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4 days ago · Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. This infection comes from ticks . While red dots on the skin are not usually one of the first signs of the illness, they can develop about a week after a person starts having symptoms.
- Petechiae
Emergency medical care should be sought immediately,...
- Scarlet Fever
Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease that can affect...
- Contact Dermatitis
The classic symptoms of contact dermatitis are an itchy, red...
- Blanching of The Skin
Obstruction of blood flow to an area of the skin: Chemicals,...
- Tick-Borne Illnesses
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever . Rocky Mountain spotted fever...
- Petechiae
5 days ago · Stamford resident K.J. Kelly didn't know about Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) until he was admitted to Stamford Health's emergency department. What he originally thought was the flu turned ...
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5 days ago · Ticks are carriers of a variety of pathogens that can cause serious diseases in humans and other animals . Numbers of human cases from tick-borne diseases such as tularemia, Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis, and Lyme borreliosis have increased in recent years [3,4].
Started doxycycline and the high fever dropped the second or third day then the symptoms went down some. After 2 weeks of doxycycline they tested me again which took 3 weeks for results and I wasn't giving more doxycycline which should have continued until guaranteed negative.
18 hours ago · Not only can ticks cause irritation at the site of attachment, they can also transmit a range of serious diseases to you and your furry friend, including Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and other conditions that may cause joint pain, fever, and neurological issues.
2 days ago · Peripheral eruptions (e.g., Rocky Mountain spotted fever, secondary syphilis, bacterial endocarditis) Confluent desquamative erythemas (e.g., toxic shock syndrome) Vesiculobullous eruptions (e.g., varicella, primary HSV infection, ecthyma gangrenosum)
4 days ago · (1) Infection—subacute bacterial endocarditis, tuberculosis, brucellosis, rickettsial diseases (e.g., Rocky Mountain spotted fever), malaria, leishmaniasis; (2) granulomatous diseases—sarcoidosis, Crohn’s disease; (3) collagen vascular diseases—rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), polyarteritis nodosa, polymyositis ...