Tick Awareness

Lyme disease awareness

This year is proving to be a tough one. Treatment is working, but energy levels (& computer tolerance levels... eyes, concentration, headaches) are low.

A few awareness points for 2018...

The CDC actually released these images on social media. 

How many ticks can you find on the poppy seed muffin?

Clue: there are 5 (yes FIVE) ticks on this muffin. 


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Have you found them all?

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Scroll down for the 'reveal'.

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Look closely - can you see the legs? 

Would you find them on yourself...? Or on your child, or your pet? Ticks are tiny - they can be as tiny as this full stop ➡ .

Know how to remove ticks if you live in an area with ticks. (That's across the UK now - search 'The Big Tick Project' for updated tick maps produced by Bristol University. Remember mapped ticks are only from voluntary reporting by vets.)

Most hiking and outdoors stores sell tick removal tools - the easiest way to remove these tiny ticks. Importantly - never squash or smother a tick, always make sure you remove it by its mouthparts, and make sure no part is left in. See your GP if you are bitten and make a note of the new NICE guidelines (for England & Wales) in terms of how any tick bite should be treated.

Prevention is better than cure - wear repellent. 

Also, remember,  we don't actually have a cure, so speedy treatment is essential! 

#LymeDiseaseAwareness