Patient Education Information

Beware of Ticks and Lyme Disease - The FDA has produced this good review of ticks and Lyme disease.

Fighting Fleas and Ticks - A good review of the topic from FDA Consumer: the Magazine of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Lyme Disease - Readable health information from the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Learn About Lyme Disease - Produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, this is a solid goverment site with an excellant Public Information Guide.

What's My Lyme Disease Risk? - This article was written for teens by KidsHealth and discusses preventing tick bites and treating them.

American Lyme Disease Foundation - Access to readable fact sheets on Lyme disease and other major tick-borne diseases are available at this site.

ACP Lyme Disease Facts - The American College of Physicians has put out this set of fact sheets.

Lyme Disease - The American College of Physicians also has published this information.

Lyme Disease for Kids - KidsHealth has published this quality information for kids.

Lyme Disease for Teens - This set of information was prepared by KidsHealth for teens.

MayoClinic: Lyme Disease - This site gives you access to the experience and knowledge of the more than 2,000 physicians and scientists of Mayo Clinic. This article provides an excellant overview of the disease.

MEDLINEPlus Medical Encyclopedia - The Health Illustrated Encyclopedia from MedlinePlus includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations. Please check the alphabetic listing for the topic you want.

Stop Ticks - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offer these tips.

Tick Removal - KidsHealth offers a step-by-step explanation of how to remove a tick.