BS You don’t get the symptoms she experienced just a few hours after being bitten by the tic.
I have never heard exactly how long it takes for symptoms to manifest when you have contracted Lyme Disease. Probably vaires somewhat between patients.
However, I have a riding friend who lived in Porterville, Calif years ago. She got bitten, and the red circle on her leg was driving her nuts. I saw it when a group of us went to her ranch for a long weekend of riding & socializing.
She went to the doctor, and he kept telling her she DID NOT have Lyme disease-—this is over 25 years ago. Lyme was pretty new on the scene then.
She insisted to be tested for the problem, and got a very apologetic call from the doctor a day later-—She DID have Lyme, and she was the first person in Tulare Country diagnosed with it.
The first meds he put her on were not working well. She talked to one of the Veterinarians who worked our riding events, and he told her EXACTLY what to get from the doctor. Told her IF the doc wouldn’t get it for her, call him back & he would send meds to her -—Fed Ex overnight.
She got on those meds & was better within hours. Today, she is fine & to my knowledge, has no after effects.
The veterinarian, on the other hand, did not get diagnosed early enough & lost a kidney over Lyme Disease.
NOT a fun problem to have.
In 1996 I was bitten by a tick while mowing with a riding mower. The NEXT MORNING, I woke up with the perfect “bullseye” rash. The rash was so defined, the doctor took pictures of it.
You beat me to it.
“BS You don’t get the symptoms she experienced just a few hours after being bitten by the tic.”
Agree, nothing like that. More likely she was simply hiking through the now Lyme infested Northeast (thank you liberals, for that gift too).
So where did you get your medical degree from? And have her doctors contacted you for your obvious expertise in such medical matters?