Did You Know?

These facts about Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections?

>---> Across the globe, all types of media are reporting increasing problems with ticks and their diseases.



>---> Ticks can go unnoticed, because they are so small.


>---> Ticks can carry and transmit SEVERAL diseases at once.


>---> Reported cases of tick-borne disease continue to rise in many states in the US and many countries across our earth.


>---> Any person can be infected for WEEKS or MONTHS or YEARS or a LIFETIME.


>---> An infected person can experience any combination of; few or changing, subtle or strange, difficult or tolerable, painful or sometimes even no symptoms, including various different types of rashes or none.


>---> Quick and effective treatment following a tick bite could prevent persistent infection. Find a good specialist.


>---> Unidentified and untreated infections can progress indefinitely.


>---> All diseases a tick can transmit can be difficult to diagnose.


>---> Tests can be falsely negative, leaving infected persons undiagnosed.


>---> When a tick bite results in sickness, symptoms of infection can be many and varied and easily mistaken as other illnesses/diseases.


>---> There is NO 100% conclusive diagnostic test for most of these infectious diseases.


>---> There are very few doctors, tests or labs able to diagnose 'Lyme' or associated tick-borne diseases.


>---> There are even less doctors treating Lyme and associated diseases.


>---> Upon completion of 2 to 6 weeks or more treatment, countless individuals continue experiencing symptoms and some continue testing positive for tick-borne diseases.


>---> Lyme and other tick-borne diseases are emerging all over our world.


>---> The REALITY of tick-borne diseases continues to be an enigma for scientists and doctors worldwide.

Beware!
Like a spider, the tick is an arachnid,
having a jointed body, limbs and eight legs.
BUT
"Do not be deceived by the web that is weaved when tick-borne diseases are spun."

Be Aware !
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TICK BYTES:
How to Handle Ticks

Forget everything you thought you knew about tick removal! There is only ONE way to remove a tick!

Grasp a tick firmly by its mouthparts with a pair of tweezers, being careful not to spill its body or mouth contents into or onto your skin.

See a SUPER close-up of deer tick mouthparts here.
Amazing deer tick image © 1996-2000 Carvalho /MicroAngela

If you must use fingers to remove a tick, Always use paper, plastic or something between skin and tick.

Slowly, firmly, steadily; Grasping as close to the skin as possible; Pull the tick straight out, gently.

NEVER! try to smother or poison or burn a tick. And never twist a tick! It could cause the tick to release its potential diseases.

Wash hands thoroughly. Clean the bite with alcohol. Or try this natural alternative.

Don't throw a tick away! Freeze it or put it a small container with moist tissue and test it for diseases.

* Find a Good Doctor for a Consult Right Away!*
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