Rise in ticks could make this summer worst season in years

Diseases carried by ticks are on the rise (see: https://youtu.be/5zlXGlTZgiY ) and some scientists predicting that this summer could be the worst tick season in years. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/lyme-disease-bad-year-predicted-to-rise/

From May to July, people will get more tick bites than any other time.

While more than 30,000 cases of Lyme disease are confirmed nationwide each year, studies suggest the actual number is closer to 300,000.

Ticks can also carry other serious illnesses. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/tick-bite-coma-powassan-virus-cape-cod-man/

Dr. David Agus told "CBS This Morning" that two warm winters in a row are partly to blame for the surging number of ticks. Another reason is that there has been a record harvest of acorn—a favorite food of mice in the wild.

"Acorns are what mice eat and mice carry ticks. So with mice happy and running around, we're going to see more ticks this year," Agus said.

Lyme disease is one of the most common illnesses associated with ticks and one of the more difficult to diagnose.

"The real problem is ... the one FDA-approved Lyme test doesn't really turn positive in most cases 'til four to six weeks afterwards, and not even in all cases does it turn positive," Agus explained. So people who were more recently infected might get a false negative test result.

According to Agus, "Doctors are told 'if you think Lyme disease, treat for Lyme disease'"—even without a positive test result.

In addition to Lyme, there are other dangerous diseases ticks carry, and they're also on the rise.

"There are more and more of these diseases and some of them can even be fatal," Agus said. "We're seeing diseases like Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever http://www.cbsnews.com/news/indiana-toddler-dies-tick-bite-organ-failure-rocky-mountain-spotted-fever/ , Powassan http://www.cbsnews.com/news/experts-warn-of-deadly-tick-borne-powassan-virus/ —which is the potential deadly one—Babesiosis and lots of other ones."

Tips for preventing tick bites:

- Wear long sleeves and pants

- Use repellent with 20 percent DEET or more

- Do body checks

- Cut the grass short

- Put clothes in the dryer for ten minutes; the heat will kill any ticks

How to remove a tick:

- Use fine-tipped tweezers

- Put tweezers at the base of the tick, where the head is

- Pull upward

- Clean area with rubbing alcohol

See also: CDC advises you may need multiple Lyme disease tests after a tick bite - ABC 30-06-2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnE2v55Red4&t=7s

See also: Tick warning - Toddler died after tick bite - WTHR 06-06-2017 https://youtu.be/i-UGxdASZBY

See also the longer segment on 6 o'clock News here: Family: Toddler died after tick bite - WTHR 06-06-2017 https://youtu.be/7y52h3kFqbY

See also: 20-Year-Old Dies From Tick Bite: Warning Of Tick Borne Illnesses - NewsChannel5 07-06-2017 https://youtu.be/3wNsclcDXpo

More information about Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever here: https://www.cdc.gov/rmsf/symptoms/index.html

Read also: Can Ticks Transmit Disease in Just 10 Minutes? https://www.mosquitosquad.com/blog/archives/2014/08/27/can-ticks-transmit-disease-in-just-10-minutes/

Read also: Lyme Disease Hitting Record Levels, Making Prevention a Summer Priority http://www.newsmax.com/Health/Headline/lyme-disease-record-levels/2017/07/03/id/799499/

See more video's and information about Lyme Disease here on Lyme Channel: http://bit.ly/2qLgv9g and here on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2rBchR0

Lyme disease is one of the fastest spreading infectious diseases in the world.

Lyme disease is almost twice as common as breast cancer and six times more common than HIV/AIDS!

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