Tick-killing pill shows promising results in human trial

Re:Tick-killing pill shows promising results in human trial by jajko on Monday March 18, 2024 @03:18PM (#39748704)

Yes of course but not good enough, imagine darker not ultra short hair, how do you spot one on the back of your greasy hair.

I live in places where lyme is barely 5% incidence, and even that not everywhere. If it would be like 80% like some mention, doing week-long hikes alone would be outright suicidal. Better chances for retirement in base jumping.

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Re:Tick-killing pill shows promising results in human trial by giantg2 on Monday March 18, 2024 @04:19PM (#39749481)

You can feel your head for them. Even if you have one attach, Lyme is really only concern after 72 hours of attachment (other things can be an immediate concern). You should be quite itchy and notice it before then. A single dose of antibiotics is a highly effective post exposure prophylactic. Lyme is a concern, but not as bad as many in the media make it out to be.

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Re:Tick-killing pill shows promising results in human trial by zx8080 on Monday March 18, 2024 @10:16PM (#39752325)

Lyme is not the worst thing from ticks. Tick-borne encephalitis is much worse and can effectively leave a person disabled. There's just no treatment for it.

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Re:Tick-killing pill shows promising results in human trial by giantg2 on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @06:42AM (#39754436)

That's why I said there are other concerns that can be more immediate. The point was that lyme is not an inevitably or death sentence. Encephalitis is one of the more rare ones.

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