The Time Bomb Tick I Never Saw


	The Time Bomb Tick I Never Saw

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                    Deer ticks, or black-legged ticks, are the only known carriers of the bacteria that causes Lyme disease.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.motherearthnews.com/Natural-Health/Prevent-Treat-Lyme-Disease.aspx?utm_source=iPost&utm_medium=email"><P>If knowledge is power, you would think I would never get Lyme disease after researching and writing <A  href="http://www.motherearthnews.com/DIY/2004-04-01/The-Lowdown-on-Lyme-Disease.aspx" title="The Lowdown on Lyme Disease">The Lowdown on Lyme Disease</A> four years ago. But in June 2006, while visiting an area where Lyme disease is common, I helped weed a perennial bed wearing shorts and flip-flops. <I>Bad idea!</I> I never saw the tiny tick that got me, but two weeks later I had hot, painful swelling on my side. At first I thought it was a super-chigger or spider bite, but it didn't itch. Eight days later, I was down for the count with chills, fever, body aches and a killer headache — all symptoms of Lyme disease. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/AE327CC1-9B9A-436E-8186-47BE83D02CEB/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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