Tick awarness week / year

Tick awarness week is bought to you by Lymes Disease Charity BADA-UK (Borreliosis and Associated Diseases Awareness-UK) to warn people to be aware of the Tick Borne disease. This menace will and can effect anyone and everyone young and old including your favoured pet. If you enjoy the countryside, as many thousands of us do whether it be going for a walk, picnic, playing golf or shooting you stand the risk picking up a Tick.

Wendy Fox, Chair of BADA-UK, and a Lyme disease sufferer says "Many areas with good ground cover and diverse wildlife (such as squirrels, hedgehogs and deer) can pose a potential risk"

Most people think that this awfull Tick is only to be found in the highlands of Scotland, but you would so very wrong, we in the Central part of the UK have just as many if not more than the north as more and more infections are being seen and treated by doctors due to the awareness bought by BADA and the internet.

So what should we do? well firstly if you are going out in the countryside for any reason make sure you are dressed well, keep legs covered, wear good footwear, use a insect repellent one that will be effective for Ticks as most aren't such as Life Systems 50+

Once you get home check yourself all over and dare i say even your intimate area's as i have been told a story by a very prolific deer stalker of him finding one.......erm......yes down there!!!! Ouch! If one is found how is best to remove it?? Many people will tell you "just pinch it off", "Pull it off with a pair of tweezers" or even "Burn it off with a cigarette" NO, NO, NO!!!

Not removing a Tick correctly is where the Lyme disease can and will be transfered into your blood stream causing the infection. What you need to do is use the correct tool the O'Tom Tick Remover as this will get right around the neck of the tick and as your twist and pull gently it will remove the whole tick without leaving the head of the Tick still in you where the Lyme's disease is.

O'Tom Tick Remover
What is the results of Lyme's disease? Lyme disease is transmitted via the bite of an infected tick and can lead to serious complications including damage to the nervous system, joints, heart and other tissues.

So take care out there but still have fun and enjoy our wonderfull countryside we have.

We look forward to hearing your comments

Phil
Field and Moor