Can I Get Lyme Disease in the Winter?

Richard Horowitz, MD

Richard Horowitz, MD, medical director of the Hudson Valley Healing Arts Center, in Hyde Park, New York. He has treated more than 13,000 chronic Lyme disease patients over the last 31 years. He is a member of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Tick-Borne Disease Working Group, cochair of the HHS Other Tick-Borne Diseases and Co-Infections Subcommittee and the author of How Can I Get Better? An Action Plan for Treating Resistant Lyme & Chronic Disease. The views expressed here are those of Dr. Richard Horowitz, and do not represent the views of the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group, the US Department of Health and Human Services or the United States.

*Bottom Line/HEALTH:*		Can I get Lyme disease in the winter?
Dr. Richard Horowitz:		Yes, you can. If it is above 42°F, ticks are active, so people have gotten tick bites in the wintertime, especially if we had a mild winter—not like the one we just had—but yes, you can get Lyme in the winter.

Can I Get Lyme Disease in the Winter?

Richard Horowitz, MD

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