Lyme Disease and related illnesses are a serious health threat. To join with the Lyme disease Foundation in recognizing May as Lyme Disease Awareness Month, SCOUTER has gathered dozens of links to web pages providing information about this problem.

Since Scouting is built on outdoor activities, our Scouts are going to come in contact with ticks. Our job as leaders is to educate the scouts and each other about the dangers of tick bites, how to attempt to prevent them, and what to do if someone is bitten.

To help them understand more about Lyme Disease, your Scouts can listen on the Lyme Disease Audio Network as medical and research personnel and their patients talk about their experiences.

Browsing through our group of links you can become acquainted with the sypmtoms of tick-borne diseases, as listed by the University of Rhode Island, and read the personal stories of victims of such illnesses on the Fine Print website.

You can take a look at an actual bull's eye rash, as shown on the Berntsen Family's site, or become familiar with the terms used when talking about tick-borne illness.

The Tick-borne Disease Educational Foundation provides a list of preventive measures to minimize tick bites, what do if you find an attached tick, and the proper use of insect repellants.