{"id":61,"date":"2015-04-30T00:40:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T00:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/index.php\/2015\/04\/30\/lyme-disease-spreading-as-ticks-cross\/"},"modified":"2015-06-01T19:40:30","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T19:40:30","slug":"lyme-disease-spreading-as-ticks-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2015\/04\/30\/lyme-disease-spreading-as-ticks-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyme disease spreading as ticks cross border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>By Robert Frank<\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesuburban.com\/\">www.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\nIt\u2019s Lyme disease season again. Bacteria-bearing ticks that have followed warmer climes north have carried Lyme disease across the United States border into Canada.<\/div>\n<div>\n<br \/>Until recently, Quebecers only contracted the illness if they traveled abroad. Last year, though, physicians treated about 130 Quebecers for Lyme.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\u201cQuebec winters are less cold than they used to be,\u201d observed Laval health authority spokeswoman St\u00e9phanie Daigneault. \u201cThere have been no cases of people being bitten by disease-carrying ticks in Laval, but Laval residents who have traveled abroad or visited locations in Quebec where the disease is prevalent have contracted it there, so people [who go there] have to be careful.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\n<br \/>\n\u201cThe <i>Cit\u00e9 de la sant\u00e9<\/i> [superhospital] is equipped to diagnose Lyme, and we have issued a bulletin to notify doctors to be on the lookout for symptoms associated with Lyme and to sensitize them to the risk.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\n<br \/>\n\u201cOn Montreal Island, the risk of Lyme is quite low,\u201d reassured Dr. Fran\u00e7ois Milord of Quebec\u2019s <i>Institut national de sant\u00e9 publique.<\/i> \u201cRight now, the ticks are established near the United States border.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\n<br \/>\nLyme is found in the Eastern Townships, and central Quebec, though the number of cases has spiked the most in the Mont\u00e9r\u00e9gie region south of the St. Lawrence.<\/div>\n<div>\n<br \/>\n\u201cIn 2010, there were four confirmed cases of Lyme in Mont\u00e9r\u00e9gie,\u201d Montreal public health authority spokeswoman Deborah Bonney told <i>The Suburban.<\/i> \u201cIn 2013, there were 74. Lyme disease is not active on the Island of Montreal at this time.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\n<br \/>\n\u201cThe statistics have really increased from one year to the next and are a lot higher now,\u201d agreed Sorel Hospital director of professional services Octave Desaulniers. \u201cFortunately, it\u2019s very easy to treat if it\u2019s caught in the early stages.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\n<br \/>\nThe most important thing that you can do if you\u2019re bitten is to be aware of the symptoms and not to shrug them off.<\/div>\n<div>\n<br \/>\n\u201cWe don\u2019t recommend that you visit a doctor after every tick bite,\u201d advised Dr. Milord. \u201cOnly about 15 percent of ticks are infected. We suggest that you watch for signs of the disease for a month afterward: General symptoms like fever, chills, aches and pains, or skin lesions around the bite. Sometimes the redness around the bite will grow slowly bigger and can reach 5-10 cm in diameter.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\n<br \/>\n\u201cIf you have these symptoms, report them to a doctor and treat the disease with oral antibiotics like doxycycline, the prognosis is very good,\u201d he added. \u201cLeft untreated, the disease can cause chronic arthritis and, in rare cases, neurological symptoms. In even rarer cases, it can cause a slower heartbeat that would have to be followed closely, but is usually transitory and not serious.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\u201cTicks emerge once the snow melts and the temperature rises above four to five degrees Celsius,\u201d Dr. Milord told <i>The Suburban.<\/i> \u201cThe higher the temperature, the more active it becomes. In 2013, most cases arose from June-August, most of them in Mont\u00e9r\u00e9gie.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\n<br \/>\nHe added that the measures to prevent Lyme are the same as to prevent West Nile virus, which is already found in the city.<\/div>\n<div>\n<br \/>\n\u201cInsect repellents that contain DEET are a good way to prevent both Lyme and West Nile,\u201d Dr. Milord said in an interview. \u201cIt\u2019s also advisable to cover the skin the same way that you would to avoid a mosquito bite.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\n<br \/>\n\u201cWhen a tick bites someone, it will stay attached to the skin for many days,\u201d he explained. \u201cIf you visit an area where ticks are known to prevail, then you should check your skin afterward. If you notice a tick bite, remove the tick as soon as possible and keep on the lookout for symptoms for a month.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\n<br \/>\nIf you\u2019re bitten in a region like Mont\u00e9r\u00e9gie where Lyme is well-established, it\u2019s not necessary to keep the tick, since it doesn\u2019t help with the diagnosis. However, if you\u2019re bitten elsewhere, it could be useful to store the tick in a bottle. If you come down with Lyme, then local public health authorities could use the tick for epidemiological research, Dr. Milord said.<\/div>\n<div>\n<br \/>\nThe Quebec government has published a primer on Lyme disease on the Internet which is available in English at <a href=\"http:\/\/sante.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/problemes-de-sante\/maladie-de-lyme\">sante.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/problemes-de-sante\/maladie-de-lyme<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It also contains a link to another page that explains the proper way to remove a tick that\u2019s attached to your skin.<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<br \/>\nTicks can also carry other illnesses. In Eastern Europe, they transmit tick-borne encephalitis, a severe brain disease which is not found in North America.<br \/>\n  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i[&#8216;GoogleAnalyticsObject&#8217;]=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){<br \/>\n  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),<br \/>\n  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)<br \/>\n  })(window,document,&#8217;script&#8217;,&#8217;\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js&#8217;,&#8217;ga&#8217;);<\/p>\n<p>  ga(&#8216;create&#8217;, &#8216;UA-45892555-1&#8217;, &#8216;auto&#8217;);<br \/>\n  ga(&#8216;send&#8217;, &#8216;pageview&#8217;);<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dermnet_rf_photo_of_tick_bite.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dermnet_rf_photo_of_tick_bite.jpg\" height=\"217\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<b>Don&#8217;t shrug off a tick bite.<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Robert Frank www.thesuburban.com It\u2019s Lyme disease season again. Bacteria-bearing ticks that have followed warmer climes north have carried Lyme disease across the United States border into Canada. Until recently, Quebecers only contracted the illness if they traveled abroad. Last year, though, physicians treated about 130 Quebecers for Lyme. \u201cQuebec winters are less cold than<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lyme disease spreading as ticks cross border - Newscoverage<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2015\/04\/30\/lyme-disease-spreading-as-ticks-cross\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lyme disease spreading as ticks cross border - Newscoverage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Robert Frank www.thesuburban.com It\u2019s Lyme disease season again. 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