Field Guide to Ticks: Prevention And Treatment Of Lyme Disease And Other Ailments Caused By Ticks, Scorpions, Spiders, And Mites

by Susan Carol Hauser

Overview

The touchstone handbook for treating and preventing ailments from insidious bites   This illustrated guide shows you how to identify ticks, spiders, mites, and their bite marks on human skin as well as on house pets; offers proven advice on how to prevent getting bitten; and explains what to do if you have been bitten.  Deer ticks, black widow spiders, brown recluse spiders, scorpions, chiggers, and other poisonous arachnids can cause numerous ailments, including Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and the early detection and treatment of bites can prevent permanent damage.  This book will appeal to parents, gardeners, pet owners, campers, hikers, and hunters across the country, all of whom are vulnerable to ticks and other infectious biting insects.   

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762747405
Publisher:	Falcon Guides
Publication date:	04/01/2008
Series:	A Falcon Guide Series
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	1,131,839
Product dimensions:	4.25(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

SUSAN CAROL HAUSER is the award-winning author of numerous. A commentator on National Public Radio, she teaches writing at Bemidji State University in Northern Minnesota.