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Lyme Disease

Why Do I Need to Know About Lyme Disease?

You like to be outside.

You like to camptent

or run runner     or play sports

 

                                  basketball player

childor just sit on the grass and watch the clouds go by…

But LURKING in the grass are HUNDREDS and HUNDREDSof tiny…BLOOD-SUCKING…

tick

(Source: Human Frontier Science Project)

TICKS!!!

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tick What’s the Big Deal?
tick How do I Avoid Ticks?
tick What if a Tick Bites Me?
tick What is Lyme Disease?
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What is Chronic Lyme?