Donate to WERU Today!Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman
Co-Producer: Petra Hall
Technical assistance: Joel Mann & Amy Browne
Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well
This month:
– Why is prevention the best medicine when it comes to ticks? Why is it important to keep ticks off of us, to begin with?
– What is a tick borne infection? What is Lyme disease, and other tick-borne illness?
– What are the different kinds of ticks, and the diseases they may carry? Do ticks spread bacteria or viruses?
– What is a co-infection?
– What tick found in Maine, can cause severe to fatal illness in just 15 minutes (!) after a bite?
– What is a tick check? What should you do if you find a tick attached to you? What is the safest way to remove a tick? Where can we send ticks to be identified/tested?
– What is a “bullseye rash” and how could it show up differently in men & women? Does everyone get a rash when bitten by a tick?
– What type of clothing effectively reduces your chance of getting a tick bite? What is permethrin & how is it used on clothing (NOT your skin)?
– What is picaridin & other repellents which ARE applied to our skin? What works/doesn’t work to repel ticks?
Guest(s):
Dr. Beatrice Szantyr, Internist and Pediatrician who lectures on Lyme disease and related tick-borne disorders in Maine and nationally, to both professional and community groups. She is an active member of the Maine CDC Vector Borne Disease Work Group, and a member of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society. Dr. Szantyr also had served on the 2022 Federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group, Access to Care and Education Subcommittee.
FMI:
EPA info on effective repellents
www.epa.gov/insect-rep
www.epa.gov/insect-rep
University of Maine Tick Lab
Protect Yourself from ticks & tick-borne diseases:
extension.umaine.edu/t
Tick testing Amherst MA. (tests for more diseases):
www.tickreport.com
Columbia University Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center
www.columbia-lyme.org/
Lyme Disease Association
Research, Education, Prevention and Patient Support
lymediseaseassociation
Lyme disease.org
Powered by patients. Home of Lyme Times and My Lyme Data:
www.lymedisease.org/
Maine Tracking Network: Tickborne Diseases
Improving public health with better information
data.mainepublichealth
TickEncounter The University of Rhode Island
Tick-borne Disease prevention Education
web.uri.edu/tickencoun
This article is brief enough for a patient to bring to a doctor’s visit for them to consider:
The Management of Ixodes scapularis Bites in the Upper Midwest
wmjonline.org/wp-conte
PARTICULARLY FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS (& FMI for Clients):
LymeCME
Free, Evidence-based, AAFP-Accredited Courses that Physicians Can Trust
www.lymecme.info/
Invisible International
invisible.internationa
The Montecalvo Platform for Tick-borne Illness Education is a library of accredited continuing medical education (CME) courses that teach front-line clinicians about diagnosing and treating vector-borne diseases. These courses are free to all users and are accessible to both clinicians and patients online.
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Previous HEALTHY OPTIONS PROGRAMS on ticks & Lyme can also be found at:
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About the host:
Rhonda Feiman is a nationally-certified, licensed acupuncturist practicing in Belfast, Maine since 1993. She primarily practices Toyohari Japanese acupuncture, using gentle and powerful non-insertion needle techniques, and also utilizes Chinese acupuncture and herbology. In addition, Rhonda is a practitioner of Qi Gong and an instructor of Tai Chi Chuan in the Yang Family tradition.
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