Tick bite

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Lyme disease

Deer and dog tick

Overview

Symptoms

Treatment

Prevention

Tick bite

Alternative Names:

Bite - tick

Symptoms:

While most ticks do not carry diseases, some ticks can cause Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Colorado tick fever, and tularemia. Watch for the symptoms of these diseases in the weeks following a tick bite -- muscle or joint aches, stiff neck, headache, weakness, fever, swollen lymph nodes, and other flu-like symptoms. Watch for a red spot or rash starting at the location of the bite.

The tick itself can cause tick paralysis. Symptoms include numbness, tingling, weakness, incoordination, and spreading paralysis.

References:

Long, SS. Arachnids. In: Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2nd ed., Elsevier; 2003; pp 1372-1373.

Review Date: 4/19/2005
Reviewed By: William D. Whetstone M.D., Division of Emergency Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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