Keeping your family safe
Here is a good pdf about tic’s.
http://www.ct.gov/caes/lib/caes/documents/special_features/tickhandbook.pdf
Tick Management Handbook – ct.gov
www.ct.gov
Tick Management Handbook A integrated guide for homeowners, pest control operators, and public health officials for the prevention of tick-associated disease
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Note from Aspen Hills Owner
Date: Tue, 24 May 2016
My wife and I were up in the mountain (North Fork Rd) about 2 weeks ago, Saturday/Sunday, upon arriving home on Sunday, my wife found a tick on her head, a week later she was showing all the signs of Rock Mountain Spotted Fever, we went straight to the doctor, who later confirmed it via blood tests, and was immediately put on anti-biotics (Doxycycline) before test confirmation, and has since fully recovered. Please let the members be aware that RMSF is something to not take lightly, as no doctors would have believed us, if we had not brought the tick with us. RMSF is very difficult to diagnose (a dermatologist diagnosed it as bedbugs – seriously!), and that is the reason most doctors get it wrong. If not caught early, it can be fatal.
Please forward this to all members, as it could save lives this year (as RMSF is pretty rare, but this proves that it is alive and well in our HOA boundaries)
http://www.cdc.gov/rmsf/symptoms/index.html
Regards
Ian Roux