Where We Live: Lyme Disease Prevention
According to the CDC, about 25,000 Americans have Lyme disease
According to the CDC, about 25,000 Americans have Lyme disease.
We’ve explored the controversy over “Chronic Lyme” and treatment of the disease… but today we’re getting back to the cause: How do we prevent ourselves from getting bit in the first place?
Along with beautiful weather, of course, comes tick season.
Connecticut has long been ground zero in the fight against Lyme Disease. The tick-borne illness remains a major public health problem, especially in Coastal towns in the state.
Today, a discussion on Lyme Disease prevention. What can you do to reduce the risk of a tick bite? We’ll talk to local researchers and health officials – and answer your questions. How can you protect against ticks?
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To these I must add the wood lice [ticks] with which the forests are so pestered that it is impossible to pass through a bush or to sit down, though the place be ever so pleasant, without having a whole swarm of them on your clothes.
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Listener email from Meddick
Tick rules:
1. below the navel from walking
2. above the navel from hands
3. soaking bite for several minutes with up ended bottle of rubbing alcohol
will prevent the disease from taking hold if repeated until itch has passed
4. do not scratch bite but use alcohol to end itch
5. mow mow mow
Listener email from Benjamin
When talking about trees and stone hedges, you are talking about the things that make Connecticut, Connecticut - is there any way to lower lyme disease cases, yet preserves these positives?
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