Marshfield Clinic Health System Offering Tick Identification Cards
Wednesday, July 10th, 2019 -- 8:59 AM
(Hub City Times) -If you spend time outdoors in Wisconsin, chances are you’re at some risk for Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses.It’s important to know about tick-borne illnesses because Wisconsin has one of the highest rates of Lyme disease in the nation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and more than 300,000 cases are diagnosed each year across the U.S. To help people who are heading for the outdoors learn more about tick-borne illnesses, Marshfield Clinic Health System is offering a set of new tick identification cards. Brochure, and wallet-sized cards depict actual tick sizes and appearances for common Wisconsin ticks, blacklegged (deer), wood and a newcomer, the lone star tick.
They also list diseases transmitted by ticks along with prevention tips, symptoms and instructions on how to remove an attached tick. The brochure-sized card includes a 2018 map of confirmed Wisconsin Lyme cases by county, showing spread of the disease. The cards are online at https://marshfieldresearch.org/nfmc/lyme-disease. To request printed copies, email [email protected] or phone 1-800-662-6900 and press 0.
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