Tick Bites Are No Joke. Here’s How to Prevent Them and Protect Yourself.

The mere thought of ticks makes our skin crawl. And the diseases they spread are only getting more common.

In fact, the number of tick-borne illnesses reported each year to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more than doubled over the past two decades (though during the pandemic there was a drop in reported cases and treatment sought).

Continue reading to learn more, written by Annemarie Conte and Doug Mahoney.

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Doug Mahoney

Doug Mahoney es redactor sénior de Wirecutter especializado en mejoras del hogar. Trabajó 10 años en la construcción de alta gama como carpintero, capataz y supervisor. Vive en una granja de 250 años muy exigente y pasó cuatro años destripando y reconstruyendo su anterior casa. También cría ovejas y tiene una vaca lechera que ordeña todas las mañanas.

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Clothing and gear can be treated with a 0.5% permethrin spray, sold under names including Sawyer, Insect Shield and Ranger Ready.

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Sawyer’s picaridin lotion offers the longest protection windows on test — up to 14 hours against mosquitoes and ticks — and its creamy, low-odor formula goes on smooth and dries quickly.

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The Sawyer Squeeze and Cnoc Vecto made hydration easy.

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