Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
You don't have to find a tick to have been bitten by one. Dr. Marie Matheson, co-founder of Bio Heal Ottawa, tells Counterpoint host Tanya Granic Allen that 50% of her patients never recall a tick bite or a rash, because nymph ticks can be the size of a pencil dot, smaller than a sesame seed, and they secrete a substance that numbs your skin the moment they attach. You never feel it happen.
#lymedisease #ticks #tickbite #tickborneillness #nymphticks #lymeawareness #healthcanada #canadianhealth #tickseason #preventionmatters #thenewsforumca #counterpoint
You don't have to find a tick to have been bitten by one. Dr. Marie Matheson, co-founder of Bio Heal Ottawa, tells Counterpoint host Tanya Granic Allen that 50% of her patients never recall a tick bite or a rash, because nymph ticks can be the size of a pencil dot, smaller than a sesame seed, and they secrete a substance that numbs your skin the moment they attach. You never feel it happen.
#lymedisease #ticks #tickbite #tickborneillness #nymphticks #lymeawareness #healthcanada #canadianhealth #tickseason #preventionmatters #thenewsforumca #counterpoint
