#lyme

Three things I'm grateful for:

1. I still have a place to rest my head despite this administration.

2. I have a friend bringing me soup later today.

3. The best thing that has happened to me since I got Lyme is that I'm now sleeping a lot. I didn't really sleep much when I got COVID in March.

#3goodthings #threegoodthings #3GoodThingsToday #gratitude #Lyme

British Columbia Centre for Disease Control #BCCDC has good set of pages with information regarding #tick borne illnesses - https://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/tick-borne-diseases There are links to other resources including eTick.ca which uses your image of a tick to identify and report tick species: 82,014 reports of ticks on humans! They also have mapped where ticks which might carry Lyme disease could be found - https://maps.bccdc.ca/Lyme/ @dmacphee@mas.to#BC #outdoors #hiking #tick #Lyme #LymeDisease

CBC: ‘You’re going to be naked’: Thorough tick checks the new norm as parasitic pests spread - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/mount-allison-professor-tick-checks-9.7248664

"Find a mirror, find a friend," Lloyd said, adding that parents living in a high-tick area should be checking their young kids nightly.

Includes link to this brilliant-but-boring #NB information page - https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/ocmoh/cdc/content/vectorborne_andzoonotic/tick-borne-diseases.html And now I desperately want a similar page for #BC. (Going to look for it now.)

@dmacphee@mas.to

#adulting #ticks #Lyme #Borrelia #PublicHealth #health

“A decades-long rise in tick-borne illnesses is likely the result of suburbanization and climate change.” https://vtdigger.org/2026/06/26/lyme-disease-is-on-the-rise-in-vermont-heres-how-to-protect-yourself-and-still-enjoy-the-outdoors/ via @vtdigger@mastodon.social #Lyme #Vermont

Tick-Borne Disease Are Rising: Take These Steps to Stay Safe “Most people bitten by a Lone Star tick won’t develop an alpha-gal allergy, though some will still test positive in a blood test. Because of this, clinicians typically don’t recommend getting tested unless there’s a strong suspicion that alpha-gal allergy is causing problems. People who can avoid getting bitten again may lose the allergy after about three to five years, though it could happen quicker—or not at all” https://bit.ly/4vSecy8 #ticks #lyme