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Health Unit concerned about Lyme Disease, as more ticks testing positive
Belleville – As a real estate agent in Centre Hastings, Steve Bancroft spends a fair bit of time walking around rural properties. These days, he always makes sure to tuck in his clothing so it’s covering his skin. He’s concerned about ticks and, more specifically, the disease they can cause; Lyme Disease. “You can’t go walking in the woods anymore, you have to watch what you’re doing,” he said. Bancroft’s wife, Pam, was diagnosed with Lyme Disease several years ago and he’s seen the devastating toll it can take on a person. It can cause skin irritation and scaling and lead to serious fever-like symptoms. He’s encouraging politicians to look into the issue deeper, noting he and his wife have been forced to travel to the United States for several years so his wife could get treatments that aren’t available in Canada. It’s an issue causing alarm for public health officials, as well. An inspector with Hastings Prince Edward Public Health confirmed Bancroft’s suspicion, that the number of ticks found carrying the bacteria that can cause Lyme Disease is on the rise. “We’re concerned because were finding a lot of ticks that have tested LUNCH Monday to Friday
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positive for the bacteria,” said Aptie Sookoo, who studies ticks for the health unit. “We’re finding out we are having positive ticks in areas where we traditionally haven’t.” As of mid November, 187 ticks had been brought into the health unit for inspection this year; the majority of which were brought in by members of the public who found the ticks in the Hastings-Prince Edward region. The most concerning area is Prince Edward County. Of 59 ticks brought in from the county, 11 have tested positive for the bacteria that causes Lyme Disease. Twenty-five ticks have been brought in from Belleville, of which two have tested positive. Forty ticks have been brought in from Quinte West, of which one tested positive. One tick from the Centre Hastings region has tested positive and two brought in from outside the region have tested positive. These numbers could increase, Sookoo said, as some test results are still outstanding. Also, so far this year, the Health Unit knows of five cases of people from the Quinte region testing positive for Lyme Disease. That puts it on pace to meet last year’s total of six reported cases in all of 2014.
Aptie Sookoo, a health inspector with Hastings Prince Edward Public Health, holds up a case full of ticks that have been brought to his lab for inspection.
Please see “Health” on page 2 The health unit is noticing more ticks infected with the bacteria that causes Lyme Disease. Photo by Stephen Petrick
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