I have heard anecdotally from all sorts of people (including several nurses) that tick saliva is a cumulative poison i.e. no matter your reaction to an initial bite, your reaction to being bitten will get progressively worse (whether this be over months or many years).
Has anyone else heard of this or is it primarily a South East Queensland thing?
There is quite a bit of information on tick typhus, Lyme disease and allergies but nothing I can find on increased reactions with exposure .
Eeeeeekkkwwwweerrr eew eeew eeweeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaRRRRRRRRRRRRRRtghgghhh! :eek:
(sorry, just my reaction whenever I think of ticks)
AARRRRRRRRSDee EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeahhh GET IT OFF!!!
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What’s tick poison? I’ve dodged Lyme disease, but I don’t think that’s what you’re talking about. I think my main tick reactions are: screaming heebejeebies, small reddish spot, uber-willies, and screaming like a little girl. What poison?
Isn’t this ‘progressively worse’ issue really what happens when one is allergic to the tick bites, much as one who is allergic to bee stings can expect their immune system to react worse with each sting, eventually needed an epi-pen in case they are bitten again?