'It bit and burrowed into my head.' 9News
Nine.com.au Line-Up Editor Karina Recchi went for a walk in Lane Cove National Park in Sydney's north last week, and came home feeling fine.Nine.com.au Line-Up Editor Karina Recchi found a tick behind her ear after bushwalking."I had no idea."Still unsure what she was looking at, she started scratching and tugging at it.It took "five minutes of pulling", but finally, the tick was dislodged, and still alive.
"I don't know if it was a reverse placebo effect, but I felt really dizzy, had a massive headache and I pins and needles in my legs," Ms Recchi said.After a night in the emergency ward and multiple tests including a CT scan, blood tests and neurological checks, Ms Recchi was discharged, with advice to follow up with further tests."But what worried them was that the tick was still alive.
Mr Wagner said animals such as possums and bandicoots were immune to tick venoms, and that once a parasite had drunk its fill of blood from them, it would fall off. Lyme disease, probably the most infamous tick-based illness, is not endemic in Australia, but allergic reactions and a condition called "tick paralysis" are still possible.
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