The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that there are more than 30,000 new cases of tick-borne diseases in the U.S. every year, and Nantucket has one of the highest incidence rates in the country. At Nantucket Cottage Hospital, our physicians have extensive experience diagnosing and treating Lyme disease, Babesia, Anaplasmosis, along with other  m ore rarely seen tick-borne diseases. Longtime NCH physician and surgeon Dr. Tim Lepore is recognized as one of foremost experts in the field of tick-borne disease research, and has published numerous articles with researchers from the Harvard Public School of Health, Tufts University School of Medicine, and the Yale School of Public Health.

On Nantucket, it is important to remember that it is possible to become infected with more than one tick-borne diseases, in what is known as “co-infection.” The diseases can appear together or sequentially. As Dr. Lepore says, protection and prevention are always cheaper and easier than treatment. READ MORE>>>