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I'm convinced you can become and/or grow immune to Lyme, though. It's purely anecdotal. I grew up where we built our house (deep, deep in the woods). I spent m
by Loughla 5y ago
I'm convinced you can become and/or grow immune to Lyme, though. It's purely anecdotal.
I grew up where we built our house (deep, deep in the woods). I spent my childhood on the farm there. Ticks were a constant menace, I honestly don't know how many hundreds I pulled off myself as a child.
When I was able, my spouse and I purchased it and built a house. 6 months after moving in, my spouse developed Lymes disease. I have no explanation, other than I am immune to the ticks in the area (or I have had it my entire life with zero symptoms maybe?).
- uncertainrhymes 5y agoWhen you were young, those ticks may not have had lyme. More importantly, you removed them. They have to be attached for 24 hours before the bacteria comes back out of the tick's gut.
- misja111 5y agoNo, removing them early just reduces the chance of getting Lyme. There's no such thing as a 24 hour barrier.
- istjohn 5y agoThe article states there is a 36 hour barrier. Do you have a source?
- misja111 5y agoE.g. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4278789/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4278789/ "in animal models, transmission can occur in <16 hours, and the minimum attachment time for transmission of infection has never been established" or https://www.lymedisease.org/tick-lyme-transmission-time/ https://www.lymedisease.org/tick-lyme-transmission-time/ "Study finds nymphal ticks can transmit Lyme within 12 hours"