WILLOUGHBY, Ohio — The beginning of July means summer is now in full swing and along with it is tick season.
“We’ve only had Lyme disease in Ohio for about five years now, other than the occasional sporadic case that would come across from Pennsylvania or from somebody traveling but now we have it here.” With the spot growing, he went to urgent care, where he was put on an antibiotic and eventually to the emergency room, where he was put on something stronger. Tests last week came back positive for Lyme disease."If you get treatment at that point, you can avoid symptoms. You often won't get a fever the muscle aches, the headaches, the cardiac complications, the joint complications,” she said. “Treated early Lyme disease is no problem.
"Typically, when they're here sniffing the edges, that's where they'll pick up the ticks that fall off of the deer,” he said of the higher grass and brush off the side of a trail. “So as they touch the little leaves and stuff like that, that's where they get it. “They get it on their face; they come up to you for some love and when you give them the love, they give you the tick.
If you’re going to be outside where ticks may be present, you’re encouraged to wear a long-sleeved shirt tucked into long pants, preferably light in color, so the ticks can be more easily spotted.