Ticks, tocked!
Craig wrote:Yeah I've had a couple of tiny ones this season, got them out probably within half a day to day, but I've had this persistent upper back/shoulder itchy ness and not sure if related. It comes and goes but can't find the trigger..
This could be notalgia paraesthetica Craig.. if so, not tick related.
https://dermnetnz.org/topics/notalgia-paraesthetica
Charlie that could be it. Sounds very similar. Thanks.
Been a few mentions of ticks in the FC notes lately so I thought it was time for a thread. Especially seeing that - amazingly - until this morning, I've never had one, despite decades of camping all over the place.
Anyway, this morning I got out of the shower, had some tension in my back muscles, looked in the mirror and momentarily thought a melanoma had increased exponentially in size.
But, lo and behold, a tick was borrowed into my skin. My wife managed to get most (but not all) of it out.
So, other than a good pair of tweezers and a steady hand, anyone else have a recommended strategy?