I sprayed most of my clothing with Permethrin a few weeks ago. I vaguely remember there was something on the container about not putting treated clothing in the dryer. Which I promply forgot when I had to get off the trail for a family crisis situation. Now I'm looking at how to at least get in some hiking and can't remember anything about this. Having washed and machine dried my clothes a few times, does anyone know if they are still good or if I need to treat them again?
Put it on everything. We did it with a spray bottle from Home Depot. Soak it down and then let it dry. Tent, pack, hats, pants, shirts, everything except underclothes. Worked great in Maine in June-July.
The stuff is dry and exposure time is brief. It's not like you are gonna drink the stuff.
yeah, because contacting an avoidable disease which is difficult to diagnose, and requires expensive ongoing treatments, as well as an investment of personal time, as well as the potential to advance to chronic stage that impacts your heart, joints, nervous and immune systems, causes severe joint and debilitating chest pain, irregular heart beats, sleeplessness, anxiety, insomnia, fatigue, and potential for onset of rheumatoid arthritis is MUCH MORE preferable, than perchance an innocent butterfly should pass anon...
but you are right, it it 100% TREATABLE. it's just not 100% CURABLE...
studies show researchers were still able to grow live borrelia bacteria out of the participants’ blood —even after the prolonged antibiotic treatment!
so guess what? even though you don't have symptoms any more, you're a carrier!!! you and your spouse planning on having a family? well, ticks aren't the only way to get the disease...
think about that while your child is experiencing symptoms of Autism, Multiple Sclerosis, Epilepsy, Psoriasis, Parkinsons, Migraines, Bipolar Disorder, Crohn's Disease, or Fibromyalgia, etc., etc....
oh yeah, that Lyme Disease is SUCH a walk in the park. forgive me for not being chill. certainly that butterfly has as much, nay, even more right than I to enjoy its existence.
keep smokin' that smoke dude. I'm going outside right now to dump some Ortho on a couple fire-ant hills and reset my mouse traps...
I want to apologize for the sarcastic tone of my post above but I don't think Lyme Disease is anything to sarcastically dismiss either. just today there is an article in Daily Mail.UK about the disease and repeats all the warnings, etc..
I'm not trying to sow fear of this to reduce or limit people's enjoyment of the outdoors, but rather to alert them to precautions you can and should take. sorry if I offended anyone...