There is no one "that tick" that gives it to you. It is just how ever MANY ticks it takes for your system to hit its own max # of tick bites to trigger the allergy. Yours may be ONE, the next guy it may be a thousand or it might be 50.I hate ticks... couple of years ago I was getting very tired and lethargic went to the doctor and found out I had Lyme disease.
A friend of mine ended up getting bitten by that tick that gives you the allergy to red meat. That was 4 years ago and he still has the allergy
I think he may have meant the species of tick (lone star) that creates the alpha-gal allergy, not a particular number of them.There is no one "that tick" that gives it to you. It is just how ever MANY ticks it takes for your system to hit its own max # of tick bites to trigger the allergy. Yours may be ONE, the next guy it may be a thousand or it might be 50.
Use permethrin on your boots, pants, shirt, hat. Less ticks, less chance of getting your "one tick" to trigger it.
I believe someone on here suggested putting peppermint oil on them to get them to release. I haven't had to try it yet but am prepared.I found this one on my girlfriends cats neck last weekend. It was stuck on there good too. Tried everything to get it to release, such as a hot match head but nothing worked. Ended up using a pair of tweezers to pull it off. Treated the area with alcohol and some triple antibiotic. She seems fine a week later, no apparent infection. Don’t know where the head went, but it didn’t appear to be in the wound.
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I believe someone on here suggested putting peppermint oil on them to get them to release. I haven't had to try it yet but am prepared.