For proper tick removal, please watch the video at Tick removal. If removal of attached ticks occurs within 36 hours, the risk of tick-borne infection is minimal. A thorough check of body surfaces for attached ticks should be done at the end of the day.
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Brush off any ticks on clothing or skin before skin attachment occurs. Check after every 2 to 3 hours of outdoor activity for ticks on clothing or skin. When in a potentially tick-infested habitat (wooded and grassy areas) take special care to prevent tick bites, such as wearing light-colored clothing (for easy tick discovery) and tucking pants into socks and shirt into pants. They wait in vegetation and cling to animals and humans when they brush by. Generally, ticks cannot jump or fly onto a person. The best prevention of Lyme disease is through awareness.
What can be done to prevent Lyme disease? Even if successfully treated, a person may become re-infected if bitten later by another infected tick. Does past infection with Lyme disease make a person immune? The best treatment for Lyme disease is prevention and awareness. It is important to speak with your health care provider if you think you might have Lyme disease. Patients with certain neurologic or cardiac forms of illness may require additional treatment. Antibiotics commonly used for treatment include doxycycline, amoxicillin, or cefuroxime axetil. Patients treated with antibiotics in the early stages of Lyme disease usually recover quickly and completely. If suspected, lab tests can be performed to confirm diagnosis. Symptoms and possible tick bite exposure may cause a health care provider to suspect Lyme disease. These can include severe headaches, painful arthritis, swelling of the joints, and heart and central nervous system problems. The most severe symptoms of Lyme disease may not appear until weeks, months or years after the tick bite. As the disease progresses, severe fatigue, a stiff aching neck, and tingling or numbness in the arms and legs, or facial paralysis can occur. If Lyme disease is unrecognized or untreated in the early stage, more severe symptoms may occur. One or more of the following symptoms usually mark the early stage of Lyme disease: chills and fever, headache, fatigue, stiff neck, muscle and/or joint pain, and swollen glands. In 60-80 percent of cases, a circular bull's eye rash about two inches in diameter, called erythema migrans, appears and expands around or near the site of the tick bite. What are the signs and symptoms of Lyme disease?Įarly symptoms usually appear within 3 to 30 days after the bite of an infected tick. Transfer of the bacteria from an infected pregnant woman to her fetus is extremely rare. Lyme disease does not spread from one person to another. In general, the tick must be attached for 36 to 48 hours or more. The disease can be spread when an infected tick bites a person and stays attached for a period of time. Ticks can become infected if they feed on animals such as mice and other mammals that are infected.
Not all deer ticks are infected with the bacteria that cause Lyme disease. Infected deer ticks can be found throughout New York State. Both nymphs and adults can spread Lyme disease. Adult ticks are most active from March to mid-May and from mid-August to November and are about the size of sesame seeds. Young deer ticks, called nymphs, are active from mid-May to mid-August and are about the size of poppy seeds. Ticks can be active any time the temperature is above 45° F. The chances of being bitten by a deer tick are greater during times of the year when ticks are most active. People who spend time outdoors in activities such as camping, hiking, golfing, or working or playing in grassy and wooded environments are at increased risk of exposure. Lyme disease can affect people of any age. Lyme disease is the most prevalent tick-borne disease in New York and has been reportable since 1986. A vaccine for Lyme disease is not currently available. Not all deer ticks are infected with the bacteria. Lyme disease is an infection caused by the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi and is spread to humans through the bite of infected blacklegged ticks (or deer ticks). Last Reviewed: July 2017 What is Lyme disease? Lyme Disease (Tick-borne borreliosis, Lyme arthritis) Fact Sheet All Health Care Professionals & Patient Safety.Clinical Guidelines, Standards & Quality of Care.Health & Safety in the Home, Workplace & Outdoors.Birth, Death, Marriage & Divorce Records.
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