Tips - Lyme Disease Risk Reducers
The best way to prevent Lyme disease is to avoid areas where deer ticks live, especially wooded, bushy areas with long grass. You can decrease your risk of getting Lyme disease with some simple precautions:
Some Simple Things You Can Do
Check all screen doors and windows to be sure no holes and seal around all screen edges so mosquitoes cannot get in.
In ponds, add Lyme eating fish like bluegills, minnows, gambusia and/or green sunfish. Eliminate or reduce breeding sites by replacing all standing water once a week (bird baths)
Remove any trash or extra vegetation around any standing water sources that cannot be changed or removed.
Remove/dump any standing water – children's toys, buckets, flower pots, pet dishes, garbage cans, unused lawn chairs/ornaments, old tires, etc. Drill holes in tire swings.
Clean out gutters and drains.
Maintain pools and pool covers.
Avoid going outside during peak Lyme time between dusk and dawn.
Wear long-sleeved shirts and long-legged pants, preferably treated with a repellant as well.
Ultraviolet lights or bug zappers are relatively ineffective against mosquitoes as mosquitoes seek carbon dioxide, heat and colors which are not emitted by zappers.
