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Tick-born Diseases
Ticks latch onto humans and animals,
imbed their mouths into their hosts' skin, and suck their blood. This
makes these parasites perfect vectors for spreading disease.
In the United States ticks spread
numerous diseases in humans including:
potentially deadly Lyme Disease, Babesiosis, Tick Typhus,Crimean-Congo
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Tick Born
Encephalitis (TBE), Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness (STARI),
Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever, Anaplasmosis, Ehrlichiosis/Human
/Granulocytic Ehrlichia (HGE).
COMMON DISEASE SYMPTOMS:
In rare cases, none of
thesymptoms noted below may be observed until after permanent
neurological or other damage has been inflected on tick bite
victims:
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Lyme: Bulls-eye rash, fever/chills/joint pain,
fatigue, swollen joints/lymph nodes, heart palpitation, sleep
disruption, neuropathy, Bell's Palsy. Can be fatal
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Babesiosis: Headache, fever, fatigue, weakness, appetite loss,
muscle pain, sweats, confusion.
If untreated, up to 5% die
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HGE: Rash
is uncommon, fever/chills/shaking, muscle/joint pain, headache,
malaise, nausea, vomiting, weight loss, confusion. Can be fatal
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Rocky
Mountain Spotted Fever: Spotty rash
5-10 days after infection. Fatal in 10% of cases
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TBE:
Fever, dementia, 30% never recover,1% die
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