a doctor.
Did you cure it?
Great video...
Vet's will post first sighting of ticks for your area.
Ours was February neighbor 🇨🇦
The autoimmune system can take the hit and effect your gut too.
Blood and fecal samples years later will present.
Okay, now I itch lol
Great stuff! Thank you...
I have millions of those little nasty buggers at my property. I see a huge population of deer on my trail cams and they congregate in large groups on my driveway and clearing. It is a go to destination for hunters and has a very busy deer season. No body in the county has caught lymes as far as I know and we have two common types of ticks. I have been bitten every year since I owned the place. So far we've been lucky.
Do you take antibiotics every time you find one on you?
I enjoy your program.
It's important to pull your socks up over your pants so the ticks can't crawl inside your pant leg. Some people in the US have said that ticks can fall out of trees so wear a hat. April and May are particularly bad times for ticks in Ontario. Dogs can be given slow release pills to protect them against tick bites because they can get Lyme disease.
You are correct on all counts
This disease really ticks me off!
Love your talks, you guys are great!!
We pulled 7 off my husband last friday, but his friend had 40 on his back (and more elsewhere). We also found some in the car, so vacuum your vehicles if you find any on yourself. From Manitoba
My now deceased wife had lyme disease, she went through weeks of various antibiotics, with breaks in between each one. Not fun at all, eh? I have been accused of being Canadian, but from Northern Minnesota - so there ya go!
Interesting, I'm glad that I never go out camping, LOL.
You and me both!
I got limes disease in 2017, I had the red target, on the back of my knee, I removed it had the 30 days of the meds, I am still having itch from it, the itch is always where the tick bite was and it also itches insanely ,
Oh man. Hope you are ok
What meds did they give you? And how soon did you get on them?
Would like to have heard about the prevalence of Lyme Disease. Years ago a vaccine failed and the rate was about 10,000 cases per years. I had treated a few cases with the rash. However a doctor I know of had treated a thousand patient nowhere near Lyme,Connecticut!
I can’t unsee it now, Dr Weening does look like the Gilligan’s Island professor 😂🤣
He does!
bring dr hafermann and explain sacubutril plus valsartan in chf
Is it Lyme or Lymes? There are doctors around that use a lab from CA that I think always has a positive result. We are in VA of US. They are selling treatments I think! Glad to hear this was eluded to. I’ve been tested by my PCP and was negative but never had a tick that was known to me. Just as fatigue symptoms of something else.
Thanks for sharing. And yes it’s Lyme, Connecticut
The tick testing depends on where you are, if you live in Connecticut, there is free tick testing and it's relatively quick, I used it this spring after I got a tick in March ugh! Results in a week from when I dropped the tick off, my local health department even called me with the results. So if you live in Connecticut you can get a tick tested easily 😎
Hi! Could you add descriptions or perhaps a photo of the type of tick that can carry Lyme Disease? We believe that it is the Blacklegged tick. Also what if you find a tick and it is not engorged? Does that mean that it is under 24 hours or ??? Thank you!
My friend had it and she thinks she still has it. She was in bad shape from it. Now she takes neurotin. I said if she still has it then she'd be on antibiotics. It's between her and her doctor anyway. She claims it was a difficult to diagnose it. It's apparently curable in stage 1 or 2, not stage 3.
Here in Hawaii you have to look out for the lime in the coconut... never mind...
LOL ! I love this song !
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Living in the Vancouver area and walking in a forest daily I average one tick a year. I find them quickly and am prescribed a big one time dose of antibiotics. Normally it's in the spring but I had 2 at once after cutting a Christmas tree!
How big a dosage and of what kind?
I've only knowingly had a tick 2 times. Once I scraped it off in a shower like a scab without giving much thought. I had heard a lot about tick diseases and, being about 16, got so scared that I immediately felt sick.
There is another disease called tick-born encephalitis. Apparently, it is not widespread in America. Our local health experts strongly promoted rimantadine for it as a first remedy. That drug was quickly sold out. They say not to walk in tall grass. There are other reasons not to do that.
I have Alpha-gal Syndrome from the Lone Star tick. The Lone Star ticks are starting to show up in Canada. You should do a video about AGS!
My third child got Lyme as a toddler back in 2003. At that time they DID send the tick to the local University lab to be tested. The tick did have the bacteria so my toddler was treated.
This was very informative. However, I do wish that medical professionals would be more conscious of the fact, that, when describing symptoms of anything involving skin color changes (redness in this case), that millions of people have dark skin. Offer them another descriptor, please!
I guess It would have helped me to know about the bullseye rash years ago when I had one and the flu symptoms to go with it. I didn't know to mention it to my rheumatologist. Maybe that's what has caused some of the suffering I've gone through.. Thank you
I have developed AGS from a tickbite I would appreciate some details about the likelihood of the symptoms ending spontaneously. Thank you all.
Glad my doctor didn't mess around and gave me immediate prophylactic tx after 2 bites.
Those jokes man, those jokes.🤣🤣🤣. Thanks for the great work guys. Always love your videos.🥳🥳💗💗
It's easier to find the larger, regular sized ticks. However, in my area we have the TINY microscopic ticks. They are almost impossible to find unless you can find them while crawling.
I've had ticks on from 20years ago, it has todo with wet weather and uncut grass, not global warming!! Get it right
Doctors very interesting and informed are your information about the situation
I have a request to make you
Is there any way that you will talk about ringworms any time soon ?
My husband has been diagnosed with ringworms recently..
Thanks you for sharing your experience and knowledge
I am an attentive subscriber to your videos
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You guys talking to the infectious disease specialist reminded me about our experience with rabies, I know it's not common but very serious. I learned a lot, maybe consider this topic. Our cow came down with rabies,...as always, you Doctors do good work, thanks! 13:09
Maybe we should all keep chickens in our back yard…….they eat the ticks and other bugs.
A good friend died from Lyme Disease. He told me he let it go way too long before he went to the doctor. The Disease affected his heart, nerves, and joints. He passed in 1997 at 52 years old.
Sorry for your loss.
Walk to work through long grass, and also any walk out in the countryside here at the moment is so bushy as we've had so much rain. Just had to take a tick off the cat. Chatting to someone at work and he carries a tick remover with him when out and about.
I never had the rash but had lyme with co infections
Sorry to hear that Jennifer
Did you cure it? Hope you’re ok.
I pulled one out of my dog this april in southern Ontario too.
You can get a special Tick Hook that you rotate as you pull to ensure your don't leave any of the tick behind
I think you should have warned that not everyone gets a rash. You end up with Lyme and you don't know it until it's got a really good hold and maybe has done some real damage.
Hey Docs hows about a talk on whooping cough. Ive had it a long time ago can I get it again. Thanks
Check out the artist Ren who has Lymes Disease for 10 years. He was recently treated in Canada stem cell.
5:45 so testing the tick could be faster , if the person has to wait 4-6 weeks to develop antibodies.
When I first went to aDr. He ignored me because the hospital corp didn’t recognize it as real.
Love your show, but i am getting old so i think i missed the part where you showed your audience that it is just the Black Legged Deer Tick and the Western Black Legged Tick that transmit Lyme disease, though all the other ticks can carry other nasty diseases too!
And the little buggers like to climb in order to increase their chances to attach to a host, so trail grass or scrub can be of more risk.
And as you briefly alluded to, in removing them it is very important to get the “head” out (not really a head as you and i think of one, more like the toothed tip of a little monster) and the best way to do this is to use a little scooper you can get real cheap on Amazon, like $5.00, that hooks under and around the so called head and tugs it out. Do NOT try pulling with fingers nor the match method for that can make the tick barf back infected blood into you and no one wants tick barf in them.
Oh, they don’t make very good pets. They rarely come when you call them and it is next to impossible to house train them.
-Notes from a guy in Virginia
I live north west central Alberta , so far here wedo not have a problem with the ticks that get on human and or dogs but the Moose in our area are infested with ticks and have been for years , so my question are these ticks different species, I haven’t found anyone who can answer my question ,,
I got Lyme in 2001 and STILL have fallout!
Always so concerned about tick bites. They can cause such terrible issues.
And it’s not always a clear bullseye rash
All three of you remind me nursing courses, c'mon now, you must be talking about surgeries 😊
What are your thoughts on using a one day dose of doxycycline after tick bite with mild erythema as a preventative measure.
I’ve read it isn’t enough. The spirochetes are very invasive. If you still have issues get on more antibiotics. Speaking as a Lyme survivor.
@@t.k3025what dosage cured yours?
My bud said Shania Twain got it and can no longer sing!
The amount of flat out wrong information in this video is truly mind boggling
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We were visiting in Ottawa last week and our two companions both picked up ticks in the woods (my husband and I didn’t thankfully). They were both given only two doses of doxycycline to be taken at once. Is that enough antibiotic? We got the ticks out in around 24 hours.
That's the same treatment I was given. I've not heard of anyone taking Doxy for more than that
Very Disappointed with this video as you failed to hammer home the seriousness of the disease; how it hides in the body, how it develops into several life forms (Spirochete, Cyst, and non-cell wall), and the co-infecting bacteria (Babesia et all) that also accompany the Lyme bacteria.
Bottom line- if you notice an engorged tick on your body, remove it and get on an antibiotic right away and you'll probably never see a symptom. If left alone for several months and you become symptomatic, see a Naturopathic or Lyme-literate Doctor. Antibiotics are worthless after the bacteria begin to divide and multiply.
This from someone with first hand experience.
So we can agree to disagree. Antibiotics still play a role in a delayed presentation. And we literally said remove the tick and get treated. Not sure what else to say. Hope you are ok
@@TalkingWithDocs Thank you for your reply. I don't feel as though we are disagreeing on anything. I just felt disappointed with the limited content in relation to the seriousness of the disease. As for my experience- I never had Lyme disease but my daughter did. In 2012 she was a promising student athlete who developed and felt the wrath of this horrible disease. I will spare you and your viewers the details of what ensued, but can tell you there is hope for patients with advanced cases. After many months of misdiagnosis by traditional MDs and a close look into the abyss of the disease, we were fortunate to find a pair of MDs who gave us the diagnosis and treatment that saved her life. I am proud to say after countless prayers and many years she is today a Naturopathic Doctor herself and will soon graduate with a second degree in chiropractic medicine.
Regardless, she is still feeling the effects of this evil and often debilitating disease. I'm a fan of your channel and remain.
@@Peace2U-ec6eswhat did they do to cure her? And if she’s cured why is she still having problems?
I never said she was cured.
My first test in fall of 2020, because of symptoms related to Lyme, was negative. I was prescribed azithromycin for 14 days before results of negative were in. However, over the next 3 years I became progressively worse with joint and nerve issues. Was tested again for Lyme in 2023 which came back positive. Seen an Infectious Disease doctor and was prescribed doxycycline for 30 days. Was tested a month later, the test was negative even though antibodies were still high but only 4 markers. Continued to experience joint and nerve issues. Infectious Disease doctor ordered another test 6 months later which came back positive with even more markers and higher antibodies. So I have presently completed another 30 days of antibiotics (azithromycin this time). I go back to Infectious Disease doctor next week. Any suggestions if I continue having positive tests.
Okay, so I think there are actually two types of ticks, large and small. Do both carry Lyme Disease? Thanks!
The two types of ticks that carry Lyme both have BLACK LEGS and have this term in their names... "The blacklegged tick and the western blacklegged tick"
I know you must mean ticks, not tics