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Ticks, tocked!

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 Tuesday, 16 Nov 2021 at 8:35am

Been a few mentions of ticks in the FC notes lately so I thought it was time for a thread. Especially seeing that - amazingly - until this morning, I've never had one, despite decades of camping all over the place.

Anyway, this morning I got out of the shower, had some tension in my back muscles, looked in the mirror and momentarily thought a melanoma had increased exponentially in size.

But, lo and behold, a tick was borrowed into my skin. My wife managed to get most (but not all) of it out.

So, other than a good pair of tweezers and a steady hand, anyone else have a recommended strategy?

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Charlie Chalk Monday, 28 Aug 2023 at 6:24pm
Craig wrote:

Yeah I've had a couple of tiny ones this season, got them out probably within half a day to day, but I've had this persistent upper back/shoulder itchy ness and not sure if related. It comes and goes but can't find the trigger..

This could be notalgia paraesthetica Craig.. if so, not tick related.
https://dermnetnz.org/topics/notalgia-paraesthetica

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Craig Monday, 28 Aug 2023 at 7:31pm

Charlie that could be it. Sounds very similar. Thanks.