We have Insectishield clothes and religiously use insect repellent, and do tick checks. Any tick found can/should be sent to the Upstate Medical lab for free testing for tick borne disease.
https://www.newyorkupstate.com/news/2019/06/upstate-lab-tests-ticks-for-diseases-for-free.html Kate and John Finn On Mon, Mar 20, 2023, 7:49 AM Lanie Wilmarth <lwilmarth...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks everybody for filling me in! > > On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 7:34 AM Scott Brim <scott.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> You don't need the article. Just look up babesia / babesiosis. I had it >> two summers ago along with Lyme when it was still rare here. It's a single >> celled organism that attacks red blood cells and platelets, like malaria, >> and is treated the same way as malaria, not Lyme or anaplasmosis (look that >> up too). When I had it, no one I went to had heard of it until I got to Dr. >> Macqueen, who had dealt with it in Maine. Now I'm sure the medical >> community knows about it. Most people fight it off eventually, but it can >> possibly kill and can definitely linger in your system. I want to praise >> Dr. Macqueen and the Cayuga Center for Infectious diseases. >> >> Scott >> >> On Mon, Mar 20, 2023, 06:43 Maryfaith Miller <merrymilkm...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Paywall 😢 >>> >>> On Sun, Mar 19, 2023, 8:58 PM Peter Saracino <petersarac...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/health/babesiosis-tick-disease-northeast.html >>>> >>>> -- >>>> *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* >>>> Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> >>>> Rules and Information >>>> <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> >>>> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >>>> <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> >>>> *Archives:* >>>> The Mail Archive >>>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> >>>> Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> >>>> BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> >>>> *Please submit your observations to eBird >>>> <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* >>>> -- >>>> >>> -- >>> *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* >>> Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> >>> Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> >>> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >>> <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> >>> *Archives:* >>> The Mail Archive >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> >>> Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> >>> BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> >>> *Please submit your observations to eBird >>> <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* >>> -- >>> >> -- >> *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* >> Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> >> Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> >> *Archives:* >> The Mail Archive >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> >> Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> >> BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> >> *Please submit your observations to eBird >> <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* >> -- >> > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
