NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — New nationwide numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show a spike in emergency room visits due to tick bites.
The Southeast region, including Tennessee, has trended slightly higher in tick bites than last year. Last week, 71 per 100,000 emergency room visits across the U.S. were linked to tick bites. Local doctors say they are also seeing tick bites in Middle Tennessee.
“I just saw a patient this morning, not here, but at the Southern Hills ER,” Dr. Brad Hoover, Medical Director of TriStar’s Nolensville Freestanding ER, said. “I noticed through the tracker that the patient was there with a headache and a tick bite. So I thought, ‘Well, it’s already starting to happen.’”…