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Originally Posted by littlelb Does anyone know if ticks are prevelant in the Snowdonia area of Wales?
My husband's doctor thinks he may have Lymes disease and we were on holiday there a couple of weeks ago. If you do have any flu like symtons or a ring like rash after a tick bite ad if value your sanity(or that of your partner may I add), go to the docs to get it checked. My husband is a fit 35year old and I have never seen anyone look so bad. |
Where ticks can be found.
In well planted gardens, shrubberies, grassy edges, paddocks and hedgerows. In wooded areas, grasslands, meadows, even in buildings that support a large population of roosting birds or vermin for example, and of course on all manner of family pets, ticks will be found. According to the Public Health Agency (now called the Health Protection Agency), England, 80% of laboratory confirmed incidences of Lyme disease from 1997 to 2003 were acquired within the UK, with cases being reported from most counties in England and Wales.
http://www.bada-uk.org/facts.html