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Trauma Relief for Veterans in Hackettstown

Ruth Karmazon, director of Karmabridge Acupuncture & Herbals, P.C., is the daughter of WWII veteran Chief Petty Officer William Karmazon. Ruth understands how much veterans and their families can be affected by the experiences of military service. As a way of giving back to this very important community, Karmabridge Acupuncture & Herbals, P.C. will soon open its community acupuncture room to provide veterans with a research-documented acupuncture protocol that is great for calming stress and anxiety, addressing sleep issues, plus healing trauma and PTSD. The program begins on Veterans Day, November 11 and continues on Fridays from 11:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. Service dogs are welcome.

Ruth understands the challenges of returning veterans well. Her father, CPO Karmazon, served on the United States Naval Cruiser USS Helena, which engaged in many battles, including the bombing of Pearl Harbor, before sinking into the Kula Gulf. While CPO Karmazon, like many other veterans, rarely spoke about his time in war, he did share enough to tell his story. Ruth and her sisters each have a scrapbook that charts the battles of the USS Helena and their father’s time in the war, and to this day Ruth can often be seen wearing her father’s Kula Gulf Swim Club hat.

Acupuncture can help ease veteran transitions to civilian life, which in turn helps to support the friends and family who care for them during and after their service.

Location: Karmabridge Center, 490 Schooley’s Mountain Road, #3B, Hackettstown. 908-852-1267. Karmabridge.com

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Tick Talk

Spring officially sprung on March 21. We have turned our clocks ahead. We are looking forward to warm winds, sunny skies and the smell of fresh cut grass. The daffodils and tulips have recently bloomed and we are just starting with the yard work that comes with the warmer weather.  Sadly, another season has started ramping up.  Tick season.

•             The best form of protection is prevention. Educating oneself about tick activity and how our behaviors overlap with tick habitats is the first step.

•             According to the NJ DOH, in 2022 Hunterdon County led the state with a Lyme disease incidence rate of 426 cases per 100,000 people. The fact is ticks spend approximately 90% of their lives not on a host but aggressively searching for one, molting to their next stage or over-wintering. This is why a tick remediation program should be implemented on school grounds where NJ DOH deems high risk for tick exposure and subsequent attachment to human hosts.

•             Governor Murphy has signed a bill that mandates tick education in NJ public schools. See this for the details.  Tick education must now be incorporated into K-12 school curriculum. See link:

https://www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2023/sept/27/TicksandTick-BorneIllnessEducation.pdf

•             May is a great month to remind the public that tick activity is in full swing. In New Jersey, there are many tickborne diseases that affect residents, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Powassan, and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis.

•             For years, the focus has mainly been about protecting ourselves from Lyme disease. But other tick-borne diseases are on the rise in Central Jersey. An increase of incidence of Babesia and Anaplasma are sidelining people too. These two pathogens are scary because they effect our blood cells. Babesia affects the red blood cells and Anaplasma effects the white blood cells.

•             Ticks can be infected with more than one pathogen. When you contract Lyme it is possible to contract more than just that one disease. This is called a co-infection. It is super important to pay attention to your symptoms. See link.

https://twp.freehold.nj.us/480/Disease-Co-Infection

A good resource from the State:

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/tickborne.shtml

 

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