Tick season underway: How to keep yourself safe from the pesky bugs
The Toledo-Lucas County Health Department recommends a four-step process to prevent ticks: protect, check, remove and watch. The Toledo-Lucas County Health Department has issued a four-step process to prevent ticks, including protect, check, remove, and watch. The director of community and environmental health at TLCHD, Jennifer Gottschalk, recommends using EPA-registered bug repellant with DEET when outside and wearing light-colored clothing. If a tick is not removed, it can feed on your skin for several days and fill up with blood, potentially leading to Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Watch for symptoms like fever, joint pain, muscle aches and rashes if you discover a tick has latched on to you.
Publicado : hace 11 meses por Mario Dunham en Health Environment
The Toledo-Lucas County Health Department recommends a four-step process to prevent ticks: protect, check, remove and watch.
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TOLEDO, Ohio — Weather is heating up and people are beginning to enjoy walks throughout the city and in Metroparks.
When walking these paths through grassy and wooded areas, the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department wants you to be aware of pesky ticks.
All it takes is your leg to brush up against a leaf and a tick may crawl on your body.
Jennifer Gottschalk, the director of community and environmental health at TLCHD shares tips on how to stay safe while walking on trails.
"You can use EPA-registered bug repellant with DEET when you go outside. Go ahead and follow the label and spray that on yourself," Gottschalk said. "When you're going outside and walking through your trails, wear light-colored clothing. That way, if a tick were to show up on your clothing, it's easier to see."
If a tick is not removed, it can feed on your skin for several days and fill up with blood. If a tick stays on your skin long enough, then you are at risk of getting Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.
Remember to watch for symptoms like fever, joint pain, muscle aches and rashes if you discover a tick has latched on to you.
"The cases are less than 10 in 2024. Again, tick season is just starting," Gottschalk said. "We'll see those increase possibly at the end of the summer or early into fall. In 2023, we had at least 17 cases of Lyme disease in Lucas County and we've had zero deaths in Ohio from Lyme disease."
Temas: Environment-ESG