HEY.. that isn't MY suggestion.. but that of a doctor in a highly endemic area of CT.
Wonder how much he was paid for THAT research?
Volume: 1 Issue: 02 Date: 05-Feb-93
DATE: January 27, 1993 Note: Thanks to Ralph Yozzo for submitting this item.
CHICAGO (UPI) -- Deer ticks, which transmit Lyme disease, seem to prefer biting people wearing clothes, a Connecticut doctor reported Tuesday.
In a letter to the Journal of the American Medical Association, Dr. Henry Feder Jr. of the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, Conn., said he found that among more than 300 people at a nudist camp, the only deer tick bites were reported by persons who were wearing clothes.
What was surprising was that deer tick bites were very unusual occurrences at the camp,'' Feder said. `This was not because nudists could not identify deer tick bites, as many of the nudists reported deer tick bites that occurred at their permanent homes.''
Experts generally recommend that people wear long-sleeve shirts and long pants in deer tick areas to deter bites. However, Feder said the deer ticks actually apparently prefer to get underneath clothing, such as under long pants not tucked into socks.
Only one case of Lyme disease-associated symptoms had been identified by doctors treating the nudists, Feder said, even though the camp was in the deer tick's ideal environment.
One explanation is that although deer are present, deer ticks are not yet established. A second explanation is that deer ticks do not like nudists, as ticks prefer to do their biting under cover,'' he said.
A more formal study was being planned, he said. Lyme disease is a tick-borne illness that initially often causes a rash and flu-like symptoms such as fever, fatigue and aches. These symptoms may be followed weeks or months later by neurologic, heart or joint abnormalities.
The disease was first recognized in 1975 in Lyme, Conn., but has been identified in at least 43 states and in other countries.
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Posted by Tincup (Member # 5829) on :
Hmmmmmmmmm... maybe I need about 300 nude folks running around in MY yard to scare away the ticks?
Any volunteers?
Posted by Tincup (Member # 5829) on :
Seems like there are other mentions of it..
They're not clothes-minded Austin nudists enjoy nature, unfettered recreation in the Texas Hill Country
By Rachel Pearson
"Ocean-going nudists avoid the nuisance of sea lice, nasty little beasts that become lodged inside swimsuits and irritate a "textiled" swimmer's skin. "Same thing with ticks and chiggers," Steve said."
Posted by AlisonP (Member # 7771) on :
This is fantastic news! What an amazing breakthrough!
(cue heartwarming music)
You see, lately, I have been worried that people don't think I'm crazy *enough*.
(cue homey backwoods setting)
(remove glasses thoughtfully and stare earnestly into the camera)
Even though I have this crazy disease, with crazy symptoms, and crazy ideas about where it came from and what it's doing to the world, now I can feel secure knowing that sprinting around in my birthday suit will firmly re-establish my insanity in the eyes (and hearts) of those around me.
Narrator: And remember folks, if you get arrested for indecent exposure, your AAA membership is good for posting at least $50 bail. Always remember to use sunscreen.
(fade out)
Posted by snowflake (Member # 8950) on :
WOW! Let the fun begin! Posted by luvs2ride (Member # 8090) on :
We can save a lot of money, not only in clothes, but repellents and supplements too.
Posted by sizzled (Member # 1357) on :
Heeheehee.....did they find that ticks like to hide ...in ...cracks????????????
How well DID these nudists check themselves???
Eww .
Posted by treepatrol (Member # 4117) on :
Maybe the nudist's being in the sun all the time produce more vitamin D ???
Posted by lymie tony z (Member # 5130) on :
What these morons did'nt seem to realize is...
IF you're running around nude and have THAT much skin exposed...
You are probably using an insect repellant ALL OVER your body....
Either that or you're just too ugly for the ticks to attach themselves...they have pride too...
Could also be the crabs attacking the ticks!
zman
Posted by David95928 (Member # 3521) on :
There's no law against being naked where I live. It's time for a public health campaign.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Posted by johnnyb (Member # 7645) on :
quote:Originally posted by AlisonP: This is fantastic news! What an amazing breakthrough!
(cue heartwarming music)
You see, lately, I have been worried that people don't think I'm crazy *enough*.
(cue homey backwoods setting)
(remove glasses thoughtfully and stare earnestly into the camera)
Even though I have this crazy disease, with crazy symptoms, and crazy ideas about where it came from and what it's doing to the world, now I can feel secure knowing that sprinting around in my birthday suit will firmly re-establish my insanity in the eyes (and hearts) of those around me.
Narrator: And remember folks, if you get arrested for indecent exposure, your AAA membership is good for posting at least $50 bail. Always remember to use sunscreen.
(fade out)
HAHA! That was GREAT!!!
Esp the removing glasses and staring into camera part!!
Posted by lymemomtooo (Member # 5396) on :
Hey Tin, I volunteer to scare them away..One look at this body naked and nothing will be around to bite anything. Posted by trueblue (Member # 7348) on :
Ok, I've been thinking about this since yesterday...
I know my mind is warped but... I keep going to... what about pubic areas and/or scalps? Were all the nudists shaved or Naired? Posted by sizzled (Member # 1357) on :
Trueblue....ticks like dark, moist places....!!!!
I'll get together with ya, lymemomtoo! We can have the entire east coast to ourselves if I go nude!!!! Posted by robi (Member # 5547) on :
Well I guess the Lyme treatment center should be clothing optional ............. Would that include staff?
Posted by trueblue (Member # 7348) on :
quote:Originally posted by sizzled: [QB] Trueblue....ticks like dark, moist places....!!!!
I'll get together with ya, lymemomtoo! We can have the entire east coast to ourselves if I go nude!!!! [/QB
Dark moist places... that's what concerns me.
I'll wait and let you and LMT test this out first as I'm not sure I'm ready to participate in the inspection process and my glasses are not strong enough.
I have to be going now. Posted by Nal (Member # 6801) on :
OMG, you all have me laughing right now!! I can just picture a lot of us (ok, thats actually an image I DONT want) running around everywhere naked and telling others "Its so we dont attract ticks"
They would haul all of us off in a heartbeat wouldn't they?
Nancy
Posted by dtiffen02 (Member # 8993) on :
So a double blind study of this would entail one group that thinks they are nude but really aren't?
Posted by daniella (Member # 6753) on :
quote:Originally posted by dtiffen02: So a double blind study of this would entail one group that thinks they are nude but really aren't?
LOL dtiffen!!! I WILL be part of THAT group.... Posted by trueblue (Member # 7348) on :
or a study of people with Emperor's New Clothes Syndrome and their likelyhood to attract ticks.
Posted by bsanders (Member # 8337) on :
Well - we were asked for suggestions at our "Uniform Committee" ; we are all woodland workers - they'll love this idea!
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
Tincup, my 1st reaction was that you've ODed on your ice cream! what a hoot!
LMT, I'll join you on that secluded beach.
Robi, clothing optional at the NEW LYME CENTER TC asked for our suggestions on; you guys are too much, and boy did we all need this post today! Posted by Andie333 (Member # 7370) on :
I'm thinking we should move this thread into the activist section here.
They've been looking for a way to get the press' attention during demonstrations. This just might do the trick!
See you all at the capital!
Andie
Posted by trueblue (Member # 7348) on :
quote:Originally posted by Andie333: I'm thinking we should move this thread into the activist section here.
They've been looking for a way to get the press' attention during demonstrations. This just might do the trick!
See you all at the capital!
Andie
Andie... Brilliant!
Posted by iceskater (Member # 8655) on :
A Limerick for all of you:
The people with Lyme are not rude,
Tis better to be totally nude,
We won't be bitten by a tick, And subsequently get sick, Here's to being healthy and crude!!!
Posted by 5dana8 (Member # 7935) on :
You guys are so funny
Thanks for the smiles.
Posted by tabbytamer (Member # 3159) on :
quote:Originally posted by dtiffen02: So a double blind study of this would entail one group that thinks they are nude but really aren't?
Actually, a double blind study would be where not even the researchers would know who is nude or not.
How would that work?
I guess everyone would have to be nude, but one group have their clothes "painted" on ?
But wait--that wouldn't work because everyone would be nude and there wouldn't be a clothed group to compare to.
Hmm. Posted by Tincup (Member # 5829) on :
HA! You all are TOO funny! I am still laughing!
Yo True...
You asked about the "secret places" and if the nudists were "shaved" for this research study.
As I was checking out the original concept in the article above... I typed in the words "ticks" and "nude" in the search bar.
Hmmmmmmmmmm... when I did that... I happened to stumble across some, some, some.... well... porn sites!
DUH! What did I expect?
And to answer your question... it doesn't appear all nudists shave.
And that's all I'm saying bout THAT!
Posted by trueblue (Member # 7348) on :
Bwahahahaha! TC ~ better you than me; I don't even want to picture what tick porn sites are like.
(Ok, now I have to go wash my brain with something caustic.) Posted by lymemomtooo (Member # 5396) on :
Ok sizzled I probably weigh a ton more than you do..So what ticks are you going to scare??..Come on!! Those ticks would scramble to you..HA!!!!
I would win hands down in the scare them away category..But you are welcome to accompany me. Actually I've never done the nude thing but did do the burn the bra thing but some of you youngsters do not have a clue about that.
Come to a garden party! Sept 8.? clothes optional!!!
Posted by Tincup (Member # 5829) on :
Tutu.. who by the way drops her drawers as often as most folks blink their eyes... said...
"I don't even want to picture what tick porn sites are like."
Well, let me tell you. Nude ticks.. my oh my! They ain't shy, that's for sure. A female tick in the nude is bad enough.. but if you could see those nude male ticks with their little tick..
Opps! Suppertime.. gotta run!
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
I was going to highlight my favorite part of this post...but they're ALL TOO FUNNY!!!
Posted by sizzled (Member # 1357) on :
Lymemomtoo, you don't need global warming to get the oceans to rise...Just let me go swimming in one!!! Ha!
I don't know what happened....Someone swapped me and now I have this....oh, nevermind!
Hey, I looked up nude-ticks and the computer thinks I made a mistake and wanted 'nude chicks'.....
Plucked chickens, anyone??? Posted by NP40 (Member # 6711) on :
Yeah, I can see it all now.
Bart stretch marks glistening off the sun exposed milky white skin. The doxy burned derriere's. Nude volleyball where everyone forgets the rules or their PICC lines get tangled up in the net.
The sand court lined with bowel incontinence "deposits". Having a herx while serving and hitting an opposing team member causing even more lesions on their MRI. Playing all the way up to "1" because of dementia and chronic fatigue.
We could post the game highlights on YouTube and charge a quarter for viewing to keep out the riffraff. Posted by Carol B (Member # 9110) on :
Last time I ran around in the woods in the nude- playing hooky from high school , no less , with a friend, we got busted because , well because, we didn't get any tick bites , tis true,
but we both got horrendous cases of poison ivy in places one doesn't normally get poison ivy.
Maybe it's because we weren't always running around. So you might say we got poison ivy up the yingyang.
BUT NO TICKS. How's that for a field test?
Blushing in Balto, Carol
Posted by lymemomtooo (Member # 5396) on :
Well of course I had to check and did the tick nude search and got a lot of things..Tomorrow, I may even get brave enough to click on one..
The fire island ecology nude tick thing involved swimming..It has potential..That would really add another dimension to the protection..Water..Ha..
Carol, oh my..You were a little devil now weren't you..NO wonder you need to still spend some time in bible school..
Posted by Dave6002 (Member # 9064) on :
Too silly of you all: eagerly expecting a nude show that would never come,
However, there would be a real nude show in my dream: you are all 18 year old beautiful young flowers and Bees...
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
Sandy, great poem you wrote; rhymed great.
How are you feeling now? any better? PM when you can ok. Bettyg
Posted by Carol B (Member # 9110) on :
NP40 mentioned YouTube-How about we're all running around in the woods bare assed naked with Godzilla Tick chasing us ? Now there's bit of comedy or would that be a horror flick ?
or
we could play Tick Tag, and whomever Godzilla Tick catches gets to put on the costume and chase everybody else ?
or
we could play Duck , Duck , Goose(the Duck), now that is just too much to picture in the nude.
This is as much fun as planning Annie's 4th of July Barbecue!
Posted by lymemomtooo (Member # 5396) on :
Hey Meg, I will do Dec..YOU snow sissy..Godzilla and all. Actually the tick suit would help with the coverage of vital areas, rolls and crevices, etc..
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dave6002: [ However, there would be a real nude show in my dream: you are all 18 year old beautiful young flowers and Bees... [/QB]
Hey, have you been peaking in my computer screen or something?? Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
we could play Duck , Duck , Goose(the Duck), now that is just too much to picture in the nude.
Glad this guy isn't nude!! Posted by lymednva (Member # 9098) on :
OK. I'm trying to have a serious IM conversation with a friend and you all have me rolling on the floor! It's the best laugh I've had in ages. Posted by Dave6002 (Member # 9064) on :
Fist thing tomorrow tell me you had the most pleasant nude show in your dream Posted by Dave6002 (Member # 9064) on :
quote: have you been peaking in my computer screen
Yea, what a beauty!
You would be very frightened if you knew what I had done: remote control of your computer and I have downloaded your pics: Posted by lymemomtooo (Member # 5396) on :
Dave that is pretty good..Especially since I am computer challenged. Some days I have trouble with the graemlins.
Since you are a wiz kid with copying..Are you any good at creating? I would like a duck-tick..Both are sucking the life out of everyone. It does not have to be naked..But you can try that too..To fit in with the theme of the post..
Posted by Dave6002 (Member # 9064) on :
quote: It does not have to be naked..But you can try that too..To fit in with the theme of the post..
The credit goes to Lymetoo.
Or I'll let her answer you. Posted by Tincup (Member # 5829) on :
Now we did it!
I happened to casually mention at the dinner table that I had been reading replies to a post about a doctor in CT who did a research study at a nudist colony... and how they found the folks with no clothes didn't get as many tick bites... even in endemic areas.
WARNING!!!! WARNING!!!! WARNING!!!!
How QUICKLY a medical discussion can turn on you... and bite you on the butt!
NOT a good topic to bring up right after you have made your very first ever trips to CT... and only a few weeks ago!
Now they are teasing me about going to CT ... not once but TWICE... to go to the nudist colony... rather than Dr. Jone's hearing and the rally!
Guess I stuck my foot in that one, eh?
Posted by lymemomtooo (Member # 5396) on :
Well the nudist colony thing did not happen when I was there..I feel cheated..
But there was a guy at Margaritas that was using xray glasses checking out your assets Tinnie..
Posted by trueblue (Member # 7348) on :
Well, as long as she's had a tick check done. Posted by Carol B (Member # 9110) on :
Hey LMT and TC, next time we go to CT we should ask Cooper if there are any nudist colonies in Jamaica-then ask him to drive us there and we could do a field test to see if anyone has Lyme Disease. If NOT, we could all move ! But I'd want to take Peaches with us,too.
Posted by hiker53 (Member # 6046) on :
Funny or not, I wish someone would spend their time and money on a cure for lyme not on the whether nude people get more ticks than I do.
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