Let's talk about ticks! Some education to share. Join a conversation with Chemed's PA, Yehuda Naiman

guys I'm back with yud fromed UD we never spoke about tick I think it's pretty important right now it's the summer season let's say what you have to say about it what people should know about tick to begin with is uh there are three different types of tick they are the deer tix which are the blacklegged ones and that's the one that carries lime uh there are other ones in our area which are the uh dog ticks as well as the lone star ticks um so there are a lot of different ticks obviously that could uh we could find on ourselves now the first thing regarding tix is prevention now what we want to do with prevention is anytime people are outdoors in High Grass areas wooded areas forests is uh to make sure they're wearing uh long sleeves uh you know covering their legs fully um to prevent the uh ticks from grasping onto us as well as spraying some type of De spray uh to again repel these uh ticks um now let's say someone finds something on them they find a tick so what do you do about it so um what people should know at first is that regardless of what type of tick it is um is that if it's there for less than 36 hours um you don't have to worry about lime disease okay that's only if it's there for 36 hours and more so again if you see it on yourself and you know it wasn't there before if you see it on your child you've bathed them the night before and you know it's not there before uh it's not something you have to worry about now what you should do is obviously uh you try to remove it and remove it safely um we do have there is a kit out there that people could get uh which you can find which uh if you follow the instructions carefully um that could help uh to remove uh the tick safely if you're nervous about it uh or again if you're unsure exactly how long this tick was on obviously come into us and what we could do is um you know with our experience a lot of times we could identify on the spot you know what type of tick it is to see if it's Lyme disease is concerning or not um if it's you know they are over 36 hours uh and then has been even if it you removed it yourself but if it was you know within 72 hours of removal um and we obviously see that it is um a concerning type of tech um we can treat it we could give you antibiotics for it it's a one-time dose uh and that uh for the most part usually uh helps prevent the uh progression of Lyme disease and if it's there for over 36 hours or unsure uh how long it's been there for then what can be done is sometimes blood work we could do blood work for lme uh however that cannot be done immediately uh we will obviously order it for you but the blower can only be done around 3 to 6 weeks after uh the tick bite however if you develop symptoms let's say you get uh what's known classically as the bullseye rash which is a red ring with you know Central clearing and then a red uh Mark in the center um that is you know an indication of Lyme disease obviously come in if that does happen again we could treat it uh with antibiotics uh and uh you know if you develop any other symptoms um whether it's weakness fatigue uh muscle pains um so any of those type of things joint pain if that does happen especially with a history uh of a concerning type of tick again blood work uh can be done uh and sometimes even if negative because tested early sometimes we will repeat it a couple weeks later and then again there is treatment for it uh so in short if you find a tick on you um again if it's less than 36 hours you can remove it yourself at home if you're unsure how long it's there for come in let us remove it let us identify what it is and guide you uh to their appropriate treatments