Played outside as a kid. but once I turned 10 years old I stopped.
Ive never gone camping, or hiking or canoeing etc
My boyfreind seems to think that if I didnt grow up in the heavily wooded area that I grew up in, that I probably wouldnt have lyme disease
I understand ticks can be everywhere. but I would assume that they tend to migrate to heavily wooded areas. where there is more wildlife, trees, grass....etc. I think its likely to assume that even tho you can find ticks in the city....its FAR less likely.
I am very curious to see the percentage of people who have gotten bitten in the city and the amount of people who got bitten in a heavily wooded/rural area. or while camping, hiking. etc
Please give me your responses! THANKS ALOT!
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Hi - both are true - woodsy and urban. It can happen wherever there is vegetation around, also animals around, including wild animals, and dogs and cats, etc.
In SF we know of 8 infections contracted here so far, and a couple are in residential areas, around the homes. In one case, the dog brought the tick inside the home, where the person contracted the infection.
As far as I'm concerned, better know about how to protect us and pets!
Posted by Muscle Car55 (Member # 34707) on :
Where there's animals there's ticks, plain and simple. They hitch rides on birds, which means they can be transported anywhere because the birds are the fastest migrators.
Most believe that deer are the primary cause of spreading, but the truth is they are not the one spreading it from state to state. True that they carry the most ticks.
I live in the city and I'm infected, don't know where I officially got bit, could have got it while fishing in a rural area, that's what I think. But you never know I could've got bit in the city somewhere.
And it's possible that I didn't get infected through a tick. All of these factors have to be taken into consideration.
Posted by Lauralyme (Member # 15021) on :
Apparently mosquitos transmit it as well Mosquitos are in cities
Posted by randibear (Member # 11290) on :
state park for me.
Posted by sixgoofykids (Member # 11141) on :
Woods for me, I was there ten minutes. Removed the dog tick six hours later.
Posted by TF (Member # 14183) on :
People in New York City have told me they get bittten by ticks in high rise apartment buildings. They say that there are mice in the buildings and the mice bring in the ticks.
I have a friend who had a house in Florida that had mice. When he killed them, he saw lots of ticks attached to them.
So, he believes that is how his wife got lyme since she never does anything outdoors at all.
One person who used to post here said that the tick that bit her came off a Christmas tree. The tick was on the tree and when the tree was brought into the warm house, it "woke up" and climbed off the tree and bit her. So, that was in December in her home.
Posted by phyl6648 (Member # 28522) on :
I am a city girl, (old woman).. Rather be inside than out, never been around animals , only a few pets of friends.. Never recall a bite, rash etc..
But got this old Lyme which is chronic and am I having a time. Went undx for years, been in treatment off and on for 3 years and still no improvement..
So guess you can find this disease anywhere.
Posted by jda815 (Member # 37681) on :
I got mine in the heart of the city, probably from one of my dogs.
I've picked off more ticks than I can remember, all in the city.
I'm fairly certain that ticks and animals don't tend to obey state or city boundaries.
Posted by Allsmiles (Member # 29417) on :
I was reinfected again recently. Thought I was being careful not to walk in areas where ticks would be.
Didnt matter. Think it could have been from a mosquito bite.
Posted by supergirl (Member # 26936) on :
all I have to say is: W T F !!! what do we need to do to change this?
Posted by OtterJ (Member # 30701) on :
i was bitten in the city/suburbs of Portland, Oregon. Always wondered if my proximity to the Columbia River had anything to do with being tick available....
