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Strategies to Prevent Lyme & Tick Borne Infections

https://www.treatlyme.net/guide/how-to-prevent-tick-bites-and-lyme-disease  Video Here  (Approx. 3 Min)

Strategies to Prevent Lyme & Tick Borne Infections

Lyme disease and tick borne infections are spread through tick bites. The best way to prevent Lyme disease and related infections is to stop ticks from attaching to you. Another strategy is to quickly remove attached ticks before they spread infection. Here are some specific actions you can take to prevent Lyme and related infections.

Actions While Outdoors Where Ticks Live

ONE – Use A Good Tick Repellent On Your Skin

Before going into tick habitats, spray your skin with a tick repellent. Ticks are repelled by certain chemicals which limit their chances of getting on your skin or biting you. Common repellants include

  • picaridin,
  • DEET, and
  • essential oils.

Of these, picaridin and DEET work best because they last longer.

Research shows essential oils only work up to 20 minutes after application. Picaridin 20% can last 12 to 14 hours depending on whether a spray or lotion is used. The length of effect of DEET depends on the concentration. DEET 30% can last for 8 hours – while DEET 98% in Backwoods OFF can last for 10 hours.

DEET vs Picaridin

I prefer Picaridin vs DEET. Both are equally effective and recommended by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But DEET leaves an oily layer on the skin and has potential neurotoxic effects that stop me from recommending this for people living with Lyme or who have had Lyme in the past. To be fair, the chances of neurotoxicity occurring from DEET are extremely small. However, I do not think a very small risk is worth it given how well picaridin works without any health risk.

You can use the EPA search tool to find approved tick repellents. Another option is to use an odorless picaridin 20% cream or spray product I carry at Marty Ross MD Supplements made by Proven Tick Repellent.

TWO – Spray Your Clothing with Permethrin

One other strategy is to spray your clothing, tent or camping equipment with permethrin and let it dry. Once dry, permethrin will remain effective for 6 weeks or 6 washes. Permethrin works on ticks two ways. First it is an irritant to ticks, once on permethrin coated fabric, ticks get “hot feet” and jump off. But if ticks remain on the fabric too long, the permethrin will actually kill them.

THREE – Wear Light Colored Clothing Covering Your Skin

Clothing provides a barrier to keep ticks from finding skin to bite. A strategy that can help includes wearing long pants tucked into your socks, shirts tucked in at your waist, and long sleeves. If you wear white or light colored clothing it may make it easier to spot ticks on your clothing – so you can brush them off before they reach bare skin.

FOUR – Perform Regular Tick Checks

While you are outdoors, perform regular cursory tick checks of your skin and clothing. If you find a tick, brush it off before it can bite you.

Actions Right After Coming Indoors

Once you are inside take actions to remove any ticks that might be on your clothing or attached to your body. You could remove your clothes and place them in a hot drier. The drier can blow any attached ticks off and the heat can kill them. With your clothes off, you will have an easier time seeing any ticks on your skin. Some suggest taking a shower. The idea behind this action is while naked showering, you will have an easier time seeing the ticks. The shower water itself does not kill a tick. There is also a potential that showering can dislodge ticks from your skin.

Safely Remove An Attached Tick

If you find a tick attacked, remove it safely. The best way to remove a tick is to grab the tick at the head using tweezers. Pull up slowly and carefully. This method limits the chances that an attached tick will vomit Lyme and related germs into the tick bite area. Other methods, like burning a tick off, increase the chances of germ transmission from an infected tick.

Decrease Ticks on Your Property

You can work to limit infected ticks on your property. One strategy is to place cotton or wool treated with permethrin in toilet paper cardboard tubes throughout your property. Rodents and varmints that carry ticks will pick up the cotton or wool and bring it back to their beds. Ticks exposed to the permethrin soaked cotton or wool will die.

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Kentucky Has Fastest Growing Lyme Disease Outbreak in the US & is Surging in WV, Ohio, & Nebraska

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11125379/Kentucky-fastest-growing-lyme-disease-outbreak-insurance-data-suggests

Kentucky has the fastest growing lyme disease outbreak in the US, insurance data suggests – while disease is also surging in West Virginia, Ohio and Nebraska, as experts warn more forest cover is allowing diseased ticks to advance south

  • Insurance claims data showed Kentucky, West Virginia, Idaho, Ohio and Nebraska had the biggest upticks
  • But New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts had the largest outbreaks in the country, data showed
  • Experts said that ticks were expanding their range thanks to growing forest cover and deer populations
  • But surging awareness of the disease thanks to high-profile cases such as Shania Twain may also be behind some of the uptick in insurance claims
  • FAIR Health – which has one of the largest databases in the country – collected the data

By Luke Andrews Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com

Published:

Kentucky has the fastest growing Lyme disease outbreak in America, insurance claims data suggests — as experts warn global warming is allowing more aggressive northern ticks to advance into southern and midwestern states. 

Statistics showed Kentucky was recording 10 claims per 100,000 people in 2021, up from just five in 2016 — a doubling in five years. West Virginia, Idaho, Ohio and Nebraska each also saw claims surge more than 60 percent over the same period.

Experts warn that higher seasonal temperatures have opened up new habitats for ticks in more mountainous areas, which may be fueling the rise in cases.  (See link for article)

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**Comment**

For anyone paying attention at all to the events of  the past two years, it’s become obvious that things are often not what they seem.  Public health officials have lied repeatedly due to severe conflicts of interest, and science has been hijacked to the highest bidder.  The corruption in an unholy alliance between government, Big Pharma, mainstream media, research institutions and scientific journals has finally been exposed for what it truly is.

When you understand this simple albeit painful truth, it also then becomes obvious that science has been completely politicized and can not be trusted at face value. This is clearly seen in the area of “global warming,” and is a rouse to obtain access to huge government funding and unbridled power to monopolize and control by imposing ludicrous, ineffective regulations that are unobtainable and will destroy entire economies.  While there are definitely environmental concerns, “global warming” is being used to divert attention away from climate engineering – which is very real.

There’s a similar thing happening in Lymeland.  Like an experienced magician using slight of hand, we are told repeatedly in a mantra that ticks are migrating and transmitting disease due to a warming climate.  This has been proven to be false by independent researchers who do not have to cow-tow to the political message to obtain highly sought after government research grants.  The spin-masters want our attention on the climate rather than on the fact our own government is behind tick and disease proliferation.  This is pointed out in Kris Newby’s book “Bitten,” as well as through interviews with people who have studied this for decades. Bioweaponization of things found in nature is not new, and the government will do anything to cover this up – including lie using propaganda techniques.  They then come after others who disagree with anything they say and accuse them of the very things they do themselves.

Don’t be fooled by the accepted narrative no matter how many times it is repeated.
Question everything and do your own homework.  Make sure you are getting information from multiple sources – particularly ones that disagree.

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Lyme, Ticks

WA Man Hospitalized With Tick-borne Disease. Here’s How to Keep Yourself Safe

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/wa-man-hospitalized-with-tick-borne-disease-heres-how-to-keep-yourself-safe/

WA man hospitalized with tick-borne disease. Here’s how to keep yourself safe

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Seattle Times staff reporter
The first local human case of anaplasmosis, a tick-borne disease, was reported this month in Washington state.

The case was discovered on Aug. 8 after a Whatcom County man in his 80s was hospitalized with severe disease after working in the brush in Mason County, according to the Washington State Department of Health. The man, likely bitten by an infected tick, is recovering.

While human cases of anaplasmosis have been identified in the state before, this is the first case that did not involve travel outside of Washington. There have been cases of dogs diagnosed with anaplasmosis after being bit within the state, DOH said.

In humans, symptoms include fever, headache, muscle aches and nausea and typically begin within one to two weeks of a tick bite. There is no vaccine to prevent the disease, which is treatable with antibiotics, according to DOH.

The disease is spread by the western blacklegged tick, which is found in the western parts of the state and along the eastern slopes of the Cascades.

“Not all tick bites will cause disease,” said Washington state epidemiologist Scott Lindquist in a news release. “However, people across Washington are at risk for tick-borne illnesses and should take precautions to prevent tick bites.”

(See link for article)

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**Comment**

The article then gives tick prevention tips.  You will be helped more by reading this:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/04/12/tick-prevention-2019/

The article then explains what to do if you are bitten by a tick.  Again, you will be helped better by reading these:

Do NOT take the “wait and see” approach.

If you are bitten by a black legged tick, get on treatment asap.  The risk just isn’t worth it.

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Anaplasmosis, Prevention, Ticks

‘I Feel Incredibly Robbed’: The Debate and Deadly Effects of Lyme Disease in Colorado

https://www.rmpbs.org/blogs/rocky-mountain-pbs/lyme-disease-colorado-ticks/  Video Here (Approx. 7 Min)

‘I feel incredibly robbed’: The debate and deadly effects of Lyme disease in Colorado

by  Alexis Kikoen
Published on
Samantha Davis and her 3-year-old son Felix look through pictures of her husband, Nate, after he lost his life to complications from Lyme disease and mold poisoning.

Rocky Mountain PBS

DENVER — Samantha Davis and her 3-year-old son Felix sit together at their kitchen table. A large pile of photographs sits in front of them, and they slowly start to make their way through it.

“Oh my gosh, what are we doing?” Davis asks Felix as she shows him a picture. “Rafting with Papa!” he excitedly responds.

Davis continues to flip through the stack and lands on a picture of her husband wandering through a canyon in Moab, Utah. Her expression becomes somber.

“Here’s Papa in Moab, probably the year he got bit,” she sighs. “We had no idea what the early symptoms of Lyme disease were, or what untreated Lyme could do to you.”

Davis lost her husband Nate Watters on June 5, 2021, to complications from Lyme disease and mold poisoning. He was 36 years old. (See link for article)

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SUMMARY:

  • The article predictably asks the question if Lyme even exists in Colorado.  The problem with this illogical and ignorant question is it doesn’t take into account the fact that travel.  The fox, deer, bird, and people travel everywhere picking up ticks and dropping them everywhere.  I can’t believe we are still having this discussion.
  • A singular thinking doctor in Colorado (Dr. Shawn Naylor) points out that there are numerous strains of borrelia that cause Lyme-like disease, and while they may not be picking up Borrelia burgdorferi, it doesn’t mean that there aren’t other strains causing illness, and absence of evidence is not proof of absence.  Borrelia is a fastidious organism and extremely hard to find. The “discoverer” of Lyme, Willy Burgdorfer stated so in this important 4 min video.
  • The fact this man had a EM rash (which is diagnostic for Lyme) and didn’t get diagnosed and treated is a clear reminder that Lymeland remains in the Dark Ages.  When is the medical profession going to take this seriously enough to train doctors appropriately?  Simply put: this man did not have to die.
  • IMO the hands/skin pain and rawness is an indicator that should point doctors to another strain – a European strain that causes skin manifestations (not something I see much of here in WI but still exists).   This picture is from a year old study and even shows the hand involvement.       

  • Then the barrel of monkey symptoms came tumbling out: (weight loss, facial swelling, body lesions, fatigue, graying hair, muscle pain, etc) should have sent off red-light warning bells. But, the medical system stupidity continues.
  • The guy even manages to test positive for Lyme.  But again, due to flagrant stupidity, doctors regurgitate the mantra that it must be a false positive because Lyme isn’t common in Colorado, and Lyme “doesn’t look like this.”  Wow.
  • The ignorance is blatantly pointed out by an entomologist and Lepidopterist manager that states the black legged tick does not naturally occur in Colorado, therefore Lyme disease transmission is rare to non-existent.  As the saying goes however; gargage in, garbage out.

    • First, ticks carry all sorts of nasty diseases they can transmit and they can all look somewhat similar. Second, testing for ALL of these pathogens is abysmal, which means it’s not getting picked up which explains why things are often “rare” when they are not. Third, even IF patients are picking Lyme up from nearby states, what does it matter?  You have sick people and they need to be diagnosed and treated.  It’s ironic to me that globalization is embraced for everything until it comes to tick-borne illness.  Then, for some illogical but nefarious reason, it’s all about geography and limitations (where ticks are and where they aren’t – where things are rare, and where they aren’t) when people and animals move about freely. Fourth, it’s unacceptable that we are still in this quandary and that doctors are still taking this tact when it’s been proven there are numerous genospecies that cause illness in animals and humans, including:
      • a peer-reviewed research paper published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases in September 1994, a new genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi was discovered in wood rats and ticks found in Northern Colorado.
      • A second paper published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology in August 2000 gave the new Borrelia isolate a name – Borrelia bissettii. The strain has been identified in at least three different tick species in Colorado and has been isolated in humans displaying clinical symptoms typically associated with Lyme disease. According to the study, “It is therefore possible that some cases of Lyme disease in the United States may be caused by B. bissettii.”  
  • The fact Naylor, the singular thinking doctor, has to “speak carefully” on the subject demonstrates perfectly that Lyme/MSIDS has become highly politicized (like COVID) and politics trump science.  Naylor points out that the deceased man ran into denial from doctors despite testing positive multiple times on the western blot. He states doctors want to err on the side of ignorance than acknowledge that this is severely under-studied. Doctors also know that if they defy the accepted narrative, they will be hunted down and persecuted (just like we are seeing with doctors treating COVID). The persecution of doctors is extremely taxing, stressful, time consuming, and full of risk.  It takes strong, determined doctors to defy this tyranny, which is why we desperately need to decentralize the public health monopoly.
  • Doctors are getting their orders from the top-down, which starts in the government and then trickles down to research institutions, medical schools/professional organizations, and hospitals/clinics.  There are vast conflicts of interest in this pyramid scheme.
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that up to 90% of tick-borne disease cases go unreported nationwide.  Hello!
  • Naylor then points out that states that are not considered to be “endemic” have much more complex and arduous reporting requirements, which turns into a self-fulfilling prophecy keeping these states forever non-endemic, even when they aren’t.
  • And this is how the CDC controls the narrative. They are in charge of parameters be it with reporting, testing, diagnostics, treatment guidelines, you name it.  Until this corrupt organization is shut down we will never have truth.

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Asian Longhorned Ticks: Where They Came From + How To Spot Them

https://rawlsmd.com/health-articles/asian-longhorned-ticks-where-they-came-from-how-to-spot-them

Asian Longhorned Ticks: Where They Came From + How to Spot Them

by Jenny Menzel, H.C.
Posted 6/7/22

Every spring heralds a new tick season here in the US, along with the need to prevent these pests from wreaking havoc on our health and the health of our pets, livestock, and wildlife. But with at least 80 different tick species in the country, knowing exactly which ones are dangerous and what to look out for can be daunting.

Added to the US tick species list in 2017 was the Asian longhorned tick, which was first discovered stateside on a New Jersey sheep farm after making its way to America. Exploding in numbers due to its unique procreation abilities, a vital need for awareness was born, with its population swiftly expanding inland from the Eastern Seaboard.

So what do we know about these ticks? Can they contract and carry tick-borne infections like Lyme disease, babesia, or other coinfections? Or, do Asian longhorn ticks transmit diseases we’ve never been exposed to?

Research is ongoing, and experts don’t have all the answers yet, but here is what we know so far about the new tick on the block — and what you need to know if you encounter them.

What are Asian Longhorned Ticks?

As you may have guessed by its name, the Asian longhorned tick (ALT), Haemaphysalis longicornis, comes from Asia — eastern nations, including China, Japan, Korean, and parts of Russia — eventually spreading to New Zealand, Australia, and the Pacific Islands around the early 1900s.

While experts can’t say exactly how they got to New Jersey, these tiny ticks likely hitched a ride on livestock shipped from overseas. ALT have reportedly been intercepted on imported animals at several East Coast ports.

Where Have ALT Been Found?

As of September 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported ALT in 17 states:

  • Arkansas
  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
  • Georgia
  • Kentucky
  • Maryland
  • Missouri
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • Ohio
  • Pennsylvania
  • Rhode Island
  • South Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Virginia
  • West Virginia

USA map with Asian Longhorned Tick found states in red

Virginia and West Virginia lead the way for the highest number of affected counties. ALT have mostly been found while feeding on livestock and in surrounding pastures when they’re between hosts.

Fittingly, because they prefer to feed on cattle and spend almost 90% of their lives in grassy pastures, they’ve picked up the nicknames “cattle tick” and “bush tick.”

But they don’t limit themselves to cows and farms. Foxes, white-tailed deer, coyotes, birds, sheep, chickens, pigs, dogs, cats, and even humans have been hosts to ALT; they’ve even been found on well-manicured lawns.

The ALT Lifecycle

While their lifespan is generally a full year shorter than other three-host ixodid ticks (hard ticks like the American dog tick and blacklegged deer tick) common to the US, the ALT is similar in that it needs three separate hosts throughout its four life stages: egg, larvae, nymph, and adult.

two Asian Longhorned Ticks, nymph to left and adult female to right

Stage I: Egg

The egg stage begins as soon as an adult female drops from her last host to lay eggs, usually in late summer, and ends a few weeks later when the eggs hatch into six-legged larvae.

Stage II: Larvae

Depending upon the temperatures and humidity after hatching, the larvae will crawl up nearby grass or shrubs to await a suitable host that they’ll feed on over the winter — most commonly a small rodent or rabbit.

Stage III: Nymph

After the larvae molt into nymphs the following spring, it ejects itself from its first host to climb nearby vegetation in search of its second host, where it will feed until adulthood in mid to late summer.

Stage IV: Adult

Once an adult, it quickly seeks its next feast with its largest host, usually cattle or something human-sized at this stage. After its final feeding, the adult drops off its last host to lay eggs over a 14- to 21-day period — and the cycle continues.

What Makes Them Unique?

Perhaps the most interesting (and alarming) quality about this tick is how rapidly their population grows due to being parthenogenetic — able to reproduce asexually without the need for a male. While some types of ALT can mate with males, the strain found in the US doesn’t need their help to produce offspring.

Furthermore, these female ticks can lay thousands of eggs at one time, all hatching into females that will lay thousands of their own eggs in the following season. Their quick lifecycle makes it easy to see how difficult containing the spread of these ticks might be.

How to Spot an ALT

ALT are pretty unremarkable in terms of physical identification, which helps them easily blend in with the rest of the US tick population. However, there are a few subtle differences to notice.

dorsal view of an adult female, asian longhorned tick, climbing a blade of grass.

Identifying Physical Features:

  • Reddish-brown color
  • Two horn-like spurs on the sides of their mouths
  • Two slightly longer front legs

The Key Difference

Because these ticks look so similar to others, the distinct characteristic of the ALT is the sheer number of ticks you’ll find on one host, and thousands of ALT may assemble on a single animal.

Another clue that it could be ALT is timing: August is the peak of reproduction, so you’re likely to encounter ALT more around this time of year, although their population remains highly active into the fall.

What Diseases Do They Carry?

ALT are aggressive biters and have been shown to cause almost half a dozen diseases in Asia, Australia, and New Zealand that infect both humans and animals, with some diseases causing severe illness.

But in the US, there haven’t been any reported cases of humans contracting tick-borne infections from ALT. While it’s still possible ALT in the US could carry pathogens that harm people, the types of infections and the frequency with which they transmit them are still being studied. Here’s what we do know:

Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome

Also called Dabie bandavirus, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is a life-threatening disease that has been reported in East Asia. The average fatality rate is between 12% and 30%, according to the journal Medicine, with cytokine storms (overactive immune response) being a chief cause of fatality.

And though no cases have been reported in the US, a similar bandavirus called Heartland virus is spread by Lone Star ticks, which bears a close genetic relationship with SFTS, raising concerns that ALT may be able to carry and spread Heartland in epidemic proportions. To date, no cases of Heartland virus have been found in the US ALT population, but one recent study found ALT is capable of carrying and transmitting the virus to mice in a laboratory setting, warranting further research.

Spotted Fevers

ALT can carry and transmit certain spotted fevers, however, it’s unclear if they can be transmitted to humans. One study demonstrated that ALT could acquire Rickettsia rickettsii, also known as Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), by feeding on infected guinea pigs in a laboratory setting — and they could also infect other guinea pigs. However, more research is needed to understand if or how ALT actually acquires RMSF from hosts that live in nature and what impact that may have on human health.

Additionally, in Japan and South Korea, Rickettsia japonica, or Japanese spotted fever, is a tick-borne disease that can be transmitted to humans from ALT, but again, no cases have been reported in the US.

Bovine Theileriosis

So far, the only infection carried to the US is bovine theileriosis (Theileriosis orientalis). The good news: This disease doesn’t affect humans, but it can cause severe blood loss and anemia in animals that have been infected. This malarial-like blood parasite primarily infects cattle, and diagnosing a herd can be difficult due to most presenting asymptomatically.

What About Lyme Disease?

Although ALT larvae have shown the ability to contract the Lyme-causing bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi while feeding on infected mice, the transmission process likely stops there. Research indicates that borrelia is lost during the molting phase from larvae to nymphs, so it’s unlikely that ALT will significantly contribute to Lyme disease transmission.

Are Humans at Risk?

We know ALT have a history of biting humans in other parts of the world, but it wasn’t until 2018 that the first human bite occurred in the US, and it was published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases:

A 66-year-old man from Yonkers, New York, with no travel history beyond his own manicured lawn for 30 days prior, had removed a tick from his right leg. Presumed to be a deer tick by his physician, the patient was treated with a standard dose of 200 mg of doxycycline. Later that day, the patient turned the tick into the Lyme Disease Diagnostic Center (LDDC) for testing, where its identification as an ALT was confirmed. The patient remained asymptomatic and never tested positive for Lyme disease or other tick-borne illnesses.

split image between Group of young steers in the meadow and older sick woman

While humans are at risk of being bit by ALT, most often, their host of choice is animals, especially cattle. But research efforts are ongoing to find out which states and counties they reside in, other diseases they could carry, and whether they can transmit any of those diseases to humans.

Prevention and Protection

The CDC suggests ALT may not be as attracted to human skin compared to recognized native ticks (deer ticks, Lone Star ticks, American dog ticks, etc.). However, you’ll still want to protect yourself and your pets using the same preventative strategies against any tick species.

You can protect your animals by following these guidelines from Cornell University’s Department of Agriculture.

  • Avoid pasture or lawn overgrowth
  • Prevent wildlife from nearing your home or farm
  • Consider the use of insecticides
  • Check your animals for ticks regularly
  • Consult your veterinarian to find which product is right for your animals.

You can protect yourself or your family by following the CDC-recommended guidelines.

  • Keep a lookout for tick-friendly habits, including tall grass, overgrown lawns, thick brush, and piles of leaves.
  • Use tick repellent like DEET, picaridin, or oil of lemon eucalyptus (OLE).
  • Treat your clothes and shoes with permethrin.
  • Take a shower when you come in from outdoors.
  • Perform tick checks on yourself and family members.
  • Remove ticks promptly

What To Do if You Find Ticks

Finding a tick on you or your pet can be scary. If you encounter a tick bite, keep the following in mind:

  1. Remove the tick as quickly as possible using clean, fine-tipped tweezers, ensuring that you pull up with steady, even pressure — never twisting or jerking to avoid leaving mouthparts in the skin.
  2. Clean the area with rubbing alcohol or soap and water after removing it.
  3. Never crush a tick with your fingers. Instead, put it in a Ziploc bag with a moist cotton ball or paper towel for further testing.
  4. Mail your tick into a reputable lab like Igenex or Tick Report that can help you with specialized pathogenic testing. Some universities may have tick identification programs as well.
  5. Make an appointment to see your physician, and take note of when the tick bite happened and where on the body it took place.

If you find or remove a tick, you might not know what kind it is right off the bat. But getting your tick tested is one of the best ways to gain peace of mind and, if necessary, arm yourself with information to take to your healthcare provider. Although there’s still a lot to learn about ALT, you don’t have to avoid the great outdoors altogether. Thankfully, you can take action steps toward keeping yourself, your family, and your animals as safe as possible.

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**Comment**
Remember, a lot is unknown and things often change over time.  No tick is a good tick and all exchange fluids with those it bites.  Prudence would err on the side of caution.
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