As if the Coronavirus pandemic isn’t bad enough, we’re heading into peak tick season. With schools closed and kids running around their backyards, I wonder if folks are taking appropriate precautions.
Year after year, children have the highest number of tick bites. As most tick-borne illnesses begin with flu-like symptoms, I worry that many children will go undiagnosed—or misdiagnosed—this year.
What’s in my kit
- Thermometer (measures body temperature)
- Blood pressure monitor (measures blood pressure)
- Glucose monitor (measures blood sugar)
- Pulse oximeter (measures blood oxygen level and heart rate)
- Dye-free Benadryl (for allergies or mast cell reactions)
- Anti-Itch and cortisone cream (for skin irritation or rashes)
- Tylenol (fever reducer)
- Tweezers and tick remover (because, well, you know me)
- Band-aids and Neosporin (for minor boo boos)
- Instant ice pack (headache, neck pain or applied to arm after blood draws)
- Instant hand warmers (for when we go to the freezing cold emergency room)
- Mask and gloves (protection if someone is infectious or immunocompromised)
- Hand sanitizer (before and after)
- Zofran for extreme nausea (requires prescription)
- EpiPen for anaphylactic allergic reactions (requires prescription)
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