Ever since I read an article about ticks in Ranger Rick Magazine when I was 9 years old, I have been plagued by an irrationally strong fear of ticks. The idea of a tick feeding on my blood not only makes me queasy, it makes me angry. It actually makes me want to go ...
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 ...
The most common time to get by a tick is during the summer months, mainly because this is the main time to be outdoors. The worst thing about tick bites is the fact that ticks are known to carry several different types of diseases, the most popular being lyme disease. Your chances of getting lyme ...
I am an avid outdoorsy type. I spend significant amounts of time outside, especially in areas that tend to be infested with deer ticks. Frequent tick bites are an inevitability, not a possibility, for me. Because of this, I try to be very careful to watch for potential signs of diseases transmitted through ticks. Lyme ...
