The Northeast's first dedicated tick clinic opened Monday on Long Island to treat tick bites and diagnose tickborne illnesses. It's located in Suffolk County, where there's been a significant rise in tick bites and infections. GusoffTV reports.
"We are one stop shopping for all things tick," Karen Wulfeffrat, the clinic's administrator said."Seeing a doctor and getting a definitive diagnosis, lab test if you need it. We also have tick removal kits that we give you." With tick-borne diseases spreading on Long Island, Sen. Schumer announces $160 million for research and eradication
"There are days you wake up and you know you're not going to function well. You wake up dizzy, you may be nauseous, bad headache, aches," Jane Held said. , a serious allergic condition caused by a lone star tick bite. "The longer you have an infection, the more side effects, or chronicity, you will have," Nachman said.
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