- Avoid Wooded or Grassy Areas: Ticks that cause Lyme disease tend to live in wooded and grassy areas that are humid. The CDC recommends walking in the center of paths and avoiding bushy areas and leaf piles, especially in warm weather.
- Be Mindful of Your Clothing: The CDC says you should wear light-colored clothing, long sleeve shirts, pants and high socks when in the vicinity of wooded and grassy areas.
- Use Repellent on Skin and Clothing: You should use an insect repellent that contains 20 percent DEET or more, according to the CDC. The agency also suggests using a repellant that contains permethrin on clothing for protection that can last through multiple washes. Use the Environmental Protection Agency's online tool to help find the best product for your family.
- Check for Ticks After Spending Time Outdoors: Use a mirror to conduct a full body tick check after spending time outdoors. Be sure to check in tick-prone areas, such as under the hair, under the arms, behind the ears, between the legs, inside the belly button, around the waist and behind the knees.
- If Spotted, Remove Ticks From Your Body: Wash your body within two hours of being outdoors to get rid of any ticks still crawling on you. If you find a tick, remove it immediately. With tweezers, grasp the tick as close as possible to the skin and pull straight up and away while applying pressure. Make sure all parts of the tick are removed. Clean the bite area with rubbing alcohol or with soap and water. To kill the tick, place it in a sealed bag, wrap it in tape and submerge it in alcohol or flush it down the toilet.
- Check Your Pets for Ticks: Use a repellent to prevent tick bites on your dog and a pesticide product called acaricide to kill ticks. Check your pet for tick bites after spending time outdoors and remove ticks immediately.
- Treat Your Clothing and Gear After Spending Time Outside: Examine your clothing and equipment for ticks after spending time in tick-infested areas. Tumble dry clothing to kill any ticks that may still be in contact.
- Reduce Ticks Near You: Use landscaping techniques to create a space unsuitable for ticks. Place a barrier between wooded areas and lawns using wood chips or gravel. Mow the lawn and trim the bushes. Remove garbage and old furniture. Apply pesticides outdoors.
- Check for Symptoms: Most signs of a tick-borne disease will begin to show within a few days to a few weeks after a tick bite. Untreated Lyme disease can cause a wide range of symptoms. It is important to seek medical attention if you notice a fever, rash, arthritis or facial paralysis.
- See a Doctor: It is important to see a doctor after a tick bite as soon as possible to find out the correct treatment based on the location you were bitten in and the type of tick that you were bit by.
- Get the Right Treatment: The appropriate antibiotic usually treats patients diagnosed with Lyme disease in the early stages. Patients with particular neurological or cardiac illnesses may require alternative treatment.
Avoid Direct Contact with Ticks: Keep away from off trail paths, wooded and bushy areas and leaf piles, especially in warm weather when ticks are most common. Wear light colored clothing and long sleeve shirts, pants and high socks.
Use Repellent on Skin and Clothing: Apply a product that contains 20 percent or more DEET, picaridin, or IR3535 on exposed skin for several hour protection. Use a repellant that contains permethrin on clothing for protection that can last through multiple washes. Use the Environmental Protection Agency online tool to help find the best product for your family.
Check for Ticks After Spending Time Outdoors or in Tick-Infested Areas: Use a mirror to conduct a full-body tick check. Carefully examine tick-prone areas, such as in the hair, under the arms, behind the ears, between the legs, inside the belly button, around the waist and behind the knees.
Remove Ticks From Your Body: Wash your body within two hours of being outdoors to get rid of any ticks still crawling on you. If you find a tick, remove it immediately. With tweezers, grasp the tick as close as possible to the skin and pull straight up and away while applying pressure. Make sure all parts of the tick are removed. Clean the bite area in rubbing alcohol or soap and water. To kill the tick, place it in a sealed bag, wrap it in tape, submerge it in alcohol or flush it down the toilet.
Check your Pets for Ticks: Use a repellent to prevent tick bites on your dog and a pesticide product called acaricide to kill ticks. Check your pet for tick bites after spending time outdoors and remove ticks immediately.
Treat Your Clothing and Gear: Examine your clothing and equipment for ticks. Tumble dry clothing to kill any ticks still in contact.
Reduce Tick Populations: Use landscaping techniques to create a space unsuitable for ticks. Place a barrier between wooded areas and lawns using wood chips or gravel. Mow the lawn and trim the bushes. Remove garbage and old furniture. Apply pesticides outdoors.
Natural Tick Repellents and Pesticides: Although tick repellants and pesticides are considered safe, scientists have developed all-natural products from plants that repel and kill ticks. These include 2-undecanone, garlic oil, Mixed Essential Oils (rosemary, lemongrass, cedar, peppermint, thyme, and geraniol), Nootkatone and Fungus (Metarhizium brunneum/anisopliae).
Check for Symptoms: Most signs of a tick-borne disease will begin to show within a few days to a few weeks after a tick bite. Untreated lyme disease can cause a wide range of symptoms. It is important to seek medical attention if you notice a fever, rash, arthritis and facial paralysis.
See a Doctor: It is important to see a doctor after a tick bite as soon as possible to find out the correct treatment based on the location you were bitten in and the type of tick that you were bit by.
Get the Right Treatment: The appropriate antibiotic usually treats patients diagnosed with Lyme disease in the early stages. Patients with particular neurological or cardiac illnesses may require alternative treatment. Symptoms that last more than 6 months can be referred to as “chronic Lyme disease” or “Post-treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome.”
Avoid Direct Contact with Ticks: Keep away from off trail paths, wooded and bushy areas and leaf piles, especially in warm weather when ticks are most common. Wear light colored clothing and long sleeve shirts, pants and high socks.
Use Repellent on Skin and Clothing: Apply a product that contains 20 percent or more DEET, picaridin, or IR3535 on exposed skin for several hour protection. Use a repellant that contains permethrin on clothing for protection that can last through multiple washes. Use the Environmental Protection Agency online tool to help find the best product for your family.
Check for Ticks After Spending Time Outdoors or in Tick-Infested Areas: Use a mirror to conduct a full-body tick check. Carefully examine tick-prone areas, such as in the hair, under the arms, behind the ears, between the legs, inside the belly button, around the waist and behind the knees.
Remove Ticks From Your Body: Wash your body within two hours of being outdoors to get rid of any ticks still crawling on you. If you find a tick, remove it immediately. With tweezers, grasp the tick as close as possible to the skin and pull straight up and away while applying pressure. Make sure all parts of the tick are removed. Clean the bite area in rubbing alcohol or soap and water. To kill the tick, place it in a sealed bag, wrap it in tape, submerge it in alcohol or flush it down the toilet.
Check your Pets for Ticks: Use a repellent to prevent tick bites on your dog and a pesticide product called acaricide to kill ticks. Check your pet for tick bites after spending time outdoors and remove ticks immediately.
Treat Your Clothing and Gear: Examine your clothing and equipment for ticks. Tumble dry clothing to kill any ticks still in contact.
Reduce Tick Populations: Use landscaping techniques to create a space unsuitable for ticks. Place a barrier between wooded areas and lawns using wood chips or gravel. Mow the lawn and trim the bushes. Remove garbage and old furniture. Apply pesticides outdoors.
Natural Tick Repellents and Pesticides: Although tick repellants and pesticides are considered safe, scientists have developed all-natural products from plants that repel and kill ticks. These include 2-undecanone, garlic oil, Mixed Essential Oils (rosemary, lemongrass, cedar, peppermint, thyme, and geraniol), Nootkatone and Fungus (Metarhizium brunneum/anisopliae).
Check for Symptoms: Most signs of a tick-borne disease will begin to show within a few days to a few weeks after a tick bite. Untreated lyme disease can cause a wide range of symptoms. It is important to seek medical attention if you notice a fever, rash, arthritis and facial paralysis.
See a Doctor: It is important to see a doctor after a tick bite as soon as possible to find out the correct treatment based on the location you were bitten in and the type of tick that you were bit by.
Get the Right Treatment: The appropriate antibiotic usually treats patients diagnosed with Lyme disease in the early stages. Patients with particular neurological or cardiac illnesses may require alternative treatment. Symptoms that last more than 6 months can be referred to as “chronic Lyme disease” or “Post-treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome.”
Avoid Direct Contact with Ticks: Keep away from off trail paths, wooded and bushy areas and leaf piles, especially in warm weather when ticks are most common. Wear light colored clothing and long sleeve shirts, pants and high socks.
Use Repellent on Skin and Clothing: Apply a product that contains 20 percent or more DEET, picaridin, or IR3535 on exposed skin for several hour protection. Use a repellant that contains permethrin on clothing for protection that can last through multiple washes. Use the Environmental Protection Agency online tool to help find the best product for your family.
Check for Ticks After Spending Time Outdoors or in Tick-Infested Areas: Use a mirror to conduct a full-body tick check. Carefully examine tick-prone areas, such as in the hair, under the arms, behind the ears, between the legs, inside the belly button, around the waist and behind the knees.
Remove Ticks From Your Body: Wash your body within two hours of being outdoors to get rid of any ticks still crawling on you. If you find a tick, remove it immediately. With tweezers, grasp the tick as close as possible to the skin and pull straight up and away while applying pressure. Make sure all parts of the tick are removed. Clean the bite area in rubbing alcohol or soap and water. To kill the tick, place it in a sealed bag, wrap it in tape, submerge it in alcohol or flush it down the toilet.
Check your Pets for Ticks: Use a repellent to prevent tick bites on your dog and a pesticide product called acaricide to kill ticks. Check your pet for tick bites after spending time outdoors and remove ticks immediately.
Treat Your Clothing and Gear: Examine your clothing and equipment for ticks. Tumble dry clothing to kill any ticks still in contact.
Reduce Tick Populations: Use landscaping techniques to create a space unsuitable for ticks. Place a barrier between wooded areas and lawns using wood chips or gravel. Mow the lawn and trim the bushes. Remove garbage and old furniture. Apply pesticides outdoors.
Natural Tick Repellents and Pesticides: Although tick repellants and pesticides are considered safe, scientists have developed all-natural products from plants that repel and kill ticks. These include 2-undecanone, garlic oil, Mixed Essential Oils (rosemary, lemongrass, cedar, peppermint, thyme, and geraniol), Nootkatone and Fungus (Metarhizium brunneum/anisopliae).
Check for Symptoms: Most signs of a tick-borne disease will begin to show within a few days to a few weeks after a tick bite. Untreated lyme disease can cause a wide range of symptoms. It is important to seek medical attention if you notice a fever, rash, arthritis and facial paralysis.
See a Doctor: It is important to see a doctor after a tick bite as soon as possible to find out the correct treatment based on the location you were bitten in and the type of tick that you were bit by.
Get the Right Treatment: The appropriate antibiotic usually treats patients diagnosed with Lyme disease in the early stages. Patients with particular neurological or cardiac illnesses may require alternative treatment. Symptoms that last more than 6 months can be referred to as “chronic Lyme disease” or “Post-treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome.”
