New Tick Season Raises Disease Concerns

Tick surge likely...

Be on the lookout for a possible tick increase this summer.

Everybody knows about Lyme disease. But experts say the Northern United States may be in for a bad tick season this summer, raising concerns about Lyme and other scary tick-borne diseases, including the Powassan virus, which causes encephalitis and can leave people with permanent neurological damage, Dr. Perri Klass reports on nytimes.com.

“This spring definitely seems worse than others I remember,” said Dr. Catherine Wiley, chief of general pediatrics at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. “People are coming in from the yard with numerous ticks on them.”

For more, including tips on how to cope with a possible tick surge this summer: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/03/well/family/with-a-tick-boom-its-not-just-lyme-disease-you-have-to-fear.html?smid=nytcore-iphone-share&smprod=nytcore-iphone

Photo: nytimes.com.

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