CAUGHT IN TIME.. AND CARRYNIG LYME DISEASE.. THEY CAN LEAD TO MUCH MORE SERIOUS PROBLEMS. <JUDSON BELMONT/ CLIP WTR2572 1543-46 MY WIFE CHECKS ME EVERY TIME > THAT THOROUGH CHECK.. IS CRUCIAL WHEN YOU COME IN FROM BEING OUTSIDE THIS TIME OF YEAR. FOR BOTH PETS AND PEOPLE. A TICK BITE.. MAY SEEM MINOR.. <JEFFREY PARSONNET INTERVIEW 1:09-16 WITH GLOBAL WARMING, WE’RE BEGINNING TO SEE LYME DISEASE TRANSMISSION ALMOST ALL A YEAR, CERTAINLY STARTING IN MARCH.> BUT IF THAT TICK IS CARRYING LYME DISEASE.. THE CLOCK IS TICKING.. BEFORE THE DISEASE MAKES ITS WAY INTO YOUR BODY. <PARSONNET INTERVIEW 6:26-34 THE TICK HAS TO BE EMBEDDED, NOT JUST CRAWLING ON THE SKIN HAS TO BE EMBEDDED. IT HAS TO BE IN PLACE FOR TWO DAYS, REALLY. > SOME EARLY SYMPTOMS.. MIGHT INCLUDE A RASH THAT APPEARS ANYWHERE FROM A COUPLE DAYS TO A FEW WEEKS AFTER A TICK BITE. LOW GRADE FEVER.. BODY ACHES.. MORE SERIOUS SYMPTOMS… CAN EFFECT THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.. OR HEART.. THOSE CAN SHOW UP WEEKS OR EVEN MONTHS AFTER THE INITIAL INFECTION. <6:59- 7:15 REMOVE THE TICK, THERE’S NO MAGIC TO IT. JUST GET A PAIR OF TWEEZERS AND PULL IT OUT. BUT AT THAT POINT, LIVING IN VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE, THERE’S ENOUGH LYME DISEASE THAT THAT’S A POINT TO CONTACT ONE’S PROVIDER BECAUSE TAKING A SINGLE DOSE OF AN ANTIBIOTIC. DOXOCYCLINE THERE ARE OTHER DISEASES THAT CAN BE TRANSMITTED THROUGH TICKS.. AND IF TREATMENT IS DELAYED, THEY CAN BECOME SERIOUS. SO ITS ALWAYS IMPORTAN
Docs warn Granite Staters about dangers of tickborne sicknesses as climate will get hotter
Up to date: 11:26 PM EDT Might 7, 2024
With spring underway and hotter climate coming near, infectious illness professionals mentioned you have to take a look at for ticks after being outdoor.”With international warming, we are starting to see Lyme illness transmission virtually all a 12 months, no doubt beginning in March,” mentioned Dr. Jeffrey Parsonnet, a professor of medication and infectious illness professional at Dartmouth Well being.Parsonnet mentioned if a tick is wearing Lyme illness, there is a small window sooner than the illness makes its approach into the frame.”The tick must be embedded, now not simply crawling at the pores and skin. It must be in position for 2 days, truly,” Parsonnet mentioned.He mentioned early signs of Lyme illness might come with a rash, a low-grade fever and frame aches. Extra critical signs might have an effect on the frightened and cardiovascular programs.”Take away the tick, there is not any magic to it. Simply get a couple of tweezers and pull it out. However at that time, residing in Vermont and New Hampshire, there is sufficient Lyme illness that is some degree to touch one’s supplier as a result of taking a unmarried dose of an antibiotic doxycycline can save you the emergence of Lyme illness,” Parsonnet mentioned.
MANCHESTER, N.H. — With spring underway and hotter climate coming near, infectious illness professionals mentioned you have to take a look at for ticks after being outdoor.”With international warming, we are starting to see Lyme illness transmission virtually all a 12 months, no doubt beginning in March,” mentioned Dr. Jeffrey Parsonnet, a professor of medication and infectious illness professional at Dartmouth Well being.
Parsonnet mentioned if a tick is wearing Lyme illness, there is a small window sooner than the illness makes its approach into the frame.”The tick must be embedded, now not simply crawling at the pores and skin. It must be in position for 2 days, truly,” Parsonnet mentioned.He mentioned early signs of Lyme illness might come with a rash, a low-grade fever and frame aches. Extra critical signs might have an effect on the frightened and cardiovascular programs.”Take away the tick, there is not any magic to it. Simply get a couple of tweezers and pull it out. However at that time, residing in Vermont and New Hampshire, there is sufficient Lyme illness that is some degree to touch one’s supplier as a result of taking a unmarried dose of an antibiotic doxycycline can save you the emergence of Lyme illness,” Parsonnet mentioned.
