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CDC data compiled in collaboration with local and state health departments show that this summer trips are more than every year except 2017, the oldest year in CDC tracker.
Most of the cases have been recorded in the Northeast, followed by midwests and southeast respectively. Data suggests that children under 10 and over 70 adults had the highest rate of ER trips to cut ticks.
“Humans are more out in summer so we hear more about Tick infection“SAM Telford said, a infectious pathologist at the University of Tofts. But he Takes care throughout the year Because “every season is tick season.”
WhereasTick populationMany are different from regional form, some northeastern states including Main, Massachusetts and Road Island are looking at the “average” number of American Dog Ticks this year, Telford said.
And the state of New York has seen more number of deer tick bites compared to this year as compared to last year, which Saravanan Thangamani said, which studies tick-related diseases at Suny Upstate Medical University.
How to stop a bite
While tick bites are potentially dangerous, it does not mean that people need to stop enjoying outside.
“There are many things that we can help prevent and prevent possible contractions of lime disease [a] Tick Bite, “According to Dr. Christopher Bazoli, an emergency medical doctor at Cleveland Clinic.” We start with clothes, making sure that the fabrics are tucked, good fitting socks, pants, long pants, long sleeve shirts, and then repellent are very effective. ,
Bazzoli says that ticks are attracted under weapons such as moist, warm areas or from behind knees. When checking for the ticks, however, each inch should be examined, including someone’s head.
Should you find a tick, recommends using bazzoli timezers and getting the tick directly up before it is as close as possible for the skin. If it does not come out clean, the tweezers can be used to remove the rest.
“We now have a break in the skin after removing a tick, and like any other brake in the skin, we need to be careful to prevent a secondary bacterial infection. And therefore, washing the area with warm and soap water is really important,” according to the Bazoli.
The symptoms that should be tested by a doctor include rash, fever, headache or fatigue.
Finally, don’t forget your beloved friends, Bezoli said. Be sure to check them well under the collar and between the toes.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
