Ticks and Lyme

[stu398]

Hello all,

Been a while since I've been on here...feeling a whole world of better these days.
But (there's always a but!), I just returned from a camping trip up in the Highlands of Scotland with some friends, and we have all discovered ridiculous amounts of ticks (I had 16, and that was the lower end - one of my friends had 29!!)...is it worth going to the doctors, considering the high number and the threat of Lyme Disease? Or should I just leave it?

Cheers,

Stu

[AlexandriaUK]

I would go Docs, not because I think you have anything but because you will I am sure like all of us worry yourself sick and thats not good for you either.
So off you go and get checked out and then enjoy the memories of a great time in scotland which does seem to have a lot of ticks, the chances of getting Lymes disease are very rare as well.

[worried91]

The carriers of Lyme disease are called deer ticks which are not indigenous to Scotland and are usually only found in parts of America and Canada. I very much doubt they were deer ticsk.