Canoeing in Scotland
Ticks live in areas where deer are common, and amongst bracken.
They are tiny brown creatures that can move rapidly over the skin.
They are tiny brown creatures that can move rapidly over the skin.
Try and wear light coloured clothing to help you see them.
Ask a close friend to check your skin if you have any doubts.
Carry fine pointed tweezers and avoid touching ticks with your hands. Wash your hands well afterwards if you have to remove them.
If you do find one biting you need to grasp the tick between the body and the skin and gently pull until the legs come out. Make
a note of the date you found it.
For more helpful information look at this website: http://www.oklahomapoison.org/general/tick.asp
If a rash appears between one and thirty days later you must see a doctor and tell them that you want to be tested for possible Lyme disease. I have treated several people who have had arthritis that affected them all over the body,
motor neurone disease (wasting of the muscles), and other nervous system disorders, and lung disease all of which we suspect came from tick bites.
I carry a plastic pot of alcohol gel to clean my hands after any risky contact, and after the toilet.
The midges can be fierce. The following ideas have all been tried: obviously insect repellent, rubbing mint, aloe vera sunscreen, Avon Cosmetics cream, lavender or tea tree (diluted not neat),
taking B complex vitamins and vitamin C. B vitamins make your sweat unpleasant to midges and vitamin C acts as an anti-histamine. Personally I take MSM as well.
Eating garlic helps you but not everyone else. Eating half a grapefruit a day and rubbing the inside of the skin (the pithy stuff) over your skin. It is quite good as it saves
you having to wash.
Ask a close friend to check your skin if you have any doubts.
Carry fine pointed tweezers and avoid touching ticks with your hands. Wash your hands well afterwards if you have to remove them.
If you do find one biting you need to grasp the tick between the body and the skin and gently pull until the legs come out. Make
a note of the date you found it.
For more helpful information look at this website: http://www.oklahomapoison.org/general/tick.asp
If a rash appears between one and thirty days later you must see a doctor and tell them that you want to be tested for possible Lyme disease. I have treated several people who have had arthritis that affected them all over the body,
motor neurone disease (wasting of the muscles), and other nervous system disorders, and lung disease all of which we suspect came from tick bites.
I carry a plastic pot of alcohol gel to clean my hands after any risky contact, and after the toilet.
The midges can be fierce. The following ideas have all been tried: obviously insect repellent, rubbing mint, aloe vera sunscreen, Avon Cosmetics cream, lavender or tea tree (diluted not neat),
taking B complex vitamins and vitamin C. B vitamins make your sweat unpleasant to midges and vitamin C acts as an anti-histamine. Personally I take MSM as well.
Eating garlic helps you but not everyone else. Eating half a grapefruit a day and rubbing the inside of the skin (the pithy stuff) over your skin. It is quite good as it saves
you having to wash.
