Examinations for Ticks

My wife and I recently went camping in an area with a lot of potentially disease carrying ticks and I discovered I absolutely love examining her and being examined by her. Because we kept hiking and then coming back to our tent we did multiple full body and clothing checks per day. Now every time we camping or hiking I insist on thorough checks. It's not like we don't see each other naked every day, but there's something special about the exam element.

We start by having one person strip down completely then checking their hairline, ears, armpits, between toes, behind knees, under breasts, etc.

When I get to her genitals, I ask her to spread her legs open and manipulate her labia so I can see between the folds. If she has pubic hair I also carefully pick through it leaving her exposed a little longer than necessary. Alternately, she has me lift my penis so she can see the underside of my scrotum and perinium. Usually the person being examined doesn't get dressed before examining the other person so often my wife is still nude when she examines my genitals which makes it fun.

Finally my favorite part is between the buttocks. My wife let's me play with her anus during sex, but is a little shy about me seeing it when we aren't. At first she insisted it wasn't neccesary, but when I started spreading my buttocks to expose my anus to her without being told she started following my example. I enjoy both parts, examining her anus is a huge turn on, especially if it winks at me. Knowing she is looking right at mine is also fun especially if we're in a cramped tent and I can feel her breath between my cheeks.

Ultimately the exams aren't sexual and do serve a legitimate medical purpose, but I'd be lying if I said they weren't also a huge turn on for me.

I was wondering if the community has favorite tick check stories they'd like to share or if they experience similar enjoyment checking their partners or someone else?

It’s important to remove ticks correctly or the “mouth parts” can remain under the skin. I had one in my belly button and didn’t get all of it out, and got an infection. At first I didn’t know I had a tick, just an irritation that I scratched out, thinking it was dirt. Doctor had to dig the rest out a couple of months later when it was festering.

This past summer, hubby and I rented a beach house in RI. Beautiful location, very wild and right on the water in a much less developed area of the state. Lotta ticks and they seem to love me. After pulling the second one off me, we started doing nightly checks which rolled out pretty much like what @RORI describes - and yes, while not for sex per se, they led to sex because they were pretty sexy.

Ticks ick me out.

Thinking about ticks ick me out.

Even reading about ticks ick me out.

Central Oregon is definitely tick country and as a kid the family spent a lot of time wandering amongst the sage brush camping and the like. Examining each other for ticks was absolutely part of the endeavor and we often found them. Mom was the chief examiner till my brother and I were teens --then we checked each other. I am in no way recommending our approach to tick removal but remember this was the 50s and early 60s. When we found a tick we either poured kerosene on it or, since Dad was a smoker, he'd hold a lit cigarette tip near the critter which took the hint to back out. That's a terrible approach but we never came down with any tick Bourne illnesses.

I've done a lot of fiber work in very rural parts of Eastern and Central Kentucky plus wooded areas near Austin. I've asked my wife to check me many times and its something I certainly enjoy. She's found them a few times and they're promptly removed and then executed for crimes against me.

I have spoken of this many times. We grew up on Lake Havasu. Mom and Dad owned boats for rent, docks, gas, and a store. If a tick was found on the dog, or any one of us a full exam by Mom would happen. She would look in our hair, our ears, armpits, between our toes and labis along with between our butt cheeks. My sister and I would do whatever Mom said. Dad never was involved in anything that had to do with me or my sister being naked, When we got old enough Mom would tell me and my sister to go to our bedroom and check each other. I remember checking my BFF. My sister and I shared a room growing up so seeing each other naked was no big deal. Daddy would get huge bags of Seven Dust and cover all the grass. It looked like it had been snowing.

I often have to check my girl for ticks when we've been walking or playing in long grass. She hates it & will sometimes growl when she's had enough. I should point out she is my four year old German Shepherd!

I often have to check my girl for ticks when we've been walking or playing in long grass. She hates it & will sometimes growl when she's had enough. I should point out she is my four year old German Shepherd!

@alan20cm You made me laugh. Thank you.

Deer Ticks are a major problem in Ontario. They transmit dangerous diseases. I usually have someone check me over for them after a day wandering around outside. I like to think of it as a fun part of field craft training for my reserve courses. I issue every one a tick picker. Ticks like to hide in the most private places. Any volunteers?

Any volunteers?

Yes indeed !! - always very welcome !!

Ultimately the exams aren't sexual and do serve a legitimate medical purpose, but I'd be lying if I said they weren't also a huge turn on for me.

@jinny you don't want to read this lol

30 years ago my then wife and I spent a summer hiking. Tick checks were both fun and necessary. One night we pulled 25 off between the two of us! Also, I remember (*slightly traumatized) that I had a tick embedded and engorged in my perineum when I was 4 while on vacation in the woods!

30 years ago my then wife and I spent a summer hiking. Tick checks were both fun and necessary. One night we pulled 25 off between the two of us! Also, I remember (*slightly traumatized) that I had a tick embedded and engorged in my perineum when I was 4 while on vacation in the woods!

@ZZme Grew up in MN and I can vouch for the ticks there if that’s where you were hiking - and mosquitoes (state bird!). We did regular tick checks in the summer, especially when hiking, visit the lakes or my folks friends who had a dairy farm.

25 between the two of you is a bunch, but not uncommon in some areas back there!

One of the simple pleasures of spending time on the farm is the tick check at the end of the day. On those occasions when I travel to the farm by myself, I get a tick check virtually via FaceTime.

I'm a child of suburbia but now have a wooded lot that deer frequently visit. Surely ticks are a possibility. Besides checking my body everywhere, is there a repellent or anything I should be using when I'm working in the wooded parts?

Those nasty ticks love to find their way into the nooks and crannies of your body. But makes checking for them interesting too.

Insect repellents containing DEET claim to be the most effective against ticks.

Once a tick attaches, it (supposedly) takes 24 hrs to pass the bacteria that contains Lyme disease,. Even if you use repellent, it’s important to check for them.

Back in the 1950s and 1960s, us kids would regularly go play in the woods. This in New Jersey on the edges of the Great Swamp.

But back then, I never heard anything about ticks or checking for them. And believe me, with my mother being a medical alarmist first class, if there had been concern about ticks back then, she would have been all over it.

And my wife and kids used to go trekking in the mountains (Pyrenees, Alps) for several days on end in the 1980s-1990s, sleeping in tents in the wilds and there was never anything about ticks we checked for or had even heard about.

So, when did people start checking each other for ticks? It seemed like all of a sudden it was the thing to do after being in the woods, but I never saw any indication of it coming.

A few years back I spent several months clearing some land I'd bought for building which had become very overgrown. At the end of the day I would call in to my sister-in-law who lived close by to use her shower before the journey home. One time when I called she said she'd been watching a program warning about the dangers of ticks on the TV and I said I'd take a look at the programme when I got home.

This was the same sister-in-law who has shaved me in the past so wanting to have a bit of fun so before the next time I went I acquired a tick remover from a camping shop. Sure enough the next time I worked on the land it was a really hot day and when I'd finished I called in at my sister-in-law's. She asked if I'd watched the programme and I said I had and showed her my new tick remover tool but said my wife was a bit reluctant to try using it. My sister-in-law took the bait and asked if I'd like her to check me before my shower and I immediately agreed to her suggestion.

I suggested we do it outside on her patio in case I had any ticks and she thought that seemed a good idea. I stripped of my clothes down to my underpants and she shook them before putting them inside. Finally I was just in my shorts as she checked my legs and back etc. then she said pass me you shorts so slipping them down I passed them to her to check before she checked my private areas.

She never found any ticks during the next few weeks before I finished clearing the land but I certainly enjoyed being examined and perhaps she enjoyed examining me just as much.

The ticks have been thick this year. *Shivers

I'm trying to stay out of the tall grass and dress as securely as I can when I have to get into it.

Sadly sub is not a great or willing tuck checker. But if I suspect one maybe crawling around, he will look.

I can't ever remember ticks being much mentioned here in England until a few years back although I can recall seeing them on a wild hedgehog before that. I'm lucky enough to live on the edge of the South Downs National Park where I walk my dog early every morning. Sometimes the area we walk is cropped short by sheep or cattle but at the moment the grass has grown up to about 18 inches in places, lots of wild flowers starting to appear which is nice but ticks are a concern. It's still very wet & dewy each morning so maybe that's keeping them down as thankfully I've not found one yet. Her coat is quite long & dense though so you could probably hide an army of them in there....

I live in a wooded/mountainous area where ticks are present. I take a lot of steps to minimize tick bites, but nothing is 100%.

Last week I was traveling on business. I had removed a tick from my hip before I left home, but the first morning I had an itchy spot on my lower back/waist band area that was indicative of a tick bite.

Being far from home and away from anyone I knew, I went to the local urgent care clinic. Since I was in the desert southwest, at first they doubted that I had a tick bite, but I assured them that I had just gotten in from the east coast.

Before long a Hispanic nurse in her early-to-mid forties took me to the exam room and had me undo my belt and lower my jeans and underwear a couple of inches. The nurse took a close look and confirmed that it was indeed a tick (duh), swabbed the area with alcohol and pulled the tick with a pair of tweezers.

She asked about other bites and I told her about the one on my hip that I had removed the day before. She asked to see the bite so I pulled the waistband off my underwear down just far enough to show her. She said "no sign of infection, but you should keep an eye on it for about 6 weeks."

She asked if I had any other bites and I almost said "no" but caught myself and said "not that I'm aware of." So she said "I'd like to take a quick look just to make sure you don't have any other bites. Would that be okay?" I said "sure" and was instructed to remove my shirt. She checked my scalp, back and armpits. Then she asked me to remove my pants and socks. I did and she checked under the waistband of my underwear (in the back) and the backs of my legs. She then had me sit on the exam table and she checked my feet and between my toes.

She then said "ticks seem to like confined, warm areas, which is why you so often find them under your waistband or in your armpits." (Of course I knew this, living in tick country, but she possessed what was considered "specialty" knowledge in this area). She then said "given that, it would be prudent if I checked your genital area and buttocks. Would that be okay?" (I guess the new thing is got medical professionals to always get permission).

I said "better safe than sorry." So when she stepped back I stood up and removed my underwear and stood naked. She first checked my buttocks, then had me lean over on the table like I was greeting a rectal exam. She then asked me to get up on the table and lie back. First she checked through my pubic hair, then gripped the tip of my penis with her fingertips, pulling one way, then the other. Laying my penis up toward my belly, she then checked my scrotum. When she was done, she asked me to raise my knees, put my feet together and let my knees fall outward, telling me that she needed to check my perineum. As she did, she found one more tick and easily removed it.

When she was done, as I sat on the table naked, she went through the warning signs of tick borne diseases and asked how long I was going to be in town. Since it was only two more days, she encouraged me to make a follow up visit with my primary care provider or have a significant other check the bite areas when I got back home. She then wrote me a script for doxycyclene.

It was a little strange that there was no offer of a drape or gown, and this was about the most casual/nonchalant nudity that I've had in a medical setting since getting out of the service.

I'm back home now but haven't made a follow up appointment.

We live in the mountains in a fairly arid area. After acquiring the land nearly 55 years ago we began planting trees, buildings, lawn areas, gardens and of course sprinkler systems. With the green areas we have soon the rabbits were over running us, and the deer and elk found the cover, feed, and water attractive as well. The deer and elk required six and eight foot fencing to keep out of the area around the buildings, rabbits were not so easy, our cats got many of the small ones but to have the garden area it required the rabbits to disappear, the first year we eliminated 45 rabbits before we got it to where there was only an occasional one from time to time. Around three or four years of later the depleted number or hosts, the deer, elk, and rabbits resulted in a marked decrease in the ticks in the lawns and garden areas and therefore that made it to us. On one occasion I saw 17 ticks leave a rabbit that had a blood shortage. We could find two or three on us a day, the way we handled them was to soak in a tub, between the soap and water they would detach and that was it. Deet, as others have mentioned, is the key to keeping them off. Consumer Reports tested the tick repellent ability of several popular repellents and said deet in the strongest concentration you can find it is the preferred repellent. If you can tuck your pants legs into lace up boots and keep them there then spraying your pants and boots is all you need to do for hiking, if you are going to garden or are in brushy areas then the bath is the only way for us. The ticks we have don't attach for the first 24 hours or so which is the only good part. Not related to ticks, there is a magic bullet of sorts called fipronil, it is exceptionally lethal to all insects, and that is its bad side. Birds are also a susceptible species, if used carefully at the right time you can eliminate wasps, grasshoppers, or other insects in a crawl space or around a house foundation is where it is generally used.

My wife and I used to do the tick check on the kids. We also possibly check each other. The kids are now old enough to check themselves (though I think that my wife may have done the younger one the last times).

We have these small tick remover devices that allows "unscrewing" ticks without breaking them.

I've lived in a tick rich area all my life, so tick checks are a part of life. My parents (or an older sister) checked me when I was little. In Boy Scouts we were told to 'buddy up' and check each other before going to sleep. Camping as an adult was similar but introduced co-ed camping. If my female camping friend and I weren't intimate I would 'break the ice' and strip in the tent first and ask to be checked, then return the offer. Some allowed a full check, others more limited. I married one of those that allowed a full check (not that that was my only criteria.)

Used to have hedgehogs come into our garden when we lived in Devon. They always seemed to carry them. We would grab the little ones and de-tick them. Not sure if they ever appreciated it.

We read a book in school where a boy around around ten years visit with his family friends in Australia. This familiy has a son (9 years) and a daugter (12 years) and before they go hiking the daddy sprays all family members with anti tick spray. For this procedure mom and the two kids take off all their clothes in seconds. The visiting boy feels embarassed and strange. So they need less tick exams later...

This just reminded to have my wife check me. I went for a hike/ruck yesterday which included tall grass, sitting down in tall grass, and repeating that a lot. Kinda flirted with heat injury too.