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Tag Archives: Lyme disease
Fall and Winter Warning about Blacklegged Ticks
An earlier post, Top 10 things RVers Should Know about Ticks, stressed the fact that ticks can be active even in the winter. That’s right! Adult stage blacklegged ticks (also known as deer ticks) become active every year after the first … Continue reading
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Tagged blacklegged ticks, camping, deer ticks, hiking, Lyme disease, Ohio, outdoor recreation, safety, ticks
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Deer Tick Infestation closes Massachusetts Campsites
The busy summer season is over, and usually by this time the officials at Nickerson State Park on Cape Cod close one of their seven camping areas, but this year they are closing three of their campsites. Instead of a … Continue reading
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Tagged camping, Cape Cod, deer ticks, hiking, Lyme disease, Lyme Disease Association, Massachusetts, outdoor recreation, safety, tick-borne diseases, ticks
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Are You a Tick Magnet?
Hikers with normal pheromones tread along the lakeshore or the stream edge without fear of the little bloodsuckers, but do you bring home a half-dozen of them, swollen up like little marbles as they suck out your life fluids? Do … Continue reading
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Tagged blacklegged ticks, camping, deer ticks, hiking, Lyme disease, outdoor recreation, safety, tick-borne diseases, ticks
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Facts about Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases
Tick-borne diseases including Lyme can attack virtually any system in the body. Some of the first symptoms may include a flu-like condition, with fever, chills, headache, stiff neck, achiness, and fatigue. Other symptoms can include pain in various joints and muscles, … Continue reading
Top 10 Tick Prevention Tips
The simplest and most effective act of prevention is to avoid being bitten by a tick. This isn’t a very practical answer for campers and hikers and many people who enjoy working and playing outdoors; some occupations expose workers to … Continue reading
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Tagged blacklegged ticks, camping, deer ticks, hiking, Lyme disease, outdoor recreation, safety, tick-borne diseases, ticks
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Tick-Borne Diseases Are No Walk in the Park
Recently I posted a two-part series on ticks and Lyme disease based on information from the non-profit Rhode Island TickEncounter Resource Center: Top 10 Things Everyone Should Know about Ticks…And Stay Disease-Free Top 10 things RVers Should Know about Ticks … Continue reading
Top 10 Things Everyone Should Know about Ticks…And Stay Disease-Free
Blacklegged ticks (also known as Deer ticks) take two years to complete their life cycle and are found predominately in deciduous forest. Their distribution relies greatly on the distribution of its reproductive host, white-tailed deer. Both nymph and adult stages … Continue reading
Top 10 things RVers Should Know about Ticks
There ARE more ticks in more places than ever before. Tick encounter rates are soaring, and experts are predicting 2012 to be one of the worst years for Lyme disease transmission due to higher than normal deer tick infection rates. … Continue reading