 Lyme disease season
VANCOUVER/CKNW(AM980) - Spring is here and with it comes warmer weather, and ticks.
The Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation is warning people of lyme-disease carrying ticks, which are carried around by migratory birds.
The Foundation says up to 200,000 human cases of lyme disease occur each year in the U-S, but they don't yet have numbers for Canada because there is no standard surveillance system to count the illness. Lyme disease can cause serious health problems in the brain, heart, and nervous system and may be misdiagnosed as other illnesses.
The Foundation warns Canadians not to rub up against tall grass or brush when they're outside, wear a repellant containing DEET and do a full body check for ticks on yourself, children and pets. |