Ticks And Lyme

Ticks attack during hot weather. Bugs like these are classified as parasites and are known to suck blood from their victims. The biggest threat they pose to human kind is that the disease they cause could be transmitted from the infected animals to humans. The disease is called Lyme and is very contagious.

I live in a place near an arable land, and whenever the hot season comes, I always stay away from trees, since ticks sometimes just fall from the trees on their targets. Also, since there are many stray dogs in our neighborhood, they are capable of carrying the disease. I once saw a child infected with the disease. The symptoms are horrible. Lyme causes the victim headache, muscular pains, and even swollen glands. As soon as the bacteria have infiltrated the whole body system, fever, numbness, and vision impairment follows.

I advise that should one want to go into the woodlands or parks with green fields, he or she must wear socks, shoes, and light-colored clothes. As for girls with long hair like me, I suggest that it is better to tie the hair so ticks will have hard time penetrating the strands to cling on the scalp. There is no room for panic; I say prevention is better than cure.