Lyme Disease may be primarily a summer concern, but it is becoming more prevalent in Ohio and the Miami Valley.
News Center 7′s Nick Foley said what begins as a bite from a tiny menace could soon become major headaches with lifelong repercussions if not treated early.
On most days, Skip Casamatta is outdoors and when he’s outside he usually takes precautions to ensure he doesn’t encounter any ticks.
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“I spray my pants. I spray my boots. I spray my shirts and anything I use when I’m in the woods,” Casamatta said.
That’s exactly what he did at his cabin a week before leaving for a trip to Europe but as he prepared to fly out of the country, a fever and fatigue set in and then days after arriving in Europe, everything changed.