Diseases spread by ticks take time to transmit

ASK THE DOCTORS

Dear Doctors: I got bitten by a tick in April. That’s earlier than our tick season here usually starts. I went to urgent care, and the doctor said that because I was sure it had been attached for less than an hour, a Lyme infection wasn’t likely. Is that true? Should I have done anything else?

Dear Reader: To say it is unsettling to find a tick attached to your skin is probably an un…