Service/Program:
Ticks
Description of service/program:
Diseases spread by ticks are an increasing concern in Ohio and are being reported to the Ohio Department of Health more frequently in the past decade, with Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) being the most common. Other tickborne diseases such as anaplasmosis, babesiosis and ehrlichiosis are also on the rise.
How to Prevent Tick Bites:
- Avoid areas where high grass, leaves, trees, and other vegetation touches your clothes.
- Walk in the center of outdoor trails.
- Use EPA registered insect repellents on exposed skin and clothing.
- Tuck pant legs into socks, and shirts into pants.
- Do a tick check of your whole body every day, even if you were only in your backyard.
- Tumble clothing you’ve worn on high heat in a dryer to kill any ticks on clothing.
- If you get a tick bite, remove the tick with a tweezer by holding the tweezers close to the tick’s head and pulling upward with steady pressure.
Tick Bite Assessment Tool: A tool to assist people in removing attached ticks and seeking health care, if appropriate, after a tick bite.
https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/communication-resources/tick-bite-bot-1.html
Medina County Health Department – https://communitynavigator.theconnectorproject.org/medina-county-health-department/