How to Avoid Tick Bites: Personal Protection, Prevention, and Landscape Modifications (FREE Seminar)

Overview: Maryland is one of the top ten states most affected by Lyme Disease and Howard County is the second hardest hit county in the state according to the Howard County Health Department. Since summer is here, with it comes concerns about being bitten by disease-transmitting ticks. Information on Lyme disease symptoms, ticks and their habitats, tick repellents, protective outdoor-clothing, and suggestions on modifications to home landscapes to reduce
tick encounters will be presented through PowerPoint slides.

At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:

*Recognize symptoms *Avoid tick habitats *Use
tick repellents and tick-protective clothing effectively *Modify their home landscape to reduce tick populations *Lessen their anxiety about the outdoors and tick bites.

Presenter: Dr. Ron Hamlen is vice-chair of the Southeast Pennsylvania Lyme Disease Association and an active member of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS).  To review some of his tick borne disease related publications, please click here.

Visit the Howard County Lyme Awareness website at https://sites.google.com/site/marylandlyme/md-support-groups/howard-county-lyme-awareness