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After a hike in tick country, when should you shower to cut your Lyme disease risk?

Within two hours of coming indoors.

  1. Within two hours ✔
  2. The next morning
  3. After two days

Why: The CDC says showering within two hours of coming indoors lowers your risk of Lyme disease. It also helps wash off ticks that haven't latched on and is a good time to check.

Huh, didn't know that: Check under the arms, in and around the ears, behind the knees, in the hair, and around the waist.

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What did the tick say to the hiker? I'm really attached to you.
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Sources

  1. Preventing Tick Bites (CDC) https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/prevention/index.html

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