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Re: Do i have poison ivy or a tick bite?

Subject: Re: Do i have poison ivy or a tick bite?
Author: Petrus
Date: 7/9/2004 0:33 am
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Status: Approved
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Probably not a Poison Ivy case.
Coul dbe a tick bite or spider bite. One of the 6 US poisonous species could be fiddelback spider (Brown Recluse) - if you live between TX and NC.
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2002/08/05/hlsa0805.htm

Check Lyme disease sites to find out what to watch for. Only 30% of infetions start with a red ring. But they are sore.

Petrus

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Do i have poison ivy or a tick (Approved)Kevin7/7/2004 9:08 pm
  Re: Do i have poison ivy or a (Approved)Petrus7/9/2004 0:33 am
  Re: Do i have poison ivy or a (Approved)Karen in NJ7/10/2004 7:34 am