Preventing Lyme & Other Tick-Borne Diseases
Preventing Lyme & Other Tick-Borne Diseases
This essential guide to expanding physical and environmental protections against tick-borne disease:
- Reviews the species of ticks found in North America and how to identify them
- Provides tangible steps readers can take to minimize their risk of tick bites and tick-borne disease, from landscape management to personal protection strategies to prophylaxis
- Offers natural, immune-boosting herbal formulas that help fight tick-borne disease and increase efficacy of antibiotics in post-bite treatment
-Provides instructions for creating your own tick bite preparedness kit, including herbal tick bite formulas
- Describes symptoms, testing and treatment options for acute tick-borne disease
- Includes maps and charts of where tick species and tick-borne diseases are found in North America
- Includes two pull-out, 4-color cards to aid in tick species and Lyme disease rash identification
Alexis Chesney, ND is a naturopathic physician specializing in the treatment of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. In addition to operating her clinical practice, she serves on the board of directors of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS).
She is frequently featured as an expert on tick-borne illnesses at professional and patient-focused conferences and in popular media.
Find her online at www.dralexischesney.com