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bigstan
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http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2013/06/14/girl-dies-after-tick-bite-infection/

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BoxerMom
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Tragic. So sorry for this family.

Yet another reason to get the word out! Tick-borne infections are a dangerous epidemic!

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Cockapoo1996
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Horribly sad. Two and a half weeks to save her but they couldn't. I wonder if she was misdiagnosed at first. Because of course Texas has no ticks.

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Keebler
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And, still, they perpetuate the myth that removing the tick "as soon as possible" can prevent infection:

"The infection can be prevented by avoiding contact with ticks or quickly removing them from the body as soon as possible, according to the CDC." (end quote)

For anyone new here, once the tick breaks skin, if the tick is infected with ANYTHING, infection can spread. There is no safe number of minutes or hours that a tick should be attached. Zero.
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[ 06-15-2013, 02:56 AM: Message edited by: Keebler ]

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beaches
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I just couldn't bring myself to watch.

How much more proof is needed?

Prayers to the family.

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Lymetoo
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We'll move this later...

More discussion here:

http://flash.lymenet.org/scripts/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=032244;p=0

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Lymetoo
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Originally posted by Cockapoo1996:
Horribly sad. Two and a half weeks to save her but they couldn't. I wonder if she was misdiagnosed at first. Because of course Texas has no ticks.

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and neither does North Carolina

See my note on the thread above regarding my mother getting RMSF in the 60's.. IN Texas.

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Lymetoo
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Reply here:

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