A Field Guide to Ticks: Prevention and Treatment of Lyme Disease and Other Ailments Caused by Ticks, Scorpions, Spiders, and Mites (Falcon Guide) [Paperback]

Susan Carol Hauser (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0762747404 | ISBN-13: 978-0762747405 | Publication Date: April 1, 2008 | Edition: 2nd

A complete handbook for the prevention and treatment of Lyme disease and other ailments caused by ticks, scorpions, spiders, and mites.

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The complete handbook for preventing and treating ailments from dangerous bites
This clearly written and illustrated guide provides all the information you need to know about deer ticks, black widow spiders, brown recluse spiders, scorpions, chiggers, and other poisonous arachnids that can cause numerous ailments, including Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The early detection and treatment of bites can prevent permanent damage to you, your family, and your pets. Updated with the most recent medical information on Lyme disease, this is the essential handbook for parents, gardeners, pet owners, campers, hikers, hunters, and anyone else who is vulnerable to ticks and other biting insects.

 

Inside you’ll find:

• How to identify the ticks, scorpions, spiders, and mites in your area
• The warning signs of Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and other

   ailments and how to treat them
• Ways to prevent contact with these outdoor pests and how to avoid getting

   bitten
• The myths about ticks and poisonous spiders

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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Falcon; 2nd edition (April 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762747404
• ISBN-13: 978-0762747405
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,803,138 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Susan Carol Hauser
www.susancarolhauser.com
BLOG susancarolhauser.wordpress.com

Hauser is an established writer with four natural history books published by The Lyons Press and Falcon Guides (Globe Pequot), a book on memoir writing with Writer's Digest Books, and seven books with literary presses.

Her book on a Mississippi River trip is scheduled for publication June 2011 by the Center for American Places, Columbia College Chicago (George Thompson, editor).

She has published scholarly articles in Scribner's American Writers series and her freelance work has been published in The Sun, the Old Farmer's Almanac and many other magazines and journals.

Her numerous awards and grants include a 2010 McKnight Artist Fellowship in poetry.

She was a commentator on National Public Radio's "Living on Earth" for four years and has been a guest on Garrison Keillor's "Prairie Home Companion."

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1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars FACT--- no 100% method for preventing Lyme disease, November 11, 2010

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This review is from: A Field Guide to Ticks: Prevention and Treatment of Lyme Disease and Other Ailments Caused by Ticks, Scorpions, Spiders, and Mites (Falcon Guide) (Paperback)

****Ways to prevent contact with these outdoor pests and how to avoid getting bitten ****

Fact: Although this book might have ways to LESSEN contact with ticks, or LESSEN the chances of getting bitten, there's no 100% way to circumvent them.

***The warning signs of Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and other
ailments and how to treat them****

Good to know. But----- Fact: they can't be treated unless your doctor will do his part. Most doctors do not test or treat Lyme disease properly.

With those two caveats in place, the book may be a good resource. But...........