Question by Josh: I found a tick on my testicles could this be lyme disease?
Now, the area there is a little bump, and part of my penis there is a rash that itches. We went camping and that’s how i got it, there also i got TONS of mosquito bites. What should i do?

I did not pull the tick out, i found it during school and when me and my mom went to pull it out, it wasn’t there

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Answer by azrielle
Probably not, the skin in that area is really sensitive, so any little irritation like a small tick bite could make you itch and cause that area to swell up. If you have any other symptoms like fever, muscle or joint aches, etc, go see your doctor.

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Question by caralee1780: Can Lyme disease worsen after antibiotic treatment?
I’ve been on antibiotics for 2 months, when I started the treatment I wasn’t that bad, a little pain in my feet. Since I’ve been on the antibiotics, the pain has spread to my whole body and I’ve been in nonstop pain since going on the antibiotics…any advice? I know about the Herx, but I thought that was only supposed to last a little while after I took the antibiotics, and supposed to start getting better.

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Answer by Ty B
Generally speaking, a very long course of antibiotics is required to cure Lyme’s disease. Are you certain that’s what you have, or is your doctor just basing his diagnosis on your symptoms? You should call him and report this worsening. He may want to add a second antibiotic for cross-coverage.

Good luck…

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Question by Steve R: I think I’ve been infected with Y2K. Does anyone know the symptoms?
Or maybe it’s swine flu, avian flu, west nile virus, lime tick disease, flesh eating virus or killer bees. How do I know which media frenzy has gotten the best of me? Oh wait, it’s a pedophile online trying to get into my pants.

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Answer by vanay
You, definitely, exhibit all the symptoms of either Y2K or possibly you’re experiencing a “MAC ATTACK”…Take two Tylenol (caps) try and get some rest, and if in the morning it’s 1982, give my office a call. That’s 867-5309…ask for Tommy.

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Question by kabujun: What happen when Lyme Disease Skin heal?
Does the reddish bullseye skin turn purple and fade away? If it does will lyme disease still carry through your blood?

I have these purple spot that looks like lyme disease at my crotch area :’(
.Does it mean I already have infected bite running through my body even though the skin looks like it’s healling up?? Help me! am scare and I don’t have insurance :[

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Answer by Dekayel
The bull’s-eye rash will eventually fade, but that doesn’t mean your problems are over. Please read up on Lyme disease at the following websites, and get the help you need.

Good sources of info about Lyme disease:

http://www.lymedisease.org

http://www.canlyme.com

http://www.lymenet.org

http://www.lymeinfo.net

http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org

http://www.ilads.org

http://www.betterhealthguy.com

http://www.publichealthalert.com

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Question by : What do you do when you want your dog back?
So today, a guy came at 6 am to collect my precious dog, Fielder. Here is the story, you don’t have to read if you don’t want.

It all started November 09. My dogs got into a horrible fight. Fielder bit off a small chunk of his ear off while in the fight. I wasn’t even there when it happened. My mom said that my little sister Elaina (1 year old) started screaming. It wasn’t funny screaming, it was blood curdling scream. If my mom wasn’t there, my little sister might have gotten severely hurt. Or worse, she could have gotten murdered. That night, I went over to my best friend’s home for a slumber party. The next morning, my mother picked me up from her house. She told me in the car that we needed to get rid of Fielder. He severely hurt Jackson. (He’s doing fine now though.) I started balling my eyes out. He was the best animal I knew. My mother told me that a man’s companion ( a dog.) died of lime disease. He decided that he would take the dog off of our hands. Naturally, my mom said yes because she didn’t want him to be put to sleep.

So that’s the story. I know its stupid, but what’s your guys’ story? I think that it will make me feel better instead of me crying all day. Thanks so much!
Bye!
RobotNerd

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Answer by Shortpants78
I hope your dog doesn’t repeat his behavior in his new home. Give it some time kiddo! I promise it will get a little easier. Sorry! Some choices as pet owners are really tough to make.

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Question by : These are memories from when I was a baby do you think it’s okay?
I remember being all alone in my room filled with toys when I was two ( I was really tiny). Of course I remember blacking out with asthma and I had asthma from 1-2 years old. I remember being really tiny, three years old and being in my closet and exploring it.

Now that I look back.. I would never put my own child in the situations I was put in.

For some reason I had a dream when I was very young and it stuck with me. My dream was that I was flying. My I was flying through my stairway and there was echoing from another room that I could see too.. Then I was at the top of the stairs and my dad threw me down the stairs. He was trying to make me do a cartwheel down the stairs and I fell down.

I also remember from when I was very young that I was in a house that had yellow seats, a friend of my mother’s and fathers. I later on found photographs of the where about I had remembered. I just remember very faintly and I think there was some sort of smoke.

My mom is a narcissist and tries to make me believe I have mental illnesses. She will come to my room smiling and asking if someone upstairs said “hello” and that she heard someone upstairs. After I tell her no she will lie saying my head ache is actually lime disease and then threatens to lock me up in a center. (I am twenty three.) Everything that she is being, as I am there aimless.. (I’m a dark blonde and she has black hair) she actually tries to turn it as if since I am being confronted, she thinks it’s her rules, so, me interacting is coming to her as she is culting and she cannot even see that I am opposing her, she is too manipulative.

Why was I wondering in a closet when I was three years old.

There is also a video that my mom hid. She was throwing toys in my face nearly and saying “go to sleep” that is the message that was supposed to get across to me when I was a year old.

She took an excessive amount of pictures of me naked. I was very disturbed at the never ending photographs of me naked. Luckily God blessed me with like color changing eyes, so if I go blind from having brown eyes, hopefully the yellow will start to kick in. Does that work? Hopefully my eyes can adapt safely and turn gold.. I always had eye problems and felt as if my eyes were physically traumatized when I was very young.. I used to do my homework with the house nearly all dark and my mom would yell at me, but that was more comfortable and I always got A’s.
No, idiot, it’s not paranoia.. I’ll run outside naked without a care.. Gad. I’m not the same as you. I’m pretty, I glow in the moonlight, my soft hair is angelic, I love to be outside and I love my lifestyle how I choose it. It’s just that strange past.. Kinda like.. Ya.. I brought myself up, there was no one there… Okay? Lol. How I see is was my parents were disabled, firstly.. I think they are just not my parents. A horrible even had happened which left me abandoned. But what do you think of it, not me?
So does my Mom have paranoa? paranoia?

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Question by Chris C: How can I eliminate the ticks in my area…or at least around my property?
Is there a way to get rid of ticks in the area? My house is surrounded by woods and a creek runs next to my house. The past couple summers, my children have had to have ticks removed…several times. We have a dog which we have treated with medicine to repel ticks. I have seen them in my house…perhaps they ride in on the dog and fall off (i don’t know). I have heard that the amount of ticks are proportionate to the amount of deer in the area…and there is a lot (Upstate NY). Every time the kids go outside to play, I wonder if they are going to get a tick on them..its crazy. It like we are playing Russian roulette with lime disease. Any help would be grateful.

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Answer by Tea
I had a tick problem at my house last year and it was horrible so I feel your pain. You can always call and exterminator but that can be expensive. I took a cheaper route that worked pretty well. Your local hardware store should have some bug bombs and sprays. You want to look for the ones that exterminate ticks.

I used the bug bombs in the house first to get rid of the ticks that were already inside. Note: There are special safety precautions to take with these so make sure you read the label carefully. Also it requires you to leave your house for a few hours. Then I had my neighbors husband spray down our front and back yard with the tick spray. The people at the hardware store were very helpful and said that should work but if it didn’t then to do it a second time. Edit: It worked the first time for me. I have a pretty small three bedroom house.

If you do end up doing this and it doesn’t work then I’d definitely call an exterminator. Ticks are stubborn! Best wishes!

Oh and if they are ANY AT ALL in your house you need to do something ASAP. They could be carrying eggs/larva on their backs and when they hatch you will be in tick hell.

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Question by Jessica M: What happens when you get lyme disease?
Is it deadly? Can you live with it forever?

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Answer by Henry Zapbeav
If you catch it soon enough there are ways to take care of it. My uncle died of Lyme’s disease he was bitten on the back of one of his testicles, did not know it started getting weak and sick, went to the Dr. The Dr. seen the red round ring, did tests it was Lyme’s disease, he was a deer hunter, died 4 years later. You really should go have blood work done if you suspect this…

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Question by Jackie: What kind of bug bite it this?
I have a bug bite and it is kind of freaking me out… Yesterday night I currently found a tick in my hair and i pulled it off. It wasn’t lice for sure. It was small and it was red-ish brownish. And the day before I found the tick I had a bite on my face at my chin and i’m wondering did it come from the tick and im I gonna get lime disease? Or is it just a simple mosquito bite? The bite is really red/pink. And bumpy kind of.
Here’s a picture….

http://s971.photobucket.com/albums/ae194/PuppySmirks/?action=view&current=Photo-0025.jpg

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Answer by Kevin
No. It looks extremely similar to a normal mosquito bite, but not a tick bite. If you are still uncertain, the best way possible is to go consult medical attention immediately. Limes disease is a serious disease.

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Question by : I’m a 14 year old teenage male, and I’m always tired, always hungry, and just don’t feel good, help?
I am going through puberty, so that’s where my hunger may come in. But, I don’t understand the “not feeling good” or the fatigue… I got diagnosed with lime disease in November, and I was tired way before that. I took one dose of it, in November. And took another dose of it, last month (I just finished it.) It didn’t seem to help though… I can sleep for 8 hours a night (or even more) and I’ll come home from school and sleep like 4 or 5 hours, and then go to bed and sleep 8 hours. I’m always tired, always hungry, and never feel good… =/ I can eat full-course meal, including vegetables, protein, fiber, and everything else, and still will be hungry… And I can’t explain where or how I don’t feel good… I just don’t feel like I could work up to my full physical potential…

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Answer by Amanda
It could be any number of things, ranging from hormone imbalance to depression to something like sleep apnea.
You definitely want to discuss your symptoms with your doctor and figure it out. It’s likely to just get worse over time.

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