Health Fusion: Tips for tick season
In this episode of NewsMD's podcast, "Health Fusion," Viv Williams talks to a leading tick expert about tick bite prevention.
Written By: Vivien Williams
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It is tick season. Those little creatures are quite terrifying to some people. Ticks are related to spiders and they carry pathogens that can cause diseases, such as Lyme Disease. So let's talk about what you can do to prevent tick bites.
Dr. Bobbi Pritt, director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic, says ticks do not jump or fly. Instead, they crawl up the stems of grasses and grab onto animals that walk by. She says avoiding grassy areas is tip No. 1.