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I wonder if the inflammatory response would also make the person more aware of the tick, increasing the likelihood the tick is removed promptly
by ianbicking 5y ago
I wonder if the inflammatory response would also make the person more aware of the tick, increasing the likelihood the tick is removed promptly
- macNchz 5y agoThis is definitely the case for me at least. I spent a lot of time in the New England woods as a kid and had lots of tick bites. Nowadays I am more cautious, but when I occasionally do get a bite I have a strong reaction at the site and usually find the tick very quickly that way because it’s itchy and inflamed. Some further reading: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294369/#!po=1.11111 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294369/#!po=1....
- cmrdporcupine 5y agoI don't know if I just taste bad to ticks or if I'm just lucky. I always find them just crawling around on me without ever tunneling in. Which is good because that is just a horrifying thought. (Live rural Southern Ontario, have both dog and black legged ticks here). I once had a dream that a tick was on me, and woke in the middle of night to find ticks on the back of my neck. Yowza.