Please help! I pulled a tick off of my 4 year old today. I'm freaking out!

So I just got home from work and my mother in law had my son for the day. When my son turned around after I hugged him I saw a black bug on his back. I FREAKED OUT BECAUSE I SAW IT WAS A TICK!!! My mother in law pulled it off by its head with treezers. I kept it to get it tested but I'm so scared right now.

I'm going through so much with lyme and now I'm scared about my son!!!! His pediatrician already doesn't believe in lyme and mocked me so *** do I do?

I added pictures of where it "bit" him and the actual tick. It looks like a dog tick but do I get him on abx right away???? Help! I'm panicking.


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I would get him on astragalus right away as per Buhner: buhnerhealinglyme.com/herbs/astragalus-for-kids/

I've been using astragalus to prevent Lyme and have had at least 5 ticks attach so far this year, with two bites that I'm sure would have lead to Lyme had I not been doing this, as they were raised, red and very, very itchy for about 2 weeks. Last time that happened before I started using astragalus, I ended up being reinfected with Lyme.

Was the tick embedded. You might want to put him on antibiotics for a week just to be safe. Call pediatrician and if this person not responsive take to llmd. Good luck.

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I don't know if I added the pictures right but I included pictures of the tick and bite site on my original post on this page..

"I don't think it was embedded but when we pulled it off he definitely had a bite. "

Do not fall for the embedded/not embedded thing. It is the same as assuming the tick may have not been infected. I found a tick on my daughter last fall and it wasn't embedded. She is 5 yrs old. She had no symptoms until she got 3 shots (7 different vaccines) that I suspect ran her immune system down and that is when she started to have symptoms of Lyme and Bartonella. Who cares that the tick wasn't embedded? She still got infected. Be careful with vaccines, since he is only 4 and may need some shots to go to school.

I sure wish I didn't fall for the 24+ hours and the embedded thing! It's bogus! No one in their right mind can guarantee a tick has to be on for over 24 h AND be embedded in order to infect a person. I know I come strong, but this is because I could have saved myself and my 5 year old a lot of grief.

Homeopathic 1m potencies are usually not available over the counter. I wouldn't take that potency 3x a day for several days. In all the years I've used homeopathy, I was never on a 1m multiple times a day. I'd take one dose and wait 3 or 4 weeks before repeating it. 200c and lower would be repeated more often.

Alyrose:
Yes, my daughter has improved a lot. If you can't find someone to prescribe antibiotics, I would give astragalus a try. You can even couple it with a few other herbs. If you catch it on time, herbs are just as effective as abx. I used to underestimate the power of herbs but I am now a believer. They do work!

So don't panic, even if you can't get abx ASAP, you can get some herbs ASAP and that may be all is needed to prevent infection. I wish I knew last year what I know now!

Good luck! At least you saw it right away so you should be able to avoid problems. I'm sure Dr. H will give you some good tips.

Sorry this happened. I know, I am always telling my kids to do tick checks. My Mom found one in her shirt yesterday, unattached. I would like to know the exact amount of astragalus you will need also.

Traveler, do you take this daily or only when you have been bitten. Also, how much exactly do you take?

Thanks

Alyrose2 said...
Where would I find the astragalus?? & what form would I give to him or how much.. I'm confused

Did you see the links in my post above?

Here's what Buhner says about the use of astragalus for kids:
buhnerhealinglyme.com/herbs/astragalus-for-kids/
Talking about: "two children, age 4.5 years and age 1 year. "
Buhner's response: "I would give them astragalus as a preventative. It is a very safe herb, used as a food (in making soups and rice) in China for thousands of years. You can just add 10 drops of the tincture to the diet of the one year old 3x daily. The other child can be given larger doses, say 1/8 tsp in food daily. If they do get sick the best thing to use is Japanese knotweed. Use the tincture, same doses."

Buhner recommended suppliers:

greendragonbotanicals.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-search.cgi?search=astragalus&IncludeBlogs=2&limit=20


1stchineseherbs.com/astragalus_root.html (scroll down for the different options)

For adults, Buhner says use astragalus long term as a preventative:
buhnerhealinglyme.com/herbs/using-astragalus/

And for the doses: buhnerhealinglyme.com/basics/astragalus-dose-discrepancy/

He mentions "if you live in an endemic area - but don't we all any more?

"For prevention if you live in a lyme endemic area: 1000mg daily.

If you get bit by a tick, or if you notice a bulls eye rash, immediately begin taking 1000mg 3x daily, increasing it every week by 1000mg, so the second week use 2000 mg 3x daily, the third 3000 mg 3x daily, and so on. Essentially to ramp up the immune response markers needed to either prevent infection or reduce symptoms to mild.
This is essentially an immediate response to the onset of acute infection. There are some people who, I think, can use astragalus who have been infected for some time, but that is pretty much a case-by-case sort of thing and the dosage would vary considerably. "

I have had about 6 ticks attach to me so far this year (most of them I get while in town!!), so I've decided to just stay on a higher dose for now (3,000 mgs divided into 3 doses) since I tolerate it pretty well. 3 of those bites stayed quite swollen (with a very hard pea sized lump in the middle), red, and incredibly itchy for 2 weeks - yet I haven't developed any symptoms of Lyme at this point.

Rowingmom mentioned that she experienced increased inflammation when she tried it, and while I do have a small increase in my inflammation, it's not enough to deter me from using this as it has kept Lyme at bay for me.

I buy my astragalus in bulk and fill my own capsules to save money.

Runnergirl82 - I talked to his secretary. But, she took all my sons information - told me the charge (which was barely anything) and told me that he will most likely be putting my son on antibiotics to be safe. Dr. H will be calling me back hopefully soon. I called early this morning because I was just going to leave a VM but she ended up picking up so it caught me off guard. Just try to call them, maybe he cleared his schedule to answer calls and stuff.

Traveler - I hope it's enough. However, I've always had a suspicion that he became infected the same time I was so I think whatever treatment he gets or doesn't get I'll be getting him tested for lyme.

Also, my significant other has been showing symptoms. It's scaring me so much. I'm HOUNDING him to get tested and let me tell you, HE WILL.

Aly, what were they charging you for? Not to talk on the phone, right? Just a charge because he's dealing with your son now so it's like a little bit of a new patient?