Lyme disease is a very serious disease with possibly becoming a lifetime threat to a person. You can be bitten by a deer tick and not even know you have been bitten until you get signs and symptoms. We need to be aware of this dreaded lifetime disease and the signs and symptoms that go ...
Of the hundreds of species of ticks in the world, there are just two categories of ticks that transmit diseases to humans: hard ticks and soft ticks. Of the hard ticks, the most common are wood ticks, deer ticks, lone star ticks, and the American dog tick. The two soft ticks found in the United ...
Will Babesiosis challenge Lyme Disease? A new parasite is rising as a rare disease. With the Babesiosis parasite loose are eastern states safe? When the nuclear arms race was heating up, many of the old childhood diseases were passing into memories of the distant past. Polio, which had crippled a U. S. president in the ...
Lyme disease was first described and named at Yale University in the mid 1970s. In 1975, large numbers of children were coming down with what appeared to be juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, at an incomprehensible rate; these symptoms were caused by what became known as Lyme disease. Deer ticks, infected by a bacterium known as Borrelia ...
The Product The familiar company, Repel, now makes a plant-based mosquito repellent called Repel® Lemon Eucalyptus Mosquito Repellent. The manufacturer claims that the oil of lemon eucalyptus effectively repels not only mosquitoes, but deer ticks and no-see-ums as well, for up to six hours. The Test Everyone where I live is commenting on how bad ...
It is that time of year again and it seems this year there are more ticks than there were last year. The ticks are out in full swing and ready to attach themselves to passerby’s from any shrub or tree limb. There are many types of ticks, the most common being the American dog tick. ...
So many diseases are carried by ticks and fleas it’s important to have a protection system for your pets.Our Chihuahuas are on Frontline most of the time. We’ve used this for years. We purchase it from DrsFosterandSmith.com but recently we decided to try Advantix. No particular reason just thought we’d save a few dollars. I’d ...
If you find a deer tick embedded in your skin, don’t panic. If you follow a few simple steps you can safely remove the tick and reduce your chance of contracting Lyme disease. The first thing is to relax. Not all ticks carry Lyme disease. According to Kirby Strafford, Ph.D., if you find and remove ...
