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When 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
by uncertainrhymes 5y ago
When 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"