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In Arkansas, the tickborne diseases known to occur are: Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) Ehrlichiosis; Tularemia; Anaplasmosis; Lyme Disease; Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI) Alpha-Gal; Other Emerging Tickborne; Many tickborne diseases can have similar signs and symptoms. If you have been bitten by a tick and develop the ...
Symptoms can include: High fever. Headache. Muscle pain. Non-itchy, pink rash usually starting on the wrists, forearms, and ankles. It is important to get medical care as soon as possible if you think you have RMSF. Blood tests are required to diagnose RMSF, but treatment should begin as soon as symptoms and/or recent tick exposure suggest RMSF.
9 maj 2023 · Some common tick-borne diseases include Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Lyme Disease. Lyme disease is only spread by blacklegged (deer) ticks. When an infected tick bites, harmful bacteria are passed through its saliva. Symptoms of the disease include headache, fever, body aches and sometimes a rash.
11 mar 2024 · Wherever your favorite outdoor spot in Arkansas is, you almost certainly know that there are ticks here. Ticks are unpleasant, blood-sucking, parasitic, disease-carrying arachnids. They have one of the largest distributions of any disease vector in the world, existing on every continent.
Early symptoms may include fever, nausea, vomiting, severe headache, muscle pain and lack of appetite. A rash of small, flat, pink, non-itchy spots on the wrists, forearms and ankles may (or may not) first appear two to five days after the onset of fever.
6 lip 2022 · The most common tickborne disease in Arkansas is Rocky Mountain spotted fever. A total of 6,248 cases of RMSF were reported to the CDC in 2017. It is caused by Rickettsia rickettsii , a gram-negative, intracellular, coccobacillus bacterium.
Recently Identified Novel and Emerging Ticks and Tickborne Disease Pathogens • In 2017, an emerging viral TBD, Heartland Virus, was diagnosed in two Arkansas residents. • In 2018, an invasive tick species, Haemaphysalislongicornis (Asian Longhorned Tick or ALT), was identified.
