Yes, That also looks like an interesting disease.
Geary -----Original Message----- From: Texascavers [mailto:texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com] On Behalf Of Fritz Holt Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2018 10:01 PM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Relapsing Fever and other things that go bump in the night Gary Have you heard about another new one powassan disease also carried by ticks Sent from my iPhone > On May 10, 2018, at 11:07 AM, grub...@centurytel.net wrote: > > Chiggers in Africa carry some very bad stuff. Probably be here before > too long. dont forget paralysis ticks. I got bitten by one on the > gypsum flats out near Carlsbad > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Geary Schindel" <gschin...@edwardsaquifer.org> > To: "texascavers" <texascavers@texascavers.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2018 10:51:08 AM > Subject: [Texascavers] Relapsing Fever and other things that go bump in the > night > > Folks, > > I think this has made the rounds but thought I would send it out. > > I actually think this is pretty old news as I know a number of cavers that > have already had Relapsing Fever. I think Travis was just recovering from it > when we did the Devils Sinkhole LIDAR work about 15 years ago. > > Maybe some of our biologist cavers out there can expand on this but I > remember from some training we had that ticks have a natural affinity for > caves. > > I understand that ticks are attracted to higher CO2 levels and one of the > ways scientists who studying ticks attract them is to place dry ice on a > white tarp and drag it under trees and tall grass. I understand the ticks > have sensors that pick up CO2 and use it to find pray. Since some caves are > high in CO2, they would naturally attract ticks. > > I also understand that some ticks don’t do well in hot weather and are prone > to dehydration. Since caves also offer a humid and temperature moderated > environment, ticks probably survive better in cave entrances. > > In addition, caves also attract warm blooded critters such as raccoons, > porcupines, feral hogs, ring tail cats, javelin, rats, and bats – all > potential host critters. > > Ticks also harbor other diseases – some much nastier than Relapsing Fever. > These include Lyme disease, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain Spotted > Fever, Anaplasmosis, Southern Tick-Associated Rach Illness, q Fever, and > tularemia. In addition, some folks have an allergy to red meat from tick > bights. > > Thankfully, I don’t think chiggers carrying anything humans can get – yet. > > Since most of my time is in field is not caving but doing geological > assessments, our crew commonly runs into ticks. We’ve used bug spray (Deep > Woods 40% DEET) and it seems to hold up for a couple of hours before needing > to be reapplied. I’ve also carried ticks into my house on my day packs. > > Be careful out there. > > Geary Schindel > > > > > > http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/rare-tick-borne-disease-now-foun > d-in-austin-area-caves > > > [cid:image001.jpg@01D3E84B.0300C650] > > [Text Box:] > > > > Rare tick-borne disease now found in Austin-area caves By Sarah Navoy > Austin health officials have found a rare tick-borne disease in Austin-area > caves. It's called tick-borne re... > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
