{"id":877,"date":"2017-07-24T11:59:33","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T15:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drphilzeltzman.com\/blog\/?p=877"},"modified":"2022-07-08T15:44:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T19:44:36","slug":"do-you-have-ticks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drphilzeltzman.com\/blog\/do-you-have-ticks\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you have ticks?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not a physician, but I wanted to make you aware of an important study.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers have recently shown that chances of finding a tick on a human doubles if they own a cat or a dog. This puts you at risk for diseases transmitted by ticks, such as Lyme disease (there are others). A friend of mine was actually just diagnosed with Lyme disease.<\/p>\n<p>So what should you do?<\/p>\n<p>They recommend simple things:<\/p>\n<p>. Check all pets daily for ticks.<\/p>\n<p>. Check all humans daily for ticks.<\/p>\n<p>. 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