Podcasts about Powassan

Play along with Anne-Marie from Powassan as she tries to win CBC swag from our prize vault on the Morning North Mystery Game.

With climate change the distribution of ticks is extending throughout Canada and along with that the increasing risk of tick-borne infectious diseases. Join CFP Editor Dr. Nick Pimlott and Associate Editor Dr. David Ponka as they discuss the rise in tick-borne illnesses such as Lyme disease along with previously less commonly seen diseases like Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis and Powassan virus with Dr. Clarissa Ng and Dr. Pil Joo. Dr. Ngo and Dr. Joo are the authors of a Clinical Review in the October issue of Canadian Family Physician entitled “Anaplasmosis: Emerging Threat in Canada”. In the interview they discuss the common clinical presentations, the appropriate use of investigations and the increasing importance of considering tick-borne infections in the differential diagnosis of acute febrile illnesses both in the office and emergency room setting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the September episode of Chattering With International Cat Care, we bring together two conversations on how innovation and teamwork shape feline medicine.First, Yaiza Gómez Mejías speaks with Morgane Debuigne, winner of the JFMS Resident Best Paper Award 2024, about her article on feline supraglottic airway devices. What does the latest research reveal about their role in anaesthesia and where do they fit alongside established practice?Then, Dr Kelly St. Denis continues her discussion with Mary Ellen Goldberg on feline rehabilitation. In this second part, they explore therapies, exercises, and the practical ways veterinary teams and owners can play a role in supporting recovery. Catch up on the first part of their conversation by tuning into our July episode!For further reading material please visit:Placement of the feline V-gel Advanced supraglottic airway device and tracheal selectivity during controlled mechanical ventilation: a clinical and tomodensitometric evaluationComputed tomography assessment of V-Gel Advanced supraglottic airway device placement in catsPhysical rehabilitation of cats: 1. Common conditions benefiting from physiotherapyPhysical rehabilitation of cats: 2. Treatment therapies and exercisesFor iCatCare Veterinary Members, full recordings of each episode of the podcast are available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an iCatCare Veterinary Member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.orgHost:Yaiza Gómez-Mejías, LdaVet MANZCVS (Medicine of Cats), RCVS CertAP (Feline Medicine), iCatCare Veterinary Community Co-ordinatorSpeakers:Morgane Debuigne, Dipl. ECVAA, Winner of the JFMS Resident Best Paper Award 2024Kelly St. Denis, MSc, DVM, DABVP (Feline), Co-editor of the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery and JFMS Open Reports, St Denis Veterinary Professional Corporation, Powassan, Ontario, CanadaMary Ellen Goldberg, BS, LVT, CVT, SRA, CCRVN, CVPP, VTS, VTS-LAM, VTS Hon, Certified Veterinary Pain Practitioner & JFMS Author

In this podcast, I briefly go over a number of tick-borne diseases, including Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Powassan virus disease.

We kicked off the program with four news stories and different guests on the stories we think you need to know about!The ethics of creating deepfakes or AI generated avatars of the dead! How technology is being used by some in end of life planning… Guest: Paul Fried – owner of I Made Arrangements – an end of life planning website & service Tanglewood Music Center to present an evening of silent film at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. Tanglewood composers, conductors, and instrumentalists will perform live on Tuesday, August 12. Guest: Kathy Tallman, CEO and Executive Director at the Coolidge Corner Theatre What to know about Powassan virus, a rare but serious tick-borne disease. Virus suspected of infecting newborn on Martha's Vineyard… Guest: Dr. Shira Doron - Tufts Medical Center Chief Infection Control OfficerThe Boston Triathlon returns to South Boston August 16-17, 2025 -Also an annual kids day at the Boston Triathlon on Saturday the 16th – free for all kids. Guest: Mike O'Neil – Event Director of the Boston Triathlon  

In the July episode of Chattering With International Cat Care, we explore what happens when the clinical picture doesn't tell the whole story and why feline care often hinges on context as much as condition.Ann Hohenhaus joins host Yaiza Gómez-Mejías to reflect on her widely read JFMS article about non-regenerative anaemia in cats. But beyond the lab values, what makes this condition so difficult to spot? The conversation touches on overlooked clinical signs, unexpected owner observations, and the real-world decisions veterinarians face when managing anaemia in everyday practice.Then, Dr Kelly St. Denis speaks with Mary Ellen Goldberg about feline rehabilitation: when it's needed, why it's underused, and how it fits into modern pain management. In this first of a two-part conversation, they explore common challenges, the importance ofbehavioural sensitivity, and the value of a flexible, feline-friendly approach. Stay tuned for Part Two coming later this year!For further reading material please visit:Feline non-regenerative anemia: Diagnostic and treatment recommendationsPhysical rehabilitation of cats: 1. Common conditions benefiting from physiotherapyPhysical rehabilitation of cats: 2. Treatment therapies and exercisesFor iCatCare Veterinary Members, full recordings of each episode of the podcast are available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an iCatCare Veterinary Member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.orgHost:Yaiza Gómez-Mejías, LdaVet MANZCVS (Medicine of Cats) CertAP (SAM-F) Acr AVEPA, Veterinary Community Co-ordinatorSpeakers:Ann Hohenhaus, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM, Oncology), AMC's Director of Pet Health InformationKelly St. Denis, MSc, DVM, DABVP (Feline), Co-editor of the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery and JFMS Open Reports, St Denis Veterinary Professional Corporation, Powassan, Ontario, CanadaMary Ellen Goldberg, BS, LVT, CVT, SRA, CCRVN, CVPP, VTS, VTS-LAM, VTS Hon, Certified Veterinary Pain Practitioner & JFMS Author

Dr. Richard S. Ostfeld discusses how human disruption of natural ecosystems, such as forest fragmentation and predator loss, has increased the risk of tick-borne diseases like Lyme and Powassan virus. He explains how climate change extends tick seasons and how common hosts like mice thrive in altered environments, boosting tick populations. Despite promising tick-control interventions, personal prevention remains key, as broad environmental strategies have yet to show consistent reductions in human disease.

In the June episode of Chattering With International Cat Care, host Yaiza Gómez-Mejías continues two insightful conversations from earlier this year, revisiting complex topics in feline internal medicine and dermatology through the lens of recent clinical guidelines and case experience.First, Sam Taylor and Rachel Korman return to discuss further aspects of the 2025 iCatCare consensus guidelines on the diagnosis and management of feline lower urinary tract disease. Building on their previous conversation, they explore how clinical decisions are made in practice and reflect on how guideline recommendations translate into everyday patient care. To hear the first part of this discussion, listen back to our February 2025 episode.Then, Dr Kelly St. Denis is joined once again by Dr Frane Banovic to complete their discussion on immune-mediated skin diseases in cats, drawing on the second of two JFMS Clinical Spotlight articles. Together, they consider some of the key challenges in recognising and managing these conditions, and share insights into treatment options informed by both evidence and experience. For the first half of this conversation, revisit our April 2025 episode.For further reading material please visit:2025 iCatCare consensus guidelines on the diagnosis and management of lower urinary tract diseases in catsFrane Banovic : Feline Immune-mediated skin disorders (Part One)Frane Banovic : Feline Immune-mediated skin disorders (Part Two)Host: Yaiza Gómez-Mejías, LdaVet MANZCVS (Medicine of Cats) CertAP (SAM-F) Acr AVEPA, Veterinary Community Co-ordinatorSpeakers:Samantha Taylor, BVetMed(Hons), CertSAM, DipECVIM-CA, MANZCVS, FRCVS, Feline Medicine Specialist and ISFM Academy LeadRachel Korman, ​​BVSc, MANZCVS (Int Med), FANZCVS (Fel Med), Specialist in Feline Internal Medicine Kelly St. Denis, MSc, DVM, DABVP (Feline), Co-editor of the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery and JFMS Open Reports, St Denis Veterinary Professional Corporation, Powassan, Ontario, CanadaFrane Banovic, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ECVD, Associate Professor of Veterinary Dermatology in the Department for Small Animal Medicine and Surgery at the University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medicine.

In the April episode of Chattering with International Cat Care, host Yaiza Gómez-Mejías introduces two conversations that highlight just how complex feline diagnostics can be.First, Dr Llibertat Real Sampietro discusses her JFMS Open Reports case study on fatal disseminated toxoplasmosis in an otherwise healthy cat. She outlines the parasite's transmission, the clinical signs that may raise suspicion, and the value of serology and PCR in confirming infection.Then, Dr Kelly St Denis is joined by Dr Frane Banovic to discuss the first of two JFMS Clinical Spotlight articles on immune-mediated skin disease in cats. Together, they explore how to recognise key patterns of disease and the practical role of cytology in reaching a diagnosis.For further reading material please visit:Fatal disseminated Toxoplasma gondii infection in a cat from Madrid, SpainFrane Banovic : Feline Immune-mediated skin disorders (Part One)Frane Banovic : Feline Immune-mediated skin disorders (Part Two)For iCatCare Veterinary Members, full recordings of each episode of the podcast are available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an iCatCare Veterinary Member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.orgHost: Yaiza Gómez-Mejías, LdaVet MANZCVS (Medicine of Cats) CertAP (SAM-F) Acr AVEPA, Veterinary Community Co-ordinatorSpeakers:Llibertat Real Sampietro, DVM Acre AVEPA in Feline Medicine, Clínica Veterinaria Ayavet, Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, SpainKelly St. Denis, MSc, DVM, DABVP (Feline), Co-editor of the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery and JFMS Open Reports, St Denis Veterinary Professional Corporation, Powassan, Ontario, CanadaFrane Banovic, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ECVD, Associate Professor of Veterinary Dermatology in the Department for Small Animal Medicine and Surgery at the University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medicine

Elizabeth Sciffman, epidemiologist supervisor at the Minnesota Department of Health, joins Amy & JJ to discuss powassan virus. As tick season begins, what do you need to know? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the December episode of Chattering with ISFM, host Nathalie Dowgray explores how advancements in communication strategies and genetic science are shaping feline welfare.Yaiza Gomez-Mejias and Tamsin Durston discuss the benefits of positive psychology in veterinary care, highlighting how effective client communication and behaviour change can enhance the wellbeing of both animals and their caregivers. This episode features the first part of their conversation, with part two to follow in a future episode.In the second segment, Kelly St. Denis interviews Leslie Lyons about feline genetic testing. Their conversation uncovers the role of DNA variants, the importance of resources like OMIA for genetic insights, and the validation needed to ensure accurate testing. Together, they explore how these innovations contribute to tackling breed-specific health challenges and improving feline welfare overall. For further reading material please visit:Human Behaviour Change for LifeGenetic Testing: practical dos and don'ts for catsFor ISFM members, full recordings of each episode of the podcast is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.orgHost: Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS, PgDip, MRCVS, PhD, Head of ISFM, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care, Tisbury, Wiltshire, UK Speakers:Yaiza Gomez-Mejias, LdaVet MANZCVS (Medicine of Cats) CertAP (SAM-F) Acr AVEPA, ISFM Community Coordinator and Small Animal ClinicianTamsin Durston, RVN, CAB, MSc Psych, Veterinary Nurse, Clinical Animal Behaviourist and Human Behaviour Change PractitionerKelly St. Denis, MSc, DVM, DABVP (Feline), Co-editor of the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery and JFMS Open Reports, St Denis Veterinary Professional Corporation, Powassan, Ontario, CanadaLeslie Lyons, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Gilbreath-McLorn Endowed Professor of Comparative Medicine, Veterinary Medicine & Surgery and JFMS Author

In the November episode of Chattering with ISFM, we're diving into the complexities of feline pain management to help you feel more empowered and informed. Our episode highlights the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery (JFMS) Special Collection 2024 on pain and pain management in cats, bringing together some of the latest research, insights, and expert perspectives in the field.To start, Yaiza Gomez-Mejias speaks with Sabrine Marangoni, who shares key findings from her award-winning study on pain behaviours in kittens undergoing ovariohysterectomy. They discuss the importance of recognizing subtle pain indicators in young cats, the effectiveness of multimodal analgesia approaches, and the broader implications of untreated pain.In the second half, Kelly St. Denis sits down with Mark Epstein, Co-Chair of the AAHA/AAFP 2014 Pain Management Guidelines Task Force, to explore the progress made in feline pain management. They discuss how the field has evolved, the persistent challenges veterinarians face in assessing and managing pain in cats, and what the future holds in terms of new research and treatments.For further reading material please visit:2024 ISFM FELINE CONGRESS ABSTRACTSCat Pain Management: YouTube ChannelJFMS Special Collection 2024: Pain and Pain Management In CatsFor ISFM members, full recordings of each episode of the podcast is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.orgHost: Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS, PgDip, MRCVS, PhD, Head of ISFM, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care, Tisbury, Wiltshire, UK Speakers:Yaiza Gomez-Mejias, LdaVet MANZCVS (Medicine of Cats) CertAP (SAM-F) Acr AVEPA, ISFM Community Coordinator and Small Animal ClinicianSabrine Marangoni, LdaVet MANZCVS (Medicine of Cats) CertAP (SAM-F) Acr AVEPA, ISFM Community Coordinator and Small Animal ClinicianKelly St. Denis, MSc, DVM, DABVP (Feline), Co-editor of the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery and JFMS Open Reports, St Denis Veterinary Professional Corporation, Powassan, Ontario, CanadaMark Epstein, DVM, DABVP, CVPP, Education Co-Chair at International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management, Co-Chair of the AAHA/AAFP 2014 Pain Management Guidelines Task Force

In the October episode of Chattering with ISFM, host Nathalie Dowgray presents two detailed discussions on important feline health topics - gastrointestinal and renal health.First, Yaiza Gomez-Mejias interviews Sina Marsilio on feline chronic enteropathies, with a particular focus on gastrointestinal lymphoma and the diagnostic challenges of distinguishing small cell lymphoma from IBD. Marsilio discusses recent advances in the field, drawing from her recent work on the ACVIM consensus guidelines for ‘diagnosing and distinguishing low-grade neoplastic from inflammatory lymphocytic chronic enteropathies.' Later, Kelly St. Denis speaks with Jonathan Stockman about his JFMS Clinical Spotlight article, ‘Dietary Phosphorus and its Impact on Renal Disease in Cats'. They examine phosphorus metabolism, the risks associated with high-phosphorus diets, and effective strategies for managing phosphorus levels to support feline kidney health. For further reading material please visit:ACVIM consensus statement guidelines on diagnosing and distinguishing low-grade neoplastic from inflammatory lymphocytic chronic enteropathies in catsDietary Phosphorus and Renal Disease in cats: Where are we?For ISFM members, full recordings of each episode of the podcast is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.orgHost: Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS, PgDip, MRCVS, PhD, Head of ISFM, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care, Tisbury, Wiltshire, UK Speakers:Yaiza Gomez-Mejias, LdaVet MANZCVS (Medicine of Cats) CertAP (SAM-F) Acr AVEPA, ISFM Community Coordinator and Small Animal ClinicianSina Marsilio, Dr.med.vet., PhD, DACVIM (SAIM), DECVIM-CA, Assistant Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology at UC Davis.Kelly St. Denis, MSc, DVM, DABVP (Feline), Co-editor of the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery and JFMS Open Reports, St Denis Veterinary Professional Corporation, Powassan, Ontario, CanadaJonathan Stockman, DVM, DACVIM (Nutrition), Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Veterinary Sciences & JFMS Author.

The Frontline is back for a fifth season, and what a better way than by also welcoming GM Chris Dawson back to the show. From a new studio, Chris and Kortney talk the upcoming season for Powassan, and the best players in Voodoos history.

Lyme Disease and Your DogWelcome to our educational series on Lyme disease. Today, we'll discuss how to protect yourself and your loved ones, including your pets, from tick-borne diseases.Let's start with a story. One of my patients took precautions by using DEET and wearing clothes treated with pyrethrum. He also had a dog that wore a tick collar and was checked for ticks regularly. Despite this, he woke up with a deer tick attached.Ticks can carry several diseases, not just Lyme disease. These include Ehrlichia, Anaplasmosis, Babesia, and the Powassan virus. It's crucial to be aware of these risks."Many patients use DEET, recommended by the CDC, for tick prevention. However, DEET is more effective against mosquitoes. I've had patients report tick bites despite using DEET."Pyrethrum is another option. It can be applied to clothing, but not directly to the skin. It's effective, but can cause side effects like dizziness and headaches. Also, its effectiveness decreases with washing." Risks with DogsDogs can increase your risk of tick exposure. They can pick up ticks outside and bring them into your home. Even with tick prevention measures, ticks can still be a problem.I recommend using a dust vac on furniture before sitting next to your dog. This can help reduce the risk of ticks in your home."It's best to avoid letting your dog sleep in your bed. Ticks can leave your dog and bite you without you noticing."Special Concerns for Pregnant WomenPregnant women need to be especially careful. Tick bites can pose risks to both mother and baby. Avoiding tick bites is crucial, and if you do get bitten, consult your doctor immediately."Practical AdviceHere are some practical tips:1. Use a dust vac on furniture before sitting with your dog.2. Avoid letting your dog into the bedroom.3. Perform regular tick checks on yourself and your pets after spending time outdoors.4. Pregnant women should consult their doctor if bitten by a tick." Conclusion While dogs are wonderful companions, they can increase your risk of tick exposure. By taking these precautions, you can protect yourself and your loved ones from tick-borne diseases. Thanks for watching, and stay tuned for more tips on staying safe from Lyme disease. 

Join us as we discuss the fascinating world of feline communication, exploring howcats use chemical signals to interact with their environment and each other. Additionally, we shall shed light on a rational approach to using gastroprotectants in cats, providing invaluable insights for veterinary practitioners.In Part One of our discussion, Dr Sarah Ellis and Dr Daniel Mills talk about thecomplexities of pheromone use in cats, emphasising the differences between scents and pheromones and their impact on emotional processing. They also highlight the importance of understanding pheromones in assessing feline behaviour. Part Two of their discussion will be available in next month's episode, so make sure you're signed up to Chattering With ISFM on your preferred podcast platform if you don't want to miss out!Following this, Dr Kelly St. Denis and Dr Katie Tolbert discuss Dr Tolbert's JFMS Clinical Spotlight article on the rational use of gastroprotectants in cats. They cover the risks of using these medications, especially the differences in how cats and dogs metabolise drugs, and the potential benefits of soluble fibres in preventing GI ulceration. They also address the careful use of gastric acid suppressants and gastroprotectants in clinical practice, with a focus on patient comfort and proper administration.For further reading material please visit:Pheromonatherapy: Theory and applicationsStress and Pheromonatherapy in Small Animal Clinical BehaviourJFMS Clinical Spotlight Article: A Rational Approach To The Use Of Gastroprotectants In CatsFor ISFM members, full recordings of each episode of the podcast is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.orgHost:Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS, PgDip, MRCVS, PhD, Head of ISFM, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care, Tisbury, Wiltshire, UKSpeakers:Sarah Ellis, BSc, PGDip, PhD, Head of Cat Wellbeing and Behaviour at International Cat Care, independent feline welfare educator, writer and consultant.Daniel Mills, BVSc PhD CBiol FRSB FHEA CCAB Dip ECAWBM(BM) FRCVS, Professor of veterinary behavioural medicine & RCVS, European and ASAB recognised specialist in clinical animal behaviourKelly St. Denis, MSc, DVM, DABVP (Feline), Co-editor of the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery and JFMS Open Reports, St Denis Veterinary Professional Corporation, Powassan, Ontario, CanadaKatie Tolbert, DVM, Ph.D., DACVIM (SAIM, SA nutrition), Clinical Associate Professor in Small Animal & Comparative Gastroenterology & JFMS Author.

Entomologist Dr. Chad Gore calls in to inform listeners about a new disease in Allegheny county- Powassan.

This month is all about feline feng shui and how to defuse tension in multi-cat households. We will be discussing International Cat Cares' new carer guidelines on encouraging cats to drink and AAFP's Inter-cat Tension Guidelines. Please see the links below to read these guidelines.Dr. Yaiza Gomez Mejias sits down with the winner of the RCVS Inspiration Award, Alex Taylor, to address the issues surrounding feline hydration and offer practical tips for encouraging water intake in cats. Dr. Kelly St. Denis then speaks with Drs Ilona Rodan and Daniela Ramos about the AAFP's new guidelines on managing inter-cat tension, debunking common myths about feline behaviour and offering strategies to ensure a peaceful multi-cat household. For further reading material please visit:Encouraging your cat to drink: A guide for caregivers2024 American Association of Feline Practitioners Inter-cat Tension Guidelines, Recognition, Prevention, and Management For ISFM members, full recordings of each episode of the podcast is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.orgHost: Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS, PgDip, MRCVS, PhD, Head of ISFM, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care, Tisbury, Wiltshire, UK Speakers:Yaiza Gomez-Mejias, LdaVet MANZCVS (Medicine of Cats) CertAP (SAM-F) Acr AVEPA, ISFM Community Coordinator and Small Animal ClinicianAlex Taylor, RVN CertSAN ISFMDipFN & AdvCertFB, iCatCare Cat Wellbeing and Behaviour AdvisorKelly St Denis, MSc, DVM, DABVP (Feline), Co-editor of the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery and JFMS Open Reports, St Denis Veterinary Professional Corporation, Powassan, Ontario, CanadaIlona Rodan, DVM, DABVP (Feline),  2024 AAFP Inter-cat Tension Guidelines, Co-Chair, Cat Behavior Solutions, Cat Care Clinic, Madison, WI, USADaniela Ramos, MV MSc PhD Diplomate (CLEVE), 2024 AAFP Inter-cat Tension Guidelines, Co-Chair, Veterinary behaviourist, speaker and researcher

Medical experts say the number of ticks, which can carry dangerous pathogens, are on the rise. Ticks can carry Lyme disease, as well as anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and Powassan virus. Experts say people need to be informed about these diseases and what they can do to prevent them.

A new MP3 sermon from Hope Reformed Church of Powassan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Books of the Bible Subtitle: Knowing the Word Speaker: Rob VanDoodewaard Broadcaster: Hope Reformed Church of Powassan Event: Sunday - PM Date: 7/7/2024 Bible: 2 Timothy 3:10-4:5 Length: 26 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Hope Reformed Church of Powassan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Battle Belongs to the Lord Subtitle: Judges Speaker: Rob VanDoodewaard Broadcaster: Hope Reformed Church of Powassan Event: Sunday - AM Date: 7/7/2024 Bible: Judges 7:9-22 Length: 34 min.

This month Nathalie Dowgray is joined by Clare Rusbridge for part two of their conversation about neuropathic pain in cats. We then join Kelly St Denis and Julien Guillaumen as they discuss recent advances in feline aortic thromboembolism.Our episode begins with Professor Clare Rushbridge sharing her expertise on managing neuropathic pain in cats. We discuss the burdens that caregivers face as well as the various tools and medications that she has found to be helpful with her patients.Dr Kelly St Denis is then joined by Dr Julien Guillaumen to discuss his latest JFMS article ‘Feline Aortic Thromboembolism: Recent Advances and Future Prospects'. Guillaumen provides a historical overview of FATE research, dating back to 1953, and they discuss the delicate balance required in clinical management of these cases, especially concerning hydration and heart failure.For further reading material please visit:Neuropathic pain in cats: Mechanisms and multimodal managementAAFP and ISFM Feline Environmental Needs GuidelinesClare's Youtube ChannelFeline Aortic Thromboembolism: Recent Advances and Future ProspectsFor ISFM members, full recordings of each episode of the podcast is available for you to listen to at portal.icatcare.org. To become an ISFM member, or find out more about our Cat Friendly schemes, visit icatcare.orgHost:Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS, PgDip, MRCVS, PhD, Head of ISFM, International Society of Feline Medicine, International Cat Care, Tisbury, Wiltshire, UKSpeakers:Clare Rusbridge, BVMS PhD DipECVN FRCVS, RCVS and European Specialist in Veterinary Neurology & JFMS AuthorKelly St Denis, MSc, DVM, DABVP (Feline), 2022 ISFM/AAFP Cat Friendly Veterinary Environment Guidelines Co-Chair, St Denis Veterinary Professional Corporation, Powassan, Ontario, CanadaJulien Guillaumen, Doct Vet, DACVECC, DECVECC, Associate Professor of Emergency and Critical Care at Colorado State University and JFMS Author.

A new MP3 sermon from Hope Reformed Church of Powassan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Offices of Elder and Deacon Subtitle: Leadership of the Church Speaker: Rob VanDoodewaard Broadcaster: Hope Reformed Church of Powassan Event: Sunday - PM Date: 4/28/2024 Bible: 1 Timothy 3:1-13 Length: 32 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Hope Reformed Church of Powassan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Councils of the Church Subtitle: Leadership of the Church Speaker: Rob VanDoodewaard Broadcaster: Hope Reformed Church of Powassan Event: Sunday - PM Date: 4/21/2024 Bible: Acts 15 Length: 35 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Hope Reformed Church of Powassan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Head of the Church Subtitle: Leadership of the Church Speaker: Rob VanDoodewaard Broadcaster: Hope Reformed Church of Powassan Event: Sunday - PM Date: 4/7/2024 Bible: Ephesians 1:22-23 Length: 32 min.

The Importance of Sleep – March World Sleep Month with Dr. Harvey Karp, inventor of a very popular baby crib called the SNOO!North End restaurants close on Thursday for protest over outdoor dining ban with our guest Carla Gomes – Owner of restaurant Antico Forno.Diane Sullivan joined us to talk about the 2024 Animal Rights Day Event – The Shadow Fund.And, UMass Amherst researchers develop improved testing for tick-borne virus – MA highest in US with cases of life threatening Powassan virus with Dr. Stephen M. Rich- Professor of Microbiology - Executive Director of the New England Center of Excellence in Vector-borne Diseases at UMass.

A new MP3 sermon from Hope Reformed Church of Powassan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Ways to Peace Subtitle: Philippians Speaker: Rob VanDoodewaard Broadcaster: Hope Reformed Church of Powassan Event: Sunday - AM Date: 3/17/2024 Bible: Philippians 4:6-9 Length: 36 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Hope Reformed Church of Powassan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Praying for God’s Care in Times of Temptation Subtitle: Heidelberg Catechism 4 Speaker: Rob VanDoodewaard Broadcaster: Hope Reformed Church of Powassan Event: Sunday - PM Date: 1/14/2024 Bible: Matthew 6:13 Length: 29 min.

Dr. Harsha Rajasimha, Founder and Executive Chairman of IndoUSrare.why global collaboration is required in rare disease research to promote cultural diversity and sufficient clinical trial patient recruitment to improve the efficacy of research outcomes.   The U.S. is dealing with a rise in rare insect-borne diseases, including eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), which has a 30% fatality rate, that has led to two cases and one death in Alabama. Connecticut reported its first four cases of the tick-borne Powassan virus, while the country is facing its first locally transmitted malaria cases in two decades, with seven in Florida, and one each in Maryland and Texas affected.  These developments underscore the heightened public health challenges in the identification and treatment of rare diseases.  About 7,000 rare diseases, mostly genetic, affect around 350 million people worldwide, with approximately 75% of such rare diseases appearing in childhood.  With 95% of these conditions having no treatments, the lack of representation in clinical trials is problematic because it raises questions about the applicability of the findings, since different patient groups may respond differently to identical treatments.  The median number of patients participating in rare disease clinical trials is 29, as compared to a median of 69 for non-rare diseases. In the face of rising public health challenges, how critical is it to address the lack of representation in clinical trials for rare diseases affecting millions worldwide? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On episode #35 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 8/3 – 8/16/23. Host: Daniel Griffin Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Puscast! Links for this episode Powassan virus encephalitis: a tertiary center experience (CID) Diagnostic accuracy of hospital antibiograms in predicting the risk of antimicrobial resistance in Enterobacteriaceae isolates (CID) Timely diagnosis of incubating syphilis infections using Treponema pallidum (CID) Impact of rapid identification and stewardship intervention on coagulase-negative Staphylococcus bloodstream infection (OFID) Natural antibodies mediate protection against Acinetobacter baumannii respiratory infections (JID) Risk of misleading conclusions in observational studies of time-to-antibiotics and mortality in suspected sepsis (CID) Cryptococcal meningitis in young, immunocompetent patients (OFID) Experimental acquisition, maintenance, and transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) (JID) Clinical characteristics and prognosis of pediatric Phthirus pubis coinfestation of the eyelashes and scalp hairs (AMJTMH) Prognostic significance of Lymphocyte Subpopulations for ICU-acquired Infections in sepsis patients (JHI) Music is by Ronald Jenkees

Dr. Mather is the authority on ticks. He was on with Chaz and AJ to help the Tribe protect themselves from ticks, and the dangerous infections they carry like Lyme Disease and the Powassan Virus. (0:00) Dumb Ass News - A man may miss his own wedding, since his dog ate his passport just before he needed to get on a plane. (12:55) Chaz has been asked to officiate a wedding for his niece, and had a lot of questions about the process to become ordained. AJ and comedian Ayesheh Mae had a lot of strong opinions on how the ceremony should go, and the Tribe called in to share their opinions on what makes a "good" wedding. (16:27) Image Credit: Ladislav Kubeš / iStock / Getty Images Plus

A new MP3 sermon from Hope Reformed Church of Powassan is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Honor your Father and your Mother Subtitle: Commandments 2023 Speaker: Rob VanDoodewaard Broadcaster: Hope Reformed Church of Powassan Event: Sunday - AM Date: 7/16/2023 Bible: Ephesians 6:1-4 Length: 37 min.

Carlos Adyan era el único macho en el baby shower de Nadia, la esposa de Marc. ¿en verdad los baby showers son solo para mujeres? Además, el doctor Issa habló sobre los beneficios del Ozempic  y el virus Powassan.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carlos Adyan era el único macho en el baby shower de Nadia, la esposa de Marc. ¿en verdad los baby showers son solo para mujeres? Además, el doctor Issa habló sobre los beneficios del Ozempic  y el virus Powassan.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stories included in this episode:  1 - Maine Confirms Fatal Powassan Virus Case. What to Know About the Rare Disease  2 - Column: What's Happening in the Supreme Court's Shadows Is Shaping America  3 - Column: Why Conservatives' Views on Childhood Vaccines Are Shifting  4 - Don't Use Artificial Sweeteners for Weight Loss, WHO Says 5 - Allergies from At-Home Gel and Acrylic Manicures Are On the Rise 

Like Lyme disease, Powassan is transmitted through ticks. While there are only a handful of U.S. cases every year, the virus can be deadly.

A walk in the woods can bring serenity and peace of mind. You can bring back souvenirs such as a beautiful leaf, or a pine cone. Sometimes your souvenir is less lovely - a tick. Dogs, cats, and even horses can suffer from tick bites and responsible pet owners regularly check their companions for these unwelcome parasites.Ticks can carry and transmit bacteria, viruses, and parasites that cause Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, Powassan virus, babesiosis, and erlichiosis.Climate change is making new regions more tick-friendly, which is bad news for people and animals.Dr. Katie Clow is an Assistant Professor in One Health in the Department of Population Medicine at the Ontario Veterinary College at Canada's University of Guelph. She's working on better ways to track ticks and their spread. She's also got a website with useful information about ticks for people and pet owners.In this episode of One World, One Health, listen as Katie explains why people need to keep an eye out for ticks, why simply clearing wildlife such as deer won't help control ticks, and how climate change is helping ticks thrive in more regions of the world.

Our guest this week is Dr. Casey Kelley.  Board Certified in Family Medicine, Dr. Kelley was among the first physicians to become Board Certified in Integrative Medicine. She has studied the causes, effects, and treatments of Lyme Disease extensively, and lectures nationally on this and other topics.  Dr. Kelley graduated from The Ohio State University College of Medicine and completed her residency in Family Medicine at St. Joseph Hospital in Chicago.  She is a ten-year member of the Institute of Functional Medicine (IFM), a Director on the board of The International Lyme and Associated Disease Society (ILADS), and is a Founding Member of the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine (AIHM).  Dr. Kelley is on the faculty at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University.   Prior to founding Case Integrative Health, Dr. Kelley practiced medicine at WholeHealth Chicago, Michigan Avenue Immediate Care, and St. Joseph Hospital. Tick-borne pathogens can be passed to humans by the bite of infected ticks. Ticks can be infected with bacteria, viruses, or parasites. Some of the most common tick-borne diseases in the United States include: Lyme disease, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, anaplasmosis, Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness, Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever, and tularemia. Other tick-borne diseases in the United States include: Colorado tick fever, Powassan encephalitis, and Q fever. Lyme disease is the most commonly reported tick-borne disease in the United States. In 2010, more than 22,500 confirmed and 7,500 probable cases of Lyme disease were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Lexi Czar is a 27-year-old young woman from Creston, BC, Canada. She created Lyme disease awareness apparel and is and is thinking about relaunching her brand in the future. Prior to suffering the extreme symptoms of Lyme disease, Ms. Czar was a full-time student with a part-time job and was involved in many extracurricular sports and activities. She traveled throughout British Columbia and Alberta and was an extremely happy person with a great group of friends. Ms. Czar struggled with health issues as a child after a bad case of mono, but once she entered college her symptoms became more persistent. She had severe migraines and chronic fatigue which were dismissed and attributed to being a stressed college student. Unfortunately, Ms. Czars symptoms continued to worsen and expand, including body pain, insomnia, restless legs, bone issues, anxiety, and depression. After contracting dengue fever and being exposed to toxic mold, she was finally diagnosed with Lyme disease when she was 22. Ms. Czar was bit by another tick and reinfected with Powassan virus, Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF), Babesia, and Bartonella after making progress recovering from her initial Lyme diagnosis. Some of the treatment modalities she has used over time include stem cells, kambo, peptides, microdosing (with psilocybin), herbal antibiotics, ozone, light therapy, Rife, the FREmedica WAVE device, and more. If you would like to learn how a young woman from Canada is using a variety of non-standard treatment protocols to recover from chronic Lyme disease and co-infections, then tune in now! PS Emma Pikoulas special guest co-hosted this interview with Matt from Tick Boot Camp!

Elaine from Powassan was our contestant for the Morning North Mystery Game. She walked away with four of the five prizes available to be won. Play along and see how well you would have done.

At least three ticks within the last three weeks have tested positive for Powassan virus in Massachusetts WBZ's Madison Rogers reports.

Canary Cry News Talk #493 - 06.06.2022 GREEN GODDESS QUEEN Apocalyptic Russian Horsemen, Wormwood, WEF Wreck LINKTREE: CanaryCry.Party SHOW NOTES: CanaryCryNewsTalk.com CLIP CHANNEL: CanaryCry.Tube SUPPLY DROP: CanaryCrySupplyDrop.com SUPPORT: CanaryCryRadio.com/Support MEET UPS: CanaryCryMeetUps.com Basil's other podcast: ravel Gonz' New Youtube: Facelikethesun Resurrection Gonz' Video Archive: Facelikethesun.Live App Made by Canary Cry Producer: Truther Dating App   LEAD 5:19 V / 2:48 P  UKRAINE/RUSSIA Precurser - Biden says he wont send rockets to ukraine US to send Ukraine Advanced Rockets; Kyiv promises not to shoot them into Russia (DefenseOne) Russia Says the “horsemen of the apocalypse are one their way” will strike the west. Ukraine backtracks on promise to US (RT) →UK sends the same rockets after putin threat → Putin's Nukes will be stopped by Aliens, Uri Geller (Bharate Express) US OFFENSIVE cyber attacks on Russia (CNN) *Putin could spark ‘Territorial-free-for-all' in Antarctica (Express UK) INTRO (M-W-F) 35:57 V / 33:26 P B&G Update, V4V/Exec./Asso./Support   FLIPPY 44:43 V / 42:12 P Daleks among Jubilee pageant (Indy100) → Clip from Producer Jason at Automate 2020   [Party Pitch/Ravel/CCClips/text alerts]  55:12 V / 52:41 P   BEAST SYSTEM  58:11 V / 55:40 P Clip: Holographic queen golden carriage Clip: Queen on balcony, in green Rabbit Hole: Green in mythology/Revelation [Absinthe, Crowley, Wormwood]    BBB/NEW WORLD ORDER  1:16:42 V / 1:14:11 P Clip: WEF: Brian T. Moynihan on ESG Clip: WEF: François Villeroy de Galhau on crypto regulation, applauds China → The meaning of Bilderberg meeting 2022 (Guardian)   [TREASURE/SPEAKPIPE/BYE YOUTUBE]  1:46:35 V / 1:44:04 P   PROPAGANDA/SHILLZILLA/chris licht 2:23:34 V / 2:21:03 P New CNN boss message to staffers, Cool it with Breaking News banner (NYT)   COVID/WACCINE  2:46:56 V / 2:44:25 P Judicial Watch Uncovers Dozens of Records of Illegal Molecular Research Reported to NIH (Judicial Watch)    MONKEYPOX 2:56:48 V / 2:54:17 P CDC sending monkeypox jabs to people at high risk to prevent spread (CNBC)   PANDEMIC SPECIAL 3:01:20 V / 2:58:49 P The Growing Threat Of Tick-Borne Disease Part I: Powassan Virus (Forbes)  The Growing Threat Of Tick-Borne Disease Part II: Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (Forbes)    [TALENT]  3:04:09 V / 3:01:38 P   ALIENS  3:19:48 V /3:17:17 P Aliens Created our universe in a Lab, Scientist Suggests (Esquire)   ANTARCTICA  3:26:50 V / 3:24:19 P 4 women in charge of only radio station in Antarctica (Zyri)   [TIME/OUTRO]  3:39:38 V / 3:37:07 P   EPISODE 493 WAS PRODUCED BY… Executive Producers Anonymous** LIBERTYB4AUTHORITY**   Supply Drop Alana L    Producers Raoul S, Pocojo33, MORV, Sir JC Knight of the Technosquatch, LX Protocol V2, Darrin S, Veronica D, Gail M, Sir Scott Knight of Truth, Sir Casey the Shield Knight, Sir James Knight and Servant of the Lion of Judah, Jackie U, Jonathan F, Runksmash, Benjamin S, Joey   AUDIO PRODUCTION (Jingles, Iso, Music): Jonathan F, Psalm40    ART PRODUCTION (Drawing, Painting, Graphics): Dame Allie of the Skillet Nation, Sir Dove Knight of Rusbeltia   CONTENT PRODUCTION (Microfiction etc.): Runksmash: Basil comes in from exercising his animals and removes his newly sequined padded suit; the emus and rooster should be tired enough now that he can review the news in peace, and prepare for another episode of the world's foremost news analysis show.   The Sentinel: Basil leans forward to increase his speed, only the first 20 competitors to complete 30 full laps will move on to the next round. He's at the front of the pack, but right behind him are a group of Alpha-Bois determined to trip him up. Basil weaves in between innocent competitors, the Alpha-Bois are not as kind. WHAM. THUD. BANG. Basil can hear the Alpha-Bois shoving people to the ground, and he knows that getting back on their feet costs them valuable time if they hope to move on to the next round. He must eliminate some Alpha-Bois if he wants to have any chance in the future rounds. Basil breathes in, then cuts his feet to the right, his roller blades scrape against the rink as he turns 180 to face his enemies. As the first Alpha-Boi reaches out for him, Basil drops his shoulder into the man's gut and then flips him over his back. SLAM. The Alpha-Boi falls flat on the rink. The crowd gives a large “OOOOO” Basil turns to continue his laps, the Alpha-Boi does not get up.    CLIP PRODUCER Emsworth, FaeLivrin, Epsilon   Timestamps: Mondays: Jackie U Wednesdays: Jade Bouncerson Fridays: Christine C   ADDITIONAL STORIES: → UCLA alien expert, they're ‘hiding on Dyson sphere' (The Sun) → Clip: Three orb UFO filmed in Florida, classic style sighting (TikTok) …more Flippy Researcher says AI invented its own language (Futurism) Suspect who allegedly killed retired judge had hit list (ABC News) Beast Fashion (Indy UK) Arizona woman admit to ballot collection scheme (The Hill) Paul Pelosi accused of molesting child (National) Elon vs Gates heats up (FOX) → Forbes has just started recently a series on diseases from ticks  What to know, Powassan virus, a tick-borne disease that cause fatal brain infection (Insider)  → Gene Editing on Ticks Promises Insights Into Disease Prevention (US News)  Prevent Tick-Borne Diseases as Summer Approaches (NYC Health)  Study reveals how deadly tick disease spreads (PhyOrg)  Upstate tick expert predicts huge season for ticks (Upstate)  VA, DC At High Risk In 2022 Tick Season: How To Prevent Illnesses (Patch)  DHHR Urges Residents to Take Steps to Prevent Tickborne Diseases (W.Va Dept. of Health)  Pizza Hut chain sparks outrage and national boycott after its children's' book club features a story about a young boy in DRAG (DailyMail)  Police break up HK memorial to mark 33rd anniversary of Tiananmen massacre (DailyMail)  Pro-Transhumanist article (Guardian) …other headlines from Ukraine/Russia American spy agencies review their misses on Ukraine Russia (ABC) → Russian missiles barrage Kyiv, ending month long sense of calm (Times of Israel) → Putin could spark ‘Territorial-free-for-all' in Antarctica (Express UK) → US to continue support for Ukraine (Yahoo) Two Basque scientists go hunt for Antarctic Superplants (Indo NY) China blocks effort to protect Emperor Penguins (DRGnews) Vertical energy storage systems, gravity battery (New Atlas)

Canary Cry News Talk #492 - 06.03.2022 BILD BERG BETTER Fish Bees, Shillzilla, Biden Plan, Ticks, Hell Planet   LINKTREE: CanaryCry.Party SHOW NOTES: CanaryCryNewsTalk.com CLIP CHANNEL: CanaryCry.Tube SUPPLY DROP: CanaryCrySupplyDrop.com SUPPORT: CanaryCryRadio.com/Support MEET UPS: CanaryCryMeetUps.com Basil's other podcast: ravel Gonz' New Youtube: Facelikethesun Resurrection Gonz' Video Archive: Facelikethesun.Live App Made by Canary Cry Producer: Truther Dating App   LEAD:  5:57 V / 3:24 P WOKE/NEWSOM SCIENCE California court rules bees a type of fish to protect them under endangered species act (Insider)   BBB/NEW WORLD ORDER:  13:27 V / 10:54 P 68th Bilderberg Meeting to take place 2 - 5 June 2022 in Washington, D.C., USA (KULR8)  → Source: 68TH BILDERBERG MEETING (Bilderberg)   BBB/HARRY LEGS:  22:51 V / 20:18 P Bidens WSJ “Plan” (WSJ Op. ed) → Former Corinthian students get federal debt erased (AP)   SHILLZILLA:   This is disastrous economic number for Joe Biden and Democrats (CNN)   INTRO (M-W-F) B&G Update, V4V/Exec./Asso./Support   FLIPPY Elon Musk-bot coming in September (MSN/The Street)   [Party Pitch/Ravel/CCClips/text alerts]   GUN CONTROL → Tulsa shooter from botched back surgery (DailyMail) → Uvalde police not cooperating (NY Post)   UKRAINE US to send Ukraine Advanced Rockets; Kyiv promises not to shoot Russia (DefenseOne) US OFFENSIVE cyber attacks on Russia (CNN)   [TREASURE/SPEAKPIPE/BYE YOUTUBE]   COVID/WACCINE Covid is way more deadly than flu for children (Bloomberg) →Source: CDC data on flu deaths “statistical models to accommodate underreporting”   MONKEYPOX More than half of infections is in the gay community, new UKHSA report shows (Sky News) → Monkeypox, Knowledge Gaps (WHO) WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MPX (CNN)   PANDEMIC SPECIAL Ticks (JAM links) Gruesome ‘nose-bleed fever' death toll rises to 18 as tick-borne virus spreads (NY Post) → Connecticut man suffers from deadly brain infection cause by Powassan virus after he was bit by a tick, officials confirm (DailyMail) → Every American carnivore's worst nightmare! 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Pet Detective Jamie Katz She's a real life Pet Detective, schooled as a human Private Investigator. Jamie Katz has found over 150 lost or stolen pets in the last 2 years. She'll share some wild stories and give you tips to make sure your pet isn't stolen. Listen Now Federal Agency Goes Pet Friendly The Interior Department welcomed a new breed of visitor to its Washington headquarters last month, one on four legs, covered with fur and on a mission to boost morale at the agency in charge of public lands. The first federal agency to go dog friendly opened its doors to 85 dogs that first Dog Day! Listen Now New Tick-Borne Disease Discovered Scientists have a double-shot of bad news about ticks. There's a new, and potentially fatal, tick-borne illness called Powassan and this summer looks like it might be one of the worst on record for an increase in the tick population. The Centers for Disease Control say tick-borne diseases are on the rise and prevention should be on everyone's mind now through early fall when ticks are most active. Listen Now Human College Graduates 24 Pets One of only a handful of colleges that allow and encourage pets, Eckerd College wants students to bring their dogs, cats, rabbits, ferrets, ducks and chinchillas to school. They supply pet dorms and vet visits for college kids and their pets. They even have a graduation ceremony for the creatures big and small. Tanya Womack is the Staff Coordinator for Pet Life at Eckerd College. She's happy to tell us about this groundbreaking initiative and she consults with other colleges that wish to institute the same policy. Listen Now Prisoners Training Animals A small team of women prisoners in Phoenix is working with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Animal Safety Unit. The program helps comfort and train animals rescued from deplorable conditions. Six days a week the women in the program are transported to a former men's jail that has been converted into a holding center and safe haven for animals. Listen Now Read more about this week's show.

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It's tick season and Connecticut officials say a man in Windham County was confirmed to have contracted Powassan virus.  The disease is rare, but can attack the nervous system, causing loss of coordination, difficulty speaking and seizures. Dr. Browne told us what we need to be aware of and how to avoid a tick bite.  IMAGE CREDIT:  iStock / Getty Images Plus

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman Co-Producer: Petra Hall Technical assistance: Joel Mann & Amy Browne Healthy Options: For Well-being & Being Well Ticks ARE out- and biting (ugh!), so it's time for our yearly update on TICKS, Lyme, and tick-borne illness, with tick specialist, Dr. Beatrice Szantyr. Key Discussion Points: 1. What is a tickborne illness? 2. What tickborne infections are viruses and which are bacterial, and how can they be treated? 3. What is the prevalence of Lyme disease, and other infections in Maine? 5. What percentage of people get a rash with Lyme infections and what does that rash look like? 6. Besides deer ticks, what other kinds of ticks are here now in Maine? What kind of diseases/infections can we get from them? 7. What is anaplasmosis and Powassan virus and why are we so concerned about these infections? 8. What can we do to protect ourselves from tick bites? 9. What do I do if I've been bitten? Where can I send the tick to analyze what it may carry, and will this help in my possible treatment? Guest: Dr. Beatrice Szantyr, an Internist and Pediatrician who lectures on Lyme disease and related tick-borne disorders in Maine and nationally, to both professional and community groups. She is an active member of the Maine CDC Vector Borne Disease Work Group, and a member of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society. Dr. Szantyr most recently served on the 2022 Federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group, the Access to Care and Education Subcommittee. Websites of Interest: Tick testing Maine Tick testing Amherst MA. (tests for more diseases) MANY websites of interest from previous Healthy Options programs can also be found at: Healthy Options Archive 5/5/21 Healthy Options Archive 6/3/20 About the host: Rhonda Feiman is a nationally-certified, licensed acupuncturist practicing in Belfast, Maine since 1993. She primarily practices Toyohari Japanese acupuncture, using gentle and powerful non-insertion needle techniques, and also utilizes Chinese acupuncture and herbology. In addition, Rhonda is a practitioner of Qi Gong and an instructor of Tai Chi Chuan in the Yang Family tradition. The post Healthy Options 5/4/22: Yearly Update on TICKS, Lyme, and Tick-borne Illnesses first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

It was a clean sweep for Barry from Powassan as he answered every question in the Morning North Mystery Game correctly. Could you have done the same? Have a listen and find out.

Welcome to the vipHome Podcast where we talk about all the things homeowners need to know.Glenn:Thank you for having me. It's a pleasure to be here. I always love to talk about bugs and pest control, and it's not something that a lot of people love to talk about. So I'm happy to be able to share my love of bugs and pest control with your viewers.Glenn:I got into this uniquely as a lot of people do in our industry. It's not necessarily the industry that people say, "I want to be the bug killer when I grow up," or "I want to play with bugs when I grow up." But actually, when I was very little, I did have a pet, scorpion. We found it in the garage. My mom was hesitant at first. It was just a little scorpion. We put it in a fish bowl and it turned out to be the best pet we ever had-Jacqueline:No way.Glenn:... because it didn't need to be walked, you didn't need to take it... Bathroom breaks weren't a problem, vacations weren't a problem, all of that. I went on to college. I was going to be a pediatrician. Lost the thought about having anything to do with bugs and got to college and I had to take an elective class for my degree. I took an entomology class and had this realization that I can play with bugs for the rest of my life as a job.Glenn:Went down, changed my major. Again, my mom wasn't thrilled, but she's happy now. I'm gainfully employed. She was a little worried at one time. I went through college, I ended up taking some time in between. I got a bachelor's and a master's in entomology, but I took some time in between and I worked in a virology lab for a while, making vaccine components and stuff, and came back to the entomology.Glenn:And did the master's degree and fell into the industry doing structural pest control type stuff. Then I worked at a regional company in the Atlanta, Georgia area, and times past, some things happened at that company. They got acquired by a larger company. I decided it was time to step up to the big leagues and come to the biggest. So I'm happy to be where I am today.Caroline:Can you share a little bit about what entomology is? I know it's the study of bugs maybe.Glenn:Yeah, so I can elaborate. Entomology actually lumps in a lot of different things because we seem to be the catchall for things that other people don't want. Entomology by definition is the study of insects, and insects are six legged, three body segments, stuff like that. Spiders don't technically fall into entomology by definition, but we lump them in because they're the closest thing to the study of in that aspect.Glenn:In the pest control world, entomologists get lumped into rodent control, other wildlife, snakes, just the full gambit of things that come that... I see Caroline's shaking. Yeah, it's the stuff people don't want.Caroline:Yeah. I don't really mind bugs so much and spiders are fine, but you introduce the snake to the crowd and whoa.Glenn:I'm not a snake person myself-Caroline:Oh, good.Glenn:... but I will happily take a tarantula and put it on my face. So I'm still weird.Caroline:Okay.Glenn:There's entomologists, and then there's normal people, and I fall into the entomologist category.Jacqueline:What's a day in your life look like for you?Glenn:We get a lot of specimens sent in that either our operations have trouble figuring out what it is. We get a lot of Facebook requests for pest IDs, customers, random fans of Orkin that follow us on social media platforms. We'll post a picture and say, "Hey, what is this? Hey Orkin man." We're the behind the scenes Orkin men and women for that matter. We have a nice team of Orkin women that are employed here.Glenn:So that is one big aspect that we do is pest identification. It's really critical to the pest control process to know what you're trying to control. The second thing that we do is we problem solve. If there's unique situation going on in the field that an operation is having trouble with, or maybe it's a pharmaceutical plant that has something going on, that it's just highly sensitive.Glenn:We can go out, we can assess the situation, we can provide recommendations for solving those type problems. The last thing that we do is really assist our field operations in writing protocols so that they have the best... We evaluate equipment, we evaluate products and we write the protocols to help them have the best tools, and the best knowledge, and the best process to solve these problems the easiest way for them and the best for our customers.Caroline:Can you share a little bit as we go into the late summer, early fall, what pests really become problems? I know you said that you're solution-oriented, but before calling Orkin or before calling a pest service, how can you prevent some of these pests from doing harm?Glenn:And harm is what we're trying to prevent. I think the harm isn't necessarily... There's obvious harm that they could do to people, some pests, but there's harm to homes. And that's the target that we're thinking about today is as weather cools off, we get into these cooler months, shorter days, these pests try and find someplace to go. They're trying to escape the cold weather. They're trying to find someplace to bed down just like we do during the winter months, we want to stay warm and cozy.Glenn:So there's really two major categories of things that we could be facing. Rodents are a huge one. Rodents try and migrate into homes, businesses, whatever, during the fall months so that they can survive the winter months and breed at the same time. The second category, and we'll get into what can we do about it in just second. The second category is what we call occasional invaders. And these are things that don't typically feed or breed in homes, but try and escape things like the cold, the hot.Glenn:They're looking for water, they're looking for some kind of food resource, and they just happen into the home by accident. So call them occasional invaders. Some of the occasional invaders that we might think of would be boxelder bugs. Boxelder bugs, I get hundreds of friends asking what these red and black looking bugs are that come in mass to the side of their house or whatever.Glenn:They're predominantly black, they have some red markings on them. When they're young, they're almost exclusively red with some very little light black marks, black legs and stuff like that. So they're just really bright and striking in color and people just see hundreds of them all the sudden on the side of their house or whatever. And it's just a common occurrence. A lot of things will kill them, they'll go away, but you want to try and keep them from coming inside.Glenn:Stink bugs or predominant.Caroline:We get a lot of them.Glenn:Yeah, Caroline mentioned she was from the New England States. That is a huge area for the brown marmorated stink bug. It's an invasive species. If you think of what home plate looks, a home plate shape, pentagon shaped, but that's more of what it's like. They call them marmorated, that means speckled or patterned in color. And they're this brownish pattern on their body. They call them stink bugs because if you touch them, they release this chemical that stinks and it's a repellent to other insects and other predators.Caroline:I have a question on stink bugs.Glenn:Yeah, [crosstalk 00:08:01].Caroline:... if it's a myth or a rumor, but I heard that if you kill them, that that stink actually attracts their friends, so you get more.Glenn:While we find it offensive, that smell can be an aphrodisiac to other stink bugs. It has some pheromones in it, so they will use it to aggregate, they will use it to find each other. It also has some antibacterial qualities. So I'm not saying that we should take stink bugs and clean our hands [crosstalk 00:08:38] from COVID-19 or anything, but it does help them protect themselves from other microorganisms that might cause them illness.Glenn:One thing that I don't want your viewers to do is suck them up in their vacuum cleaner. If you suck them up in the vacuum cleaner, that smell, that stink can get in the vacuum cleaner and it is really hard to get it out. So it's better to trap them, throw them outside, get them with a cup and a piece of paper and take them out, or just grab them with a Kleenex or something like that.Glenn:The Kleenex will keep the oil from getting on your hands. You can wash your hands afterwards, but they don't bite or anything. So it's something that you can just grab and get rid of and not ruin your vacuum cleaner.Jacqueline:Would you say that there are insects that you would recommend or would be okay with using a vacuum to clean up, if you will?Glenn:Yeah. Another occasional invader that we think about as ladybugs. Ladybugs, I highly recommend sucking up in the vacuum cleaner because-Jacqueline:Okay.Glenn:... if you smash a ladybug like on your wall or on your curtains or whatever, they'll release this orange stain. It's similar to the stuff that a stink bug would release. It's a chemical that they exude to try and ward off predators or whatever, but it will stay in wallpaper. It'll stay in paint, it'll stay in fabrics. So by sucking them up with the vacuum cleaner, it doesn't let them scotch that out and stain the surface.Jacqueline:All right.Glenn:Most bugs, it's not a problem to suck up in the vacuum cleaner. It's really the ones that we think about like stink bugs that have this pungent odor associated with them that we don't want to do that.Jacqueline:That makes sense.Caroline:I always remember as a kid, when I found a ladybug, I was so excited and my mom was like, "Oh no, you don't want ladybugs. That means something's wrong or an infestation of sorts." So-Glenn:Ladybugs are actually very beneficial. To have them in your garden is amazing. They eat aphids, which are pests of plants. They suck the plant juices, ladybugs actually eat those. So they're really good to have around. Yeah, you don't want them inside. They will die inside. Other parts of the country, in like the Pacific Northwest, Colorado, those areas, they actually get really, really, really bad infestations of ladybugs.Glenn:So like the stink bugs that we were talking about, or boxelder bugs that we get in mass in these areas, in your area, my area, Atlanta, Georgia, Southeast, they get mass infestations of ladybugs. And those lady bugs can die in the attic, in the wall voids, in places where you can't get to them as easy. And those bug carcasses for lack of better term can attract other pests. There's other pests that feed on dead bugs, so you can get secondary pest infestations from having dead bugs in your house.Jacqueline:That's good to know.Caroline:Yeah. Maybe my mum was right in [crosstalk 00:11:46].Glenn:It's never good to have bugs in your home unless they're pets. The first thing that I would say to tell homeowners to do is walk around your house. Not just walk around and say, "Oh, the bushes look pretty," or "The roses are nice." That's wonderful to do, but look for things that don't look right. Scratch marks, bent gutters, top shingles. Those types of things are things that are indicative of another problem, something's happened to make that happen.Glenn:And those are oftentimes things that we're looking for when we go out and do an inspection. We have a little more trained eye, so we see things that a homeowner may not see. But fixing those type things or looking for a soffit vent or an eave that has scratch marks on it may indicate that there's been a squirrel trying to get in, a raccoon trying to get in. Some other type of rodent trying to get into the attic space. And that's that first side that a homeowner might see.Glenn:For occasional invader type stuff, sealing cracks and crevices, putting up screens on windows, making sure the screens are tight. Caulking around plumbing lines, your cable line comes into your house somewhere, making sure that caulking that's around it is good and tight. In your air conditioning, HVAC lines, making sure those are sealed around them. Any kind of penetration from the outside to the inside of your home should be sealed up really well.Jacqueline:About two years ago, I had squirrels in my walls. I lived on the top floor. I was on the third floor of a three story apartment complex. And I guess, I don't know how they got in through the roof. Somehow there was some kind of opening and it was my bedroom wall and they were living in. And yeah, there was just some opening and I guess they had sealed it and they had gotten rid of the... They were squirrels, and then the squirrels tore it open again and came back in.Jacqueline:And it was just something they were in the trees and they crawled into the house as it got colder in late September, October, and-Glenn:Any branches that are overhanging, touching, bushes touching the home, any of that, the more that can be cut away from the home helps pests from being able to jump or just walk right onto the house. If your bushes are 12 to 18 inches away from the foundation of your home, like cutaway on the backside from the street, you can't tell. It still looks beautiful, but it keeps ants from being able to walk from the bush onto the house and get in or something like that.Glenn:Same with the trees overhanging keeps squirrels from dropping on. There's cockroaches that nest into trees that drop onto the house and will come in through the soffit vents and that type stuff. So all of that that you can keep cutaway is a really good preventive tip as well.Caroline:I feel like we need all the preventative tips that we can get.Caroline:How often do you think or would you recommend like Orkin services or pest control services over the course of a year? Is it seasonally, or twice, or-Glenn:If you're going to employ the services of a pest control company, I would have them come... Typically, they're going to come monthly, bimonthly or quarterly.Caroline:Okay.Glenn:And a lot of that is dependent on what region of the country you're in. If you're in a really cold climate, you may not need it as often, so they may come quarterly. But it is important that somebody is looking year-round because there's different pests that will come in the fall, then the spring, then the summer, then the winter, whatever. So your home is really under constant attack from stuff trying to get in, from keeping mosquitoes away, or keeping the rodents out in the fall, or protecting from the spring emergence of a lot of different pests.Glenn:That's their big... It starts getting warmer, they start growing their population sizes, they start moving around more because it's warmer outside. So it really is important that somebody is looking on a regular basis. Depending on what you want to have them look for or how you want to do that, companies are more than willing to come out on a onetime basis or come out on a regular basis.Caroline:Do mosquitoes count as under your control?Glenn:Mosquitoes are actual insects, so yes.Caroline:I get horrific mosquito bites. No matter where I am, just a million of them.Glenn:My wife is the same way. It bites her and she immediately gets like a big red welt that shows up. I fed mosquitoes in college [crosstalk 00:16:28]. I don't react the same way, and-Caroline:Okay.Glenn:... that's an important thing to remember when people... I'm not going to knock on the doctors because I wanted to be one, but you cannot diagnose what kind of insect, or bug, or spider, or whatever bit somebody by the skin reaction.Jacqueline:Oh.Glenn:It's absolutely impossible. Everybody reacts differently. We use bedbugs as an example, some people react to bedbug bites, some people don't. Some people react to mosquito bites, some people don't. So the red mark that you get on your skin, the swollen red mark is an immune response to the saliva, to the histamines, whatever that the bug bites you and injects, and everybody's body reacts differently to those.Glenn:We hear all the time, "Oh, well, that's a spider bite. My doctor told me it was a spider bite." Your doctor can't tell you. Your doctor's seeing an immune response to something. It could have been a bedbug, it could have been a mosquito, something else, a tick. It could have been a lot of things and produce that same reaction. It's important that you pay attention. If something does bite you, try and get a picture of it.Glenn:Try and throw some tape onto it, something, catch it because that helps people in determining what to do about that particular bite.Caroline:My horror story for the day was going to be, I was at the sleepaway camp in a tent, sleeping in a tent and I had this huge, huge welt in the crease of my arm. And it ended up being a spider laid an egg or some eggs in my arm.Jacqueline:No. No.Glenn:I would put potentially disagree.Caroline:I think that was more of the story, but it was like a huge-Jacqueline:Oh.Caroline:... thing.Glenn:Glenn:Where was the camp?Caroline:West New Jersey.Glenn:West New Jersey. I do not know of any spider that lays its eggs underneath the skin of a human. There are other things that will not necessarily lay their eggs in your skin. There's like almost nothing that does that. But there are things that when they bite you, you'll get like an abscess type underneath the skin from the reaction that your body has to it. And sometimes the easiest thing to do is pull that like pocket out surgically.Caroline:Yeah, that's what they did.Glenn:Awesome.Caroline:And it's funny because I think I was like seven at the time. So I think what seven-year old knows the word abscess? You know what I mean? I think it became a story. I tell that back to my mom, she's like, "You have eggs in your arm, come on." So that's a story though.Glenn:My mom told me that if I eat watermelon seeds, I'd grow a watermelon in my belly.Caroline:I know that one too.Glenn:That's not true either.Jacqueline:I had something, I was... This is a little bit unrelated to honing homes, but I guess it was a summer home. My stepfather's from Sweden. We moved to the States and was living here for a while, but he maintained this little cottage he kept in the Swedish countryside. So in the summers, we would go over and visit his family and then we'd stay at the house for a few days. So I don't know if you have experienced Scandinavian bugs, specifically ticks.Jacqueline:But I was playing outside and I had... I guess a tick landed on me and it burrowed into my skin. And I had to have my stepdad take tweezers and pull the tick because it was not just on my skin, but i-Glenn:Buried.Jacqueline:... that. The craziest... I can't. I remember it clear as day because we don't have ticks like that in America to my knowledge. Maybe we do, but I'm not entomologist so I don't know. But I remember having to lay down, men pull the tick out from inside of my... It was inside. Oh my gosh.Glenn:Yes, all ticks feed that way. So all the ticks-Jacqueline:They go inside of you?Glenn:Yeah. They burrow into your skin and that's how they feed. Ticks actually make... Part of their salivary enzymes, the proteins in their saliva make almost like a tube in your skin and it helps the flow of stuff into their mouth.Jacqueline:[inaudible 00:21:17].Glenn:Yeah. Their head actually does bury into your skin though. There's also a fly, we don't have them in the United States. They might have them in South Texas or something. It's called a botfly. The botfly will lay an egg under your skin and it lives there.Caroline:Maybe that's what I had.Glenn:I'm trying to say this in a nice way. It lives there until it hatches out. Then it just falls out of your leg or something.Jacqueline:Oh my gosh. I don't ever want to go where those are.Caroline:Oh wait. While we're on this rare bug, spider, tick, our content managers, Susie, the one who brought these glorious questions for us wanted to know or to quote, she said, "The CDC has seen a rise in tick-borne diseases. So the best way to avoid a tick to make sure your home and lawn have as few ticks as possible. Do you have any..." I guess I read that better, but anyway, ticks, and homes, and ways to prevent them is the gist.Glenn:Uniquely, I moved into my house like five years ago now. I moved down a little bit closer to work and everything and diagonally across the street from me is another entomologist. We're like 0.0001% of the United States is entomologists and there's two on a street of like 15 houses or something.Caroline:Are you guys best friends.Glenn:We do talk a lot, yeah. Not many other people will talk to us, so we talk a lot. He is actually a tick specialist at CDC.Jacqueline:Wow.Caroline:Well, do you want [inaudible 00:23:08] our podcast?Glenn:Right. I'll talk to him. There is definite evidence of new ticks getting introduced into the United States, more and more tick-borne disease that people are being exposed to. So it is extremely important when homeowners go outside their house to wear repellents. The CDC website is a great resource for that. They have recommendations, they update their recommendations based on their research on tick biology and behavior to the best repellents.Glenn:There is also additional guidance there for kids, women who are expecting, all of this that we don't have time for this broadcast, but your viewers could go read if they're in one of those special categories or want the latest recommendation on repellents. The biggies that people need to think about for making their home less hospitable for ticks, cut their grass. Tall grass is notorious for ticks climbing up them.Glenn:They do what's called like flagging and they'll stick out their front legs like this as they... Their back legs will hold onto the top of the grass stick. They'll stick out their legs like this, and as you walk by and your pants leg, or your dog, or whatever, they'll grab onto it and go with you. It's important that you keep grass cut short so they can't do that. So tall grass is a no, no.Glenn:The other is creating what we call ecotones in the yard. So if you have a wooded section of your yard and then there's grass that goes right up to it, put like a gravel barrier in between. That harsher break between the wooded area and the grass is a huge deterrent to ticks being able to cross. So it keeps your lawn better protected from anything that might be coming through the woods. Deer will transport them, so getting deer attractive plants out of your yard, things that they might be feeding on.Glenn:If you have a garden in your yard that is attracting animals in, putting netting up around that to keep the deer, the bunnies or whatever from coming in will benefit not having ticks deposited into your yard that are looking for some kind of host. The point Jacqueline made about taking it out, it is important that you remove a tick properly. You don't want to touch them with... People will put lotion on them, put oil on them, put...Glenn:There's all these things about, well, when they can't breathe, they'll let go. They'll touch them with a burning match or something like that. All of those are horrible recommendations.Caroline:To your skin? A burning match to your skin?Glenn:To the tick because they think it will make the tick let go. The tick actually, their mouth part's scissor or saw down in as they're burying in. They put in a numbing agent, so you don't feel them burrowing in. But it's not like they're holding on like a dog to a tennis ball. They can't just let go. So if you touch them with something or you stop their ability to breathe, what they typically will do is spit.Glenn:They push fluids from their body in as they're letting go, and it takes them a while to work their way back out. But the saliva that they would inject into you is what potentially has the pathogens in it. The Rocky Mountain spotted fever, the Lyme disease, Powassan virus, all of those different things that they transmit are salivary transmitted. So if you smother them, if you burn them, if you do all of these different things, it could actually increase your chances of getting infected by whatever they might have.Jacqueline:Oh my God.Glenn:The best thing is exactly what they did to you Jacqueline, grab it with tweezers as close as you can to the skin, pull straight out. It will remove it. They make tick removal devices and stuff that do that same kind of motion. You can get them at retail stores, online retailers, huge ones, whatever, we'll have those types of devices. Regular tweezers will work just as well.Caroline:How big is a tick?Glenn:About size of an apple seed? They're not very big.Caroline:Oh. Yeah.Glenn:If I do this, it's really big. If I do this, it's really small, but about size of an apple seed. Somewhere in that neighborhood is what you're going to look for for the adult size. The young, what we call instars, the larval stages of them, the babies can be really, really small. You may have heard the term seed ticks. Those are baby ticks that haven't grown up yet. They can be as small as like a period on a piece of paper or something and white or clearCaroline:Oh.Glenn:Really hard to see. They're less likely to be transmitting any disease at that point because they haven't gotten to where they fed on infected things, deer or boxes, or whatever that are carrying these different viruses. It's really just the irritation that you get at that point. The other tidbit I would say on the removal is when you remove it, make sure you got the whole thing.Glenn:If you've broken the head off in your skin because you pulled it an angle or didn't pull straight out, you can get some secondary infection type stuff going on. If that happens, go see your doctor. You're not going to die from that, but you could think that I have Lyme disease because I've gotten this further red, circular infection type thing. And it's really that you just didn't get the tick out completely.Caroline:Oh dear.Jacqueline:We'll let Susie know.Caroline:You had mentioned earlier that you had a scorpion as a pet. Good for you. Glad you didn't have to walk it. Can you share how common, if you didn't want them as a pet, the commonness of them in your home and what you do if one is in your home?Glenn:If you get a scorpion in your home, you-Caroline:Run?Glenn:No. Actually the majority of the scorpions that we have in the United States that would get into a home are not that venomous. I will mention that difference-Caroline:Well, a little.Glenn:We do have some in the Southwest that are fairly venomous. I wouldn't necessarily push them to deadly, but it would be bad. We have some bad yellowjackets, we have some bad wasps. It's not that it's completely uncommon for us to have things that can make us sick when they sting us. I do want to mention the difference between poison and venom.Glenn:Poisonous means that if you eat it, like a poisonous plant, you get sick from it. Venom is injected and you get sick from it. So insects, I can't think of a poisonous insect. People eat insects around the world as a source of protein. They eat spiders, they eat scorpions, they eat all kinds of things. Venom them injected snakes, scorpions, yellowjackets, all of that is what we're talking about.Glenn:When we say something is venomous, it means that it's going to sting you, bite you, whatever, and make you sick.Caroline:Got itGlenn:What you should do around your house, scorpions are notorious for getting into rock piles, gravel, woodpiles that you might have around your house. So elimination of those things, if at all possible. Or if you have gravel around your house, we often recommend you put gravel around your house as a barrier. A lot of insects don't want to cross that barrier, so it's a good barrier for other things.Glenn:Scorpions like it though and they'll nest in them and hide in them. So it's a little bit different. We talked about sealing your home up really well, caulking, sealing gaps and cracks. Door sweeps can be really good to keep scorpions out. So making sure that if you're inside your home, look towards your front door, or your back door, your basement door during the middle of the day, the bright sunny time of the day.Glenn:And if you see light coming around your door, something can get in it, some kind of pest. Scorpion can smash really flat and get in, so making sure that that door sweep, the brush, the rubber, whatever touches, the doorframe, it doesn't have to scrape your floor all up. That's too far down. But when the door is sealed, closed, that you don't see light coming around it. Extremely important.Glenn:If they do get inside, I don't recommend people like, "Oh, I'm going to throw it outside. I'm just going to grab it by the tail." Trained professionals do that, other people don't. Okay? They can sting you. Most of the ones that we have that people would run into, it would be like a bee sting, but nobody enjoys being stung by a bee either. So scoop it up with something. Scoop it up in the dust pan and just throw it out the front door.Glenn:Or if you really don't want to let it live, flush it down the toilet. It'll be fine. It's not going to clog your pipes up and it's not going to come back later and haunt you in the middle of the night or anything like that. It's just going to [inaudible 00:32:42]. Hairspray is another good knockdown for a lot of pests. If you spray stuff with hairspray, it clogs up their breathing holes and they don't last very long.Caroline:That's a little sad. I don't [inaudible 00:32:58], but that seems a little sad.Glenn:It's just something that people tend to have on hand that will work.Caroline:Okay.Glenn:I don't recommend... This is not pest control for, you're going to quarterly go around your house and spray with hairspray. It's if you get a wasp in the house that you're worried about, hairspray can knock it down and get it.Jacqueline:I have wasp that likes to come visit, so that's helpful. Normally I just ask him to leave and who does leave. He's actually pretty nice. And he comes back and I'm like, "Can you go?" And I open the door and then he leaves. But then every once in a while, sometimes he comes back and then I just ask him to leave and he leaves again. So I guess, I don't have to do that to him, but if he gets aggressive, then I have [crosstalk 00:33:44]-Glenn:You should name him.Jacqueline:I should name... He's growing on me because he's respectful.Glenn:Another tidbit for your homeowners to think about is if you get like ants in the house-Jacqueline:I have a lot of ants.Glenn:Yeah.Jacqueline:I can't [crosstalk 00:33:59]-Glenn:Obviously, they're coming in for some kind of source. They're coming in for something sweet, they're coming in looking for water or something like that. Using something like Windex, some kind of glass cleaner, it will help to break down the trail pheromone that they have and can help stem them from continuing to come into that same place.Jacqueline:That is great news. Right before this call, I don't know why... I moved to a garden level, ground level apartment from a third floor, so I had the squirrel problem last time. Now I have ant problem and I just sprayed with Windex before this call because I'm like, "Maybe this will do." So that's great news.Glenn:Yeah, it'll kill the scouts and it'll help to remove that trail pheromone, but it is not necessarily a solution. Look where they're going, try and find what they're going to, follow the little trail.Jacqueline:[crosstalk 00:34:52] my kitchen. Maybe water.Glenn:Honestly, I feel for you. As a renter, you have a little less freedom than a homeowner does to do things. Like you mentioned the screen on the front door that needs fixing. I would even say that your homeowners might be in a similar situation right now. A lot of people are out of work right now because of the pandemic. A lot of people may be out of work for a period of time after the pandemic.Glenn:They don't necessarily have the funds to fix the screen right now or something. They're paying their bills, they're buying food, they're trying to survive during this. So doing little things can help. If you can take a piece of thread and try and pull it together, something to get it closer together. Put some saran wrap over it, suppressant seal on both sides and squeeze it together.Glenn:It's not going to be as attractive, but it might keep Mr. Wasp friend from coming in as easy in those situations. When something gets better financially or in your home, or if the landlord comes around eventually, then potentially call us out to say, "We can help you out in this way." We get it. We've seen the struggles that people have had during this with continuing service and we're working with them to keep themselves pest free while this is all going on.Glenn:So it's a good point that you make that renters may be in a situation that they can't do the structural modifications that a homeowner can. So the little tips and tricks like Windex, like hairspray, those may tide you over until you can get some professional help.Jacqueline:Yeah, That's all really helpful.Caroline:One of our common segments that we do with a lot of our guests is homeowner horror stories. Maybe you could share a story.Glenn:The homeowner horror story that I would bring up, luckily is not my home and it involves bedbugs. Bedbugs really need to be managed professionally. I never recommend a homeowner try and control bedbugs themselves, and this homeowner had. It had gotten way out of hand. They had tried their own home remedies.Glenn:It was to the point that when you walked in, there were bedbugs on the ceiling and they were dropping on your head as you walk through the room because they could sense the carbon dioxide that you're breathing out and everything and they were trying to find a food source. The biggie that I would say is, don't try and do that. The other thing that I will say drives me bonkers, but it doesn't drive me bonkers.Glenn:It just upsets me, when people just randomly use some kind of a product in their house that they don't really understand, that they don't apply correctly. There's a huge move to use diatomaceous earth. It's a naturally occurring product that will kill bugs. It's slow to act on bugs, but people way over apply it.Glenn:True application of diatomaceous earth or DE as it might be mentioned in places is so light that you don't see it on the surface. It's like dust that you might wipe off your TV or your entertainment center. What I've seen is that people will put it out in like piles. They're sitting amongst this dust that becomes then a respiratory hazard for them, and that's exactly what had happened in this situation.Glenn:It looked like they had taken powder, it was DE, but just everywhere. Their couch was covered in it, their carpet was covered in it, their bed was covered in it and it could not have been good for their health. Not that the bedbugs were, but their treatment was actually detrimental to them as well. That's my homeowner horror story. If you get bed bugs, sooner than later, try and get some professional help.Caroline:Would you see a bedbugs or would you had bedbugs?Glenn:They're about the size of an apple seed as well.Caroline:Okay.Glenn:And what you're probably going to notice first, if you don't react to the bite is things that look like black spots on your sheets, like ink blots type things. And that's actually their fecal material. It's blood that has gone through their body and it's concentrated so much that it dries black. So that's what you would see is these little black spots. Sometimes their shed skins because they shed their skin as they grow.Glenn:But the first indication is going to be that blood spotting, fecal spotting on your sheets and stuff.Jacqueline:And what causes them?Glenn:People pick them up from travel, from going to camp, going to the sleepaway camp and coming back. Going to a soccer camp, going to college, going to... Anywhere that you travel. Hotels might have them, airports, wherever. You might pick some up and then bring them home and they get into your house. It's nothing to be ashamed of. It's not that your home is dirty. It's not that you have done anything wrong.Glenn:And that's why it's important to let people know, let the professionals know as soon as possible so that we can come out and remedy it. The longer it goes, the more expensive it's going to be, and the harder it's going to be. So quick and easy at the beginning.Jacqueline:Wow.Caroline:I'm literally going to leave this call, go check my dog for ticks and go change my sheets. It's a wake up call.Glenn:If I do have one or two last minutes that I can-Caroline:Definitely, definitely.Glenn:... mention something. If you do go and seek the help of a company to help you out, seek out somebody that uses integrated pest management. Integrated pest management is a system where it's a process. It's an ongoing repetitive process where you assess the situation, you implement some kind of control measure, and then you monitor the situation for any new activity. And any new activity is then assessed, implemented, and monitored.Glenn:It's a way to solve problems in a proactive measure, so implementing these things like ceiling cracks and crevices and adding doors sweeps are things that are implemented to add length of time to not having pest problems. You're solving the problem before you get it. And it is something that we do at Orkin.Glenn:It's something that is very common in our industry, but there are some people out there that just come in and spray stuff. That isn't necessarily the best way to have a proactive pest program in your home.Caroline:Good to know. Anything else? Any last minute tips or tricks?Glenn:Get somebody to come take a look. Most companies, we do... Most other companies as well do free inspections. So call us out, let us do a comprehensive inspection. We might see something that you haven't noticed yet. Maybe it's the squirrel in your wall or that we may make a recommendation that we could really help you out with some mosquito control and knock down your potential for getting some mosquito-borne virus, exposing your children, or your family, or something.Glenn:So some are quick tips and tricks that we might give you in person, but it's harder for us to do that without seeing your home and your situation in person.Jacqueline:Really enjoyed this.Caroline:Good.Jacqueline:I learned so much.Caroline:[inaudible 00:42:20] bugs.Jacqueline:Yeah, I didn't know how I'd have so much fun talking about bugs.Caroline:Okay.Glenn:That's what happens to people. You'll be a pest control person soon. I'm bringing you in.Jacqueline:Oh good. Oh good.Caroline:It would be great to have you on again. This was great. And I think our viewers and our listeners will be just as impressed by all the bugs knowledge that we were. So, Glenn, thank you so much and we'll chat with you soon.Speaker 1:Get more answers to your homeowner questions by subscribing to the vipHome Podcast available anywhere podcasts are found.