Is It Possible For a Tick to Live Inside You? Posted: 08-11-04 10:42am
Is it possible for a tick to live inside
your body?
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2ferano
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 3717
Posted: 08-11-04 11:15am
What do you mean by inside your body? Do
you mean in your stomach (like if you
ingested it) or do you mean under your
skin?
Under your skin, yes. In your stomach,
no. Stomach acid would kill it.
However, I suppose if you swallowed a tick
and it attached itself to your throat or
something that maybe it could live there.
I dunno though.
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Britt1234
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 2
Posted: 08-11-04 11:24am
But what if it climbed up your throat and
layed eggs or went to other areas like in
your nasal passage way is that possible
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2ferano
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 3717
Posted: 08-11-04 11:30am
I don't know for sure, but I really don't
see why not. I mean, they live off of
your blood, so as long as they were
attached to you and weren't in your
stomach acid or anything I guess so. And
as long as they could breath. (i think
they need to breath, right?) but the
chances are very slim of this happening.
At least I would think so. Don't quote
me on any of this, because I really don't
know for sure!
