TICKS Everywhere. Lyme, Alpha Gal....UGH

[SweetSue92]

So many ticks and although Lyme is awful, I REALLY REALLY do not want Alpha Gal. I already have Crohn's; take away meat and dairy and there won't be much left for me to eat!

So.

Those of you who have lived where Alpha Gal has been for awhile: give me your best tick hacks. I don't want to be afraid to go outside, but I must admit I'm a little wary.

(I'm in Michigan, where less than 5% of ticks carry Alpha Gal....but it has shown up!)

 

[Moonglow]

Burn yer yards off.

 

[odanny]

I don't feel like hiking in the woods unless I'm completely covered. Alpha-gal sounds absolutely horrible.


Alpha-gal is present in all foods and ingredients made from beef, pork, lamb, venison, rabbit, and other mammal sources, including gelatin and milk. Certain seaweeds also contain alpha-gal.

Alpha-gal is found worldwide among the inactive ingredients and materials of medications and healthcare products, and it is generally not required to be labelled. Reactions have been reported from breathing cooking fumes containing alpha-gal molecules, and contact with health and personal care products. AGS patients may have a reaction near farm animals, and shoveling manure or other chores may require gloves or a respirator.

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

DEET, Sulphur powder, and permethrin.

 

[SweetSue92]

I don't feel like hiking in the woods unless I'm completely covered. Alpha-gal sounds absolutely horrible.


Alpha-gal is present in all foods and ingredients made from beef, pork, lamb, venison, rabbit, and other mammal sources, including gelatin and milk. Certain seaweeds also contain alpha-gal.

Alpha-gal is found worldwide among the inactive ingredients and materials of medications and healthcare products, and it is generally not required to be labelled. Reactions have been reported from breathing cooking fumes containing alpha-gal molecules, and contact with health and personal care products. AGS patients may have a reaction near farm animals, and shoveling manure or other chores may require gloves or a respirator.

The problem is that it's not just the woods. Before I retired in Nov, I worked at the same elem school for over 25 years. Kids went out on the playground in the grass; never a real bad tick problem. In the last few years, kids had to check their friends' legs and arms for ticks, just from playing on the playground and in the grass!

Also, I believe Alpha Gal makes you allergic to animal products, not that those products have the AG molecule. But I could be wrong.

 

[SweetSue92]

DEET, Sulphur powder, and permethrin.

I haven't heard about sulphur powder.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

So many ticks and although Lyme is awful, I REALLY REALLY do not want Alpha Gal. I already have Crohn's; take away meat and dairy and there won't be much left for me to eat!

So.

Those of you who have lived where Alpha Gal has been for awhile: give me your best tick hacks. I don't want to be afraid to go outside, but I must admit I'm a little wary.

(I'm in Michigan, where less than 5% of ticks carry Alpha Gal....but it has shown up!)

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Several ways to ward off tick bites.

Got to the garden supply section of the hardware store and buy sulfur, but it in a sock and cover the most vulnerable areas of your body with it. Also your clothing.

If you're worried about ticks in your garden, plant the plants that repel them -- thyme is a good example.

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[SweetSue92]

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Several ways to ward off tick bites.

Got to the garden supply section of the hardware store and buy sulfur, but it in a sock and cover the most vulnerable areas of your body with it. Also your clothing.

If you're worried about ticks in your garden, plant the plants that repel them -- thyme is a good example.

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I heard cedar wood is also good for warding them off. Thanks!

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

I heard cedar wood is also good for warding them off. Thanks!

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Yes, I've heard that too! I think nearly all bugs hate cedar wood. Thanks.

I have several bottles of high quality cedar wood essential oil, which I think might work.

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[toobfreak]

Yes, I've heard that too! I think nearly all bugs hate cedar wood.

You might even try cedar resin, you can buy it, maybe rub some on your legs where ticks might try to attach. I think it repels bugs because it has turpentine and succinic acid in it.

I think they even make cedar incense, maybe the smoke infused into clothing to be worn outside might act as a repellent.