Lyme Disease

Children and Lyme

All About Ticks and Lyme for Kids, Teens and Parents

The following links are from the Nemours Foundation, an organization dedicated to providing medical services to chronically ill children:

For Kids:

• Hey! A Tick Bit Me!  
• I Feel Sick! Lyme Disease  
• What to Do When You’re Bugged by Bugs  
• Camping and Woods Safety for Kids  

For Teens:

• About Lyme Disease  
• What’s My Lyme Disease Risk?
• About Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever  
• Camping Basics  

For Parents:

• Infections: Lyme Disease  
• Infections: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever  
• Evaluate Your Child’s Lyme Risk  
• Woods and Camping Safety for the Whole Family  
• When to Call Your Child’s Doctor  
• Children and Fevers  
• When Kids Get Headaches  

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