Whats tick paralysis?
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Whats tick paralysis?
10 doctors weighed in
Dr. Larry Lutwick
Internal Medicine - Infectious Disease
In brief: Just like it says..
Tick paralysis, mostly seen in the rocky mountain areas of the usa and canada in the western hemisphere, is an ascending flaccid paralysis that looks like guillain-barre syndrome but is caused by toxins from a feeding female tick, usually dermacentor. Its recovery is dependent on removal of the tick.
In brief: Just like it says..
Tick paralysis, mostly seen in the rocky mountain areas of the usa and canada in the western hemisphere, is an ascending flaccid paralysis that looks like guillain-barre syndrome but is caused by toxins from a feeding female tick, usually dermacentor. Its recovery is dependent on removal of the tick.
Dr. Larry Lutwick
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Dr. Clarence Lyons
Family Medicine
In brief: Tick paralysis
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001359.htm
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Dr. Peter Kurzweil
Internal Medicine
In brief: Usually means lyme
Lyme disease is caused by a tick (most commonly on deer or dog) that carries the spirochete (borrelia burgdorferi).
The tick must get its prongs into you for at least a few hours, suck enough of your blood that it gets engorged, then 'regurgitates' the blood with the spirochete into your body. If your immune system doesn't kill that spirochete, you get lyme disease. Rx early is important.
In brief: Usually means lyme
Lyme disease is caused by a tick (most commonly on deer or dog) that carries the spirochete (borrelia burgdorferi).
The tick must get its prongs into you for at least a few hours, suck enough of your blood that it gets engorged, then 'regurgitates' the blood with the spirochete into your body. If your immune system doesn't kill that spirochete, you get lyme disease. Rx early is important.
Dr. Peter Kurzweil
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