With warmer weather and backyards full of deer, Lyme disease is on the minds of the public health community.
Back in the 90s, Ohio saw a handful of Lyme disease cases. Now, that number is well into the hundreds each year. There were nearly 300 cases in 2018, according to data from the. Last year, Cuyahoga County had 25 cases, the highest in the state.
Lyme disease is spread by tick bites. The says the rise in cases is linked to climate change and suburban development which puts people in closer contact with host species like deer.
If you do get bitten by a tick, it鈥檚 important to remove it quickly and completely, with tweezers, to of disease transmission. Lyme disease will sometimes but not always be accompanied by a bull鈥檚 eye rash. Caught early, with antibiotics.
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