{"id":37571,"date":"2025-07-10T22:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T22:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/tick-bites-are-sending-more-people-to-the-er-this-summer-an-expert-explains-why\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T22:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T22:14:10","slug":"tick-bites-are-sending-more-people-to-the-er-this-summer-an-expert-explains-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/tick-bites-are-sending-more-people-to-the-er-this-summer-an-expert-explains-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Tick bites are sending more people to the ER this summer. An expert explains why."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Emergency room visits for tick bites this year are at the highest levels since 2019, according to data from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/ticks\/data-research\/facts-stats\/tick-bite-data-tracker.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The rise is especially prevalent <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/new-england-worst-tick-season-5-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">in the Northeast<\/a><\/span>, where June figures show 229 tick bites per every 100,000 visits to ERs \u2014 up from 167 per 100,000 visits in June 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Tick bites can land someone in the hospital due to a number of tick-borne illnesses. <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/what-is-lyme-disease-symptoms-test-treatment-tick-chronic-illness\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Lyme disease<\/a><\/span>, for example, can cause severe symptoms in people who were bitten by ticks carrying the borrelia bacteria. Different types of infected ticks can spread other bacteria, viruses and parasites that make people sick. For example, black-legged ticks, also called deer ticks, can also spread\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/tick-borne-illness-case-rise-babesiosis-new-york-new-jersey-connecticut\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">babesiosis<\/a><\/span>, anaplasmosis and\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/powassan-virus-lyme-disease-tick-bites\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Powassan virus disease<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>But why the spike in emergency room visits? A large driver is record-high tick populations in several states this year, Dr. Dennis Bente, a professor of microbiology and immunology at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utmb.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">University of Texas Medical Branch<\/a>, told CBS News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are also seeing a longer tick season across the country, which historically has been a relatively predictable seasonal threat,&#8221; Bente said. &#8220;While tick bites are more common in the summer because of increased outdoor activity, evidence shows that people must stay vigilant year-round now that ticks are also active in the winter because of warming <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/climate-change-fueling-increase-of-lone-star-tick-sightings-in-minnesota\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">driven by climate change<\/a><\/span>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Health experts say people should be aware of the diseases ticks can carry, and follow prevention strategies to help protect themselves.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Most people don&#8217;t realize that ticks transmit more viruses and diseases than any other animal in the world, so this rapid increase in population is a serious concern for public health,&#8221; Bente added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He calls the bugs &#8220;sneaky opportunists,&#8221; nothing they &#8220;hang out in bushes or on top of grasses and wait for pets or people to walk by.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Experts recommend <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/what-is-lyme-disease-symptoms-test-treatment-tick-chronic-illness\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">protecting yourself against ticks<\/a><\/span>\u00a0by wearing long-sleeved clothing and using insect repellant while outside and doing a tick check and taking a shower once back home.<\/p>\n<p>Bente calls tick checks the &#8220;most critical prevention measure,&#8221; and suggests using mirrors to look in any warm areas where ticks might lurk, such as the groin, armpits, scalp, behind the ears and knees and waistband.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/sara-moniuszko\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Sara  Moniuszko<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. 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