Tick Talk: Blood Sucking Pests Making Presence Known This Year

An early spring gave the area's ticks a jump start on the season.

As anyone who's walked through wooded areas in Lynnfield and surrounding towns this spring is likely to know, ticks have been particularly numerous. With that in mind, the Lynnfield Board of Health is working to get the word out about the lyme disease risks that ticks bring. Lyme disease is caused by bacteria spread through the bites of infected deer ticks, although one must typically be attached for at least 24 before it can spread the disease. In Massachusetts, deer ticks can also spread germs causing babesiosis and human granuloctic anaplasmosis - aka human granulocytic ehrlichiosis. It's also worth noting that while ticks are most active in the spring and summer months, they can also attach themselves to hosts in winter when the …

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