9How to Prevent Lyme Disease
The key to preventing Lyme disease is to avoid direct contact with an infected tick. This can be done by following some specific precautions as follow:
– Look for signs of ticks in your pets
– After hiking or walking in wooded or grassy areas, change the clothes or thoroughly look for signs of ticks, especially on the armpits, scalp, or groin
– Walk or hike in the middle of the trail to avoid high grass
– Treat footwear and clothing with permethrin, a potent insect repellant that may still be effective after a few items of washing
– Applying insect repellant on all exposed skin and clothing when you walk in grassy or wooded areas in which ticks may grow [10]
