Reduce your chance of tick bite
05/20/09 11:12 Filed in: Lyme Disease Prevention
Learn about tick bites.
• Avoid likely tick-infested areas such as wooded, bushy areas or places with high grass and leaf litter - especially from May through the fall, when ticks are most active.
• When in likely tick areas, wear insect repellent with 20 percent DEET or more.
• Light-colored clothing helps you spot ticks more easily. Also, wear long sleeves and pants, tucking your shirt into your pants and you pant legs into your shoes.
• Before going indoors, perform a tick check on yourself.
• If you find any, use a fine-tipped tweezer to remove. Grab the tick close to the skin, and do not twist or jerk.
Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Avoid likely tick-infested areas such as wooded, bushy areas or places with high grass and leaf litter - especially from May through the fall, when ticks are most active.
• When in likely tick areas, wear insect repellent with 20 percent DEET or more.
• Light-colored clothing helps you spot ticks more easily. Also, wear long sleeves and pants, tucking your shirt into your pants and you pant legs into your shoes.
• Before going indoors, perform a tick check on yourself.
• If you find any, use a fine-tipped tweezer to remove. Grab the tick close to the skin, and do not twist or jerk.
Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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