I’ve started myself on a Z pack antibiotic, ivermectin, and hydroxychloroquine (stuff I’ve bought over the past year for when the SHTF). I’m also taking zinc with quercetin and vitamin C. My head is pounding and I’ve got a fever since Wednesday that I can get under 100 with the help of round the clock ibuprofen and Tylenol. Without that it shoots up to over 102. My joints ache. Tons of fatigue. The scary part is I just started with some shortness of breath. I’m a 56 yo female. I found four ticks on me last week after walking a property with a client (I’m a realtor). I thought I’d start feeling better by now. Any other suggestions on what I should be doing? I’ve been to doctors lately with my daughter and they all seem still so stupid about covid, pushing vax and masks. I had covid back in December so I can see them thinking this is what I have. I will refuse a test but last time I did that when I took my daughter in for a mono test they would not proceed until they tested her. We left without a test. I’m not vaxed. Thank you everyone. Prayers appreciated.
Is there a doctor in the house? I think I have Lymes disease but I’m afraid to see a doctor.
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I've had to get rid of tons of ticks over the years but never Lymes disease. I only point that out to say make sure you aren't mis-diagnosing yourself, the ticks may be wholly unconnected to the symptoms.
How do you get them?
You get them by growing up stomping around the countryside near Bracketville TX (not far from Uvalde actually), building forts in old oak trees, wandering around cow pastures in search of arrowheads and fossils, exploring creeksides and caves and brushy juniper woods etc....
Well, when you're like 9 or 10 years old and you do that all day, you just might find a buncha little ticks embedded in your skin in various locales at the end of the day when you take a shower.
That's how you get them in my experience anyway lol. On one occasion when i was 12 I fell into what was apparently a nest of them in an old rotten oak tree - later I counted over 200 ticks that evening.
Pretty gross, but when its a common thing you get used to being able to pull them out without getting an infection afterward. Other folks will tell you to use fingernail polish to suffocate them first or other various methods.
That was a whole lotta TMI but I had a dislike on my comment and felt like my experience regarding tickery was being doubted 🤣. But yeah unfortunately I know ticks lol.
Thanks! I am from Arizona so I never really heard of this. I am traveling the country now and I love to hike, so I was just trying to steer clear.
To clarify my ramble, they like tall grass and brush that has been frequented with lots of big hairy animals. In those days I was playing in the same places that herds of goats, cattle, and wild deer were bedding down. They can come into your house via dog or cat, but sometimes you can just get them from being outside in tall grass.