HOW TO TREAT A TICK BITE

 

Print this for your doctor. Pathogens can be transmitted in a short duration of time as the pathogens can be in the saliva of a tick. The "wait and see" method for treating can be very dangerous. We encourage all patients to be their own advocates.

Treating a Tick Bite

 

FREE TICK TESTING

Tick testing form 

About the test by Bay Area Lyme Foundation

 

IDENTIFYING TICKS

 

This is the best interactive tick chart that we have come across. Just place your curser on a photo and it shows the tick enlarged. Click on the photo and it tells you about the tick.

TickEncounter Resource Center Tick Identification Chart

 

 LymeAid 4 Kids                      

 

                    Author Amy Tan helped to create LymeAid 4 Kids with the Lyme Disease Association. 

                    LymeAid 4 Kids provides funds for families who do not have health insurance for their kids  

                    and cannot afford to see a doctor to get diagnosed or treated. The child must be under 

                    the age of 21. The application is easy. Click for more information.

                           LymeAid 4 Kids Packet