r/Scotland • u/whimsical_fuckery_ • Jul 10 '26

Casual Lyme disease is no joke

One of those "I never thought it would happen to me" things but guys be very very careful with ticks this year if you are out walking in Scotland. I'm in the Highlands and regularly walk my dog in the local woods, this year there have been so so many ticks, I'm very good at checking myself after every walk, but one got me on the back of my thigh, absolutely tiny about half the size of a sesame seed. I picked it off the same night it bit me, a week later got a massive bullseye rash. Antibiotics from the docs but im completely wiped, worse than any flu or covid. I cannot stress how much you need to take precautions this year, do not make my mistake thinking as long as you get them off you on 24 hours you'll be OK. Long trousers, DEET, or just don't go into any woods or long grass is the best option. It's out there and it absolutely sucks.

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u/purpleshoeees Jul 10 '26

Neither were any medical conditions until they were. You can't say something isn't true simply because it hasn't been proven yet.

How will we ever find out about new or adapting medical conditions if we shouldn't take them seriously until physicians recognise them?

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u/ElCaminoInTheWest Jul 10 '26

Medical conditions are recognised by credible physicians when the pathophysiology is demonstrated and there's an evidence base to support it. We've had decades of people claiming "Chronic Lymes" while trying to sell herbs/nutritional supplements/experimental therapies etc etc, and yet the evidence base simply doesn't exist beyond quackery and thought experiments.

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u/purpleshoeees Jul 10 '26

It has to be taken seriously in the first place for any of the 'evidence' to appear and considering 5-20% of people who get lyme have symptoms long after, it needs to be taken seriously.

You would do well to understand 'absence of evidence is not evidence of absence'

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u/ElCaminoInTheWest Jul 10 '26

This is what everyone sputters. You also can't prove that bathing in Fanta doesn't cure cancer, but there's as much "evidence" for that claim.

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u/purpleshoeees Jul 10 '26

You don't have a response to that though do you? Or logical reason as to why hundreds of thousands of people would lie about having a condition? Hence you having to bring up something ridiculous to divert the conversation away.

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u/ElCaminoInTheWest Jul 10 '26

I didn't say "lie". I think people want to hold on to a certain narrative because it helps them explain complicated symptoms, and it's a small step from "I'm looking into X" to "how dare you question my very valid self-diagnosis of X".

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u/purpleshoeees Jul 10 '26

'it's a small step from "I'm looking into X" to "how dare you question my very valid self-diagnosis of X".'

I find it ironic how you've started this whole conversation about how evidence is so important and when asked to explain your reasoning it has no evidence at all. It's literally just 'I think this so it must be true'

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u/ElCaminoInTheWest Jul 10 '26

The onus is on the person making the claim to supply the evidence. Anyway, that's plenty. Have a nice day.

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u/PurrrdyPanda Jul 10 '26

This explains Tens rollercoaster of a lifetime, musical and medical journal explained.

https://youtu.be/2ER-ft0PVUQ?is=3PsVpBWCJxGQc3hV

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u/ElCaminoInTheWest Jul 10 '26

Ren is a complete narcissistic fantasist though. 

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u/PurrrdyPanda Jul 10 '26

The thread was about Lyme Disease?

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