HARDSCIENCEONLYME Lyme disease prevention. Two Effective Practices?
The second prevention idea he discussed was encouraging people to shower after exposure to tick environments. Obviously, the sooner a tick is removed from the body the less exposure risk there is to disease. Some ticks that are not attached may fall off from the water from mere act of showering, clothing which may be harboring ticks is removed reducing exposure, and the person showering may feel an attached tick which can then be safely removed.
You can follow additional comments on Lyme policy at www.lymepolicywonk.org. You can contact Lorraine Johnson, JD, MBA at lbjohnson@lymedisease.org.
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