lyme disease... i might have it. been doing landscaping stuff around my parents house for the past few days, lots of raking up old leaves, some weeding, and for the past 3 days i had a wicked itch on the side of my torso. i just assumed it was an itch, i can't really see around there without a mirror and any time i ever got a tick in the past it was on my legs.
well, i learned the hard way that u have to check the entire body, because just today i checked my torso and sure enough there were 2 dead tick heads stuck in there. all the itching i did probably got the bodies but not the heads. well i took them out with tweezers but one has a rash (the other is just a lil bump but still kind of red). its not the usual "bullseye rash" or at least not yet, its like 1/2 inch in diameter.
and also today i've had a headache. which fits the symptoms.
obviously i should see a doctor about this and maybe try to get started on antibiotics. my question is... how soon should i do this? is it a matter of days before this takes hold of my nervous system and the headaches get severe? i heard fevers might come too, which sucks. i have no health insurance (23 on a year off from college, so being a non full-time student i don't qualify under my dad's company-paid health insurance plan). just how urgent is this and whats the worst case scenario if i put it off a few days? i'll probably just end up borrowing money from my dad for a doctors appointment.
thanks in advance for any advice u can offer.
lyme disease?
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