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Home / Lyme Disease Awareness / While You Are Enjoying the Outdoors, Beware of Ticks

While You Are Enjoying the Outdoors, Beware of Ticks

April 26, 2021 By Johns Hopkins Lyme Disease Research Center

While outside walking, hiking, playing sports, gardening, or relaxing, please be aware of Lyme disease.

  • Lyme disease is a worldwide tick-borne epidemic.
  • There are ~476,000 new cases each year in the US alone.
  • This multi-system bacterial infection is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected deer tick.
  • Every age is at risk for contracting Lyme disease and tick-borne illness.
  • Early diagnosis enables early treatment and the best prognosis.
  • Delayed treatment is associated with more persistent symptoms that can be debilitating.

Prevention is Key. Daily Practices Matter.

  • Enjoy the outdoors safely by using preventative measures  to minimize your Lyme disease and tick-borne disease risk.
  • Do daily tick-checks.
  • Learn what to do after a tick bite.

Suspicious Rash or Flu-Like Symptoms?

If you have a suspicious expanding red circular rash and/or flu-like symptoms such as fever, achiness, extreme fatigue, severe headache or neckache, this could be acute Lyme disease. Please seek medical care immediately.

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