It could be a bad summer for ticks. Here’s how to protect yourself from Lyme disease

It is expected to be a bad summer for ticks. Doctors are already seeing an increase in tick bites and Lyme disease cases are rising across the state, specifically on Long Island.

“Tessa woke up one morning with her knee really, really bothering her,” said Robert Lamberson, Tessa’s father. “One knee was really blown up, like pretty swollen. We thought it might have been a break or something like that.” “We’re seeing more and more ticks biting and more and more Lyme disease,” said Dr. Andrew Handel, a pediatric infectious disease expert at Stony Brook Children's Hospital.

According to NYS DOH data, there were 16,117 cases reported in 2022 and just 6,543 cases reported in 2021. The highest number of cases comes from Suffolk County. “Just to be able to go through this and feel confident that she’s going to be okay, it takes a scary situation and turns it into something way more manageable,” said Lamberson.

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