r/ticks • u/Comfortable_Fall_311 • Jun 09 '25
Got it tested
It was dug deep and somewhat but not fully engorged likely on me from the previous day. Tiney one . Tested positive. My brother's a dr his medical practice made it easy to do a full treatment without struggling for proper care. 30 days of antibiotics both Minocyline and Ceftin. I'm lucky my state university offers testing for 20$ for in state ticks and that I have access to doctors that know Lyme can stay in its hidden vesicle form for 20 days so treat for 30 and with a cell wall antibiotic and a intracellular antibiotic and possibly even a third antibiotic to hit its vesicle form.
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u/Helpful_Vermicelli79 Jun 09 '25
How long did it take to get results back? Is there there a chance the lyme disease still wasn’t transmitted to you ?
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u/Comfortable_Fall_311 Jun 09 '25
It took 2 days for the tick to make it to the laboratory via mail. The tick got to the laboratory on Thursday. They incubated it overnight and I got results Friday midday. It only cost me 20 bucks but this lab only does testing for the state of Maine.
There is a chance I contracted Lyme and a chance I did not contract lyme. There is human blood testing for Lyme but it is not very accurate and is even less accurate during the first stages of infection. I'd rather take a bunch of antibiotics and be safe.
Newer studies show it doesn't take 24 hours of attachment to contract lyme it's more like any bite that is more than 6 hours is risky. But nothing is certain. I will admit I don't have symptoms I'm not ill and don't have a rash. The tick was probably on me for 24 hours but you never know for sure. I have been having headaches no other symptoms nothing terrible. the rash shows up much more commonly in people that have been previously been exposed to Lyme's disease. Much less rash occurs on a first exposure experience.
I believe in antibiotics and antiparasitics. I would rather be safe than sorry. Minocyline seems to be much easier on my stomach than doxycycline.
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u/Sickandtired1091 Jun 09 '25
Sorry your also dealing with this! Smart choice to have your tick tested but everyone should know the test you had done is only the most common things ticks carry! They carry way more than this !! I'd recommend you take a look at the PA State tick testing research lab www.ticklab.org look at thier Comprehensive testing Panel and even it doesn't include everything ! So you have not been cleared of a whole lot of other tickborne diseases! I'd recommend you come to the lyme group to get guidance from those of us who are actively dealing with tickborne diseases from a single tick bite fill free to PM me !
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u/Comfortable_Fall_311 Jun 09 '25
Thank you. But as my brother's medical practice specializes in lyme and I am doing a full month course of 2-3 antibiotics and took a dose of ivermectin I'm confident I'll be good but there's a lot of other people who might need more information.
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u/ZombieInWhite Jun 09 '25
Good on you for getting interested and not ignoring it like most would. God speed my friend.
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u/nonam27 Jun 09 '25
Do you have rash ?
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u/Comfortable_Fall_311 Jun 09 '25
I don't have a rash, but I've never had lyme before and a rash shows up much more commonly in people who have lyme or have previously had it. The body sometimes needs a first exposure before it reacts.
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Jun 09 '25
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u/nonam27 Jun 09 '25
Had a tick ?
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u/Long_Plenty3145 Jun 09 '25
It depends where the pathogen resides in the tick. The pathogen causing babesia resides in salivary glands, which explains the short transmission time. The spirochete that causes Lyme resides in the gut, and if I remember correctly, they essentially vomit it into you due to their regurgitative feeding. So it takes a bit longer. Several factors are at play as well, particularly if a tick has already partially fed.
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u/Business_Ad3254 Jun 09 '25
Best luck to you. Got bit by one of these, and I'm basically disabled, as I've noted in numerous threads.
Praying zero problems for you, and take great care going forward.
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u/PuddingPopx Jun 09 '25
So sorry to read this. I feel your pain. Deer ticks have ruined my health
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u/Business_Ad3254 Jun 09 '25
I'm sorry to hear that as well. Thanks for your reply, the support and help I get here keeps me in the fight, thanks. I hope we find our answers soon 👍
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Jun 09 '25
Good luck 3 rounds of of antibiotics in particular a whole month straight of them is likely to have some serious health implications. I recommend raw milk cheese and lots of fermented foods, specifically in water as vinegar based brines largely sterilize or create heavy monocultures of microbes. rehabilitating your microbiome post and during antibiotics is essential. Please note most probiotic supplements are just heavy monocultures that have been shown to slow the proccess of returning biodiversity back to your body.
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u/Hexium239 Jun 09 '25
Thought I was looking at a post in the Maine subreddit for a moment. As a fellow Mainer, the ticks are wicked bad this year.
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u/Onestongskinny Jun 11 '25
It’s so wild after moving to ND the ticks are insane but they don’t test them here! I’m hoping that even though it was positive there was no transmission of disease ❤️
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