{"id":798,"date":"2017-05-31T09:38:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T13:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/boardofhealth\/?p=798"},"modified":"2017-05-31T09:38:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T13:38:14","slug":"ticks-can-make-you-sick","status":"public-archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/boardofhealth\/2017\/05\/31\/ticks-can-make-you-sick\/","title":{"rendered":"Ticks Can Make You Sick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\">This is the time of the year to be vigilant about tick-borne illness disease prevention. Protect yourself, your family, and pets by taking a few precautions while enjoying the outdoors. Remember you don\u2019t have to be walking in the woods to be bitten by a tick it can happen in your own backyard. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Check yourself for ticks daily. It&nbsp;may take up to&nbsp;24 hours for an infected tick to spread disease.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Use repellents that contain DEET on exposed skin.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Stick to main paths that are brush and tall grass free.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Wear long sleeve and light colored clothing, tuck socks into pants to make it easier to spot ticks.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Remove ticks attached at once.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\">If you suspect you have a tick-borne disease consult your physician immediately. For more information go to <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;font-size: medium\">www.mass.gov\/dph\/tick <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the time of the year to be vigilant about tick-borne illness disease prevention. Protect yourself, your family, and pets by taking a few precautions while enjoying the outdoors. Remember you don\u2019t have to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/boardofhealth\/2017\/05\/31\/ticks-can-make-you-sick\/\" aria-label=\"Read full article about Ticks Can Make You Sick\">Read full article<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/boardofhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/boardofhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/boardofhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/boardofhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/boardofhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=798"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/boardofhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":800,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/boardofhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798\/revisions\/800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/boardofhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/boardofhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/boardofhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}