Tick-related emergency room visits have doubled: Cleveland Clinic physician

CLEVELAND (WJW) – Consecutive average-to-mild winters were expected to contribute to an increased population of ticks in Ohio and at the peak of tick season, data from the Cleveland Clinic supports that.

Dr. Chris Bazzoli, an emergency department physician with the Cleveland Clinic says texts and calls from family and friends about tick bites made him curious about the numbers of related emergency department visits.

What he found is those numbers seem to have increased dramatically…

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