

Both are spread through the tick's saliva, which is injected into the skin when the tick attaches itself.

Ticks can carry two infectious diseases: Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Reason:The patient's symptoms and her history of a recent hiking trip are consistent with Lyme disease, which was the result of a tick bite. The most obvious way to decrease heat loss by conduction is to remove your hand from the cold object. Conduction is the direct transfer of heat from a part of the body to a colder object by direct contact, as when a warm hand touches cold metal or ice. Layers of clothing trap air and provide excellent insulation thus, layered clothing decreases heat loss better than a single, thick jacket. Shivering increases the body's metabolism and is a mechanism for generating heat, not reducing heat loss. The quickest and most obvious way to decrease heat loss from radiation and convection is to move out of the cold environment and seek shelter from wind. A person standing in windy cold weather, wearing lightweight clothing, is losing heat to the environment mostly by convection. Convection occurs when heat is transferred to circulating air, as when cool air moves across the body's surface. The body can lose heat by radiation, such as when a person stands in a cold room. Radiation is the transfer of heat by radiant energy. Reason:In a cold environment, the body has two ways of staying warm: generating heat (thermogenesis) and reducing heat loss.
