Noblesville Lions welcome infectious disease specialist

The Noblesville Lions welcomed Dr. Tracey Ikerd to speak about common infectious diseases at their March 25 meeting. Dr. Ikerd is an infectious disease specialist, practicing at Riverview Health and Ascension St. Vincent hospitals. He gave a show and tell style presentation, introducing the symptoms and treatment of various diseases including shingles, Lyme disease, and brown recluse spider bites. Dr. Ikerd also shared information about prevention of infectious diseases, highlighting that the shingles vaccination is especially important for older adults because it can be very painful in those over 50 and many older adults carry the virus which they were exposed to as children in the form of chickenpox.