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What is lyme disease (also known as borreila burgdorferi)? How do you avoid lyme disease? What are lyme disease treatments and cures? Let Peter break it all down for you.
all has arrived. This is the season that transforms our forests with a beautiful display of color and fills our kitchens with the smell of pumpkin pie and apple cider. It also brings something far less pleasant to our forests and hiking trails — blacklegged ticks.
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In parts of central and eastern Canada, October and November are peak activity times for adult blacklegged ticks or “deer ticks” (Ixodes scapularis). Spring is also a peak time for adult activity, while nymphal blacklegged ticks are active late spring and early summer. This means they are hungry for blood and will climb up onto low-lying vegetation in the forest to wait for their meal. This might be a deer or a raccoon — or it could be you, me, or our pets.
read the full article: inverse.com/article/50227-avoid-ticks-and-lyme-disease-in-fall
Aside from the inherent revulsion many people feel towards ticks, some species pose a risk to human and animal health. The blacklegged tick can transmit several pathogens — most notably Borrelia burgdorferi, which can cause Lyme disease in humans, dogs, and horses.
Lyme disease in humans is a potentially debilitating disease that can cause long-term symptoms like fatigue, joint pain, arthritis, facial paralysis, and neurological disorders if left untreated. In dogs, the most characteristic sign is a shifting lameness, usually accompanied with general malaise. In rare cases, it can lead to a form of kidney failure.
As a veterinarian and researcher, my work focuses on ticks and tick-borne diseases, specifically those that affect both humans and animals. Over the past few years, we have certainly seen dramatic changes in our tick populations in Canada.
While this doesn’t mean we should curtail our outdoor activities, it does mean we need to think much more carefully about tick prevention.
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What is lyme disease (also known as borreila burgdorferi)? How do you avoid lyme disease? What are lyme disease treatments and cures? Let Peter break it all down for you.
all has arrived. This is the season that transforms our forests with a beautiful display of color and fills our kitchens with the smell of pumpkin pie and apple cider. It also brings something far less pleasant to our forests and hiking trails — blacklegged ticks.
Subscribe to Inverse! http://goo.gl/VJUxU2
In parts of central and eastern Canada, October and November are peak activity times for adult blacklegged ticks or “deer ticks” (Ixodes scapularis). Spring is also a peak time for adult activity, while nymphal blacklegged ticks are active late spring and early summer. This means they are hungry for blood and will climb up onto low-lying vegetation in the forest to wait for their meal. This might be a deer or a raccoon — or it could be you, me, or our pets.
read the full article: inverse.com/article/50227-avoid-ticks-and-lyme-disease-in-fall
Aside from the inherent revulsion many people feel towards ticks, some species pose a risk to human and animal health. The blacklegged tick can transmit several pathogens — most notably Borrelia burgdorferi, which can cause Lyme disease in humans, dogs, and horses.
Lyme disease in humans is a potentially debilitating disease that can cause long-term symptoms like fatigue, joint pain, arthritis, facial paralysis, and neurological disorders if left untreated. In dogs, the most characteristic sign is a shifting lameness, usually accompanied with general malaise. In rare cases, it can lead to a form of kidney failure.
As a veterinarian and researcher, my work focuses on ticks and tick-borne diseases, specifically those that affect both humans and animals. Over the past few years, we have certainly seen dramatic changes in our tick populations in Canada.
While this doesn’t mean we should curtail our outdoor activities, it does mean we need to think much more carefully about tick prevention.
New Merch! 'Science & Chill t-shirts! inverse.com/tshirts
We have newsletters: inverse.com/newsletter
Watch our new show Squad Up: The Fortnite Talk Show!
youtube.com/watch?v=Oi-prnCYnAQ&list=PLh9sgDrUcPgX_oLis3mNzFtUmPZQVhgBc
About Inverse
Inverse sparks curiosity about the future. We explore the science of anything, innovations that shape tomorrow, and ideas that stretch our minds. Our goal is to motivate the next generation to build a better world.
http://www.inverse.com
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