‘Part Of Your Morning Routine’: Health Officials Urge Daily Tick Checks To Prevent Lyme Disease
Dead black-legged ticks, viewed through the eyepiece of a microscope. The bugs can carry Lyme disease and other illnesses. Luke Hendry / Postmedia
Dead black-legged ticks, viewed through the eyepiece of a microscope. The bugs can carry Lyme disease and other illnesses. Luke Hendry / Postmedia
Bug spray and daily tick checks should become part of the summer routine now that Ottawa is a Lyme disease risk area, says Ottawa Medical Officer of Health Dr. Vera Etches.
“What I am encouraging people to do is think of it as part of your morning routine.”
Etches said prevention and surveillance are the best ways to prevent Lyme disease, which can have serious health effects.
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