Mosquito and Tick diseases
West Nile mosquito-borne diseases have killed over 90 people in North America. Chikungunya mosquito-borne disease has almost 2,500 cases reported since 2014, there were no deaths, and only 11 cases were from bites received. The rest were brought back from the Caribbean, Asia, or Africa. Mosquito-borne disease may be prone to large outbreaks in urban settings. The mosquitoes that carry it bite all day long. Roughly 70 to 90 percent of infected people develop symptoms, compared with 20 percent of those infected with West Nile.
See a doctor if you develop signs of either disease: fever, headache, and body aches for West Nile; and fever and joint pain for Chikungunya. Both are viral, so antibiotics won’t help. But over-the-counter pain relievers can ease symptoms.
Tick-borne diseases
Lyme disease affects about 300,000 people each year. Other tick-related diseases include Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis and an emerging virus Powassan.
See a doctor if you develop a bull’s-eye rash accompanied by flu-like symptoms, which indicates Lyme. Prompt treatment can stop the infection and prevent more serious complications, such as joint pain and facial paralysis (Lyme disease); heart, joint, or kidney failure (Rocky Mountain spotted fever); blood clots and bleeding (babesiosis); difficulty breathing or bleeding disorders (ehrlichiosis); and neurological problems (Powassan). go green pest control randy bilesky ladner pest control tsawwassen pest control delta pest control diseases
