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Tick bites: What’s normal, what’s not, and when to get checked

Tick bites often go unnoticed at first, but they can carry serious health risks. These tiny parasites can carry diseases such as Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, as well as dangerous ...
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When You Get Bitten By A Tick, Here's What Could Happen To Your Body

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Nothing can ruin a beautiful day spent out of doors than finding a tick attached to your body. Ticks are common all throughout the United ...
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Yikes! What does a tick look like?

You spent some time outside, and then discovered a bug on your leg. What is it? And should you be concerned? It's estimated that more than 300,000 new cases of Lyme disease develop in the United ...
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New Jersey man is first known death from meat allergy triggered by tick bites

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO FIVE IN YOUR HEALTH TONIGHT. THAT’S WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HOW A DEADLY FOOD ALLERGY IS NOW BEING LINKED TO TICK BITES. IT’S CALLED ALPHA GAL ...
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With tick bites on the rise, how to prevent Lyme disease and other illnesses

According to the CDC, tick bites and tick borne illnesses are on the rise across the country and especially in the northeast. Tick bite reporting hit record levels last year and this year, leaders in ...
Forbes

First Reported Alpha-Gal Syndrome Death, Meat Allergy From Tick Bite

The lone star tick, seen here in a vial, can transmit alpha-gal sugar and thus alpha-gal syndrome. (Staff photo by Ben McCanna/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images) Tick. Tick. Tick. It was ...