Tick-Borne Diseases, Introduction: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
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Tick-Borne Diseases, Introduction: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
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Tags: Insect Bite, Emergency, Infection, Tickborne Disease, Disease and Condition, Emergency Medicine
Most Recently Shared on April 28, 2010 at 4:26 am By:
In North America, a variety of diseases are caused by tick bites. Learn more about tick-borne disease. http://bit.ly/b3bcjn
Tick-Borne Diseases, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), classically characterized by fever, myalgias, headache, and a petechial rash, is the most common fatal tick-borne disease in the United States. As one of the spotted fevers, it belongs to a ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever is the most common fatal tick-borne disease in the United States. Learn the symptoms. http://bit.ly/aVFivt
Pediatrics, Mumps: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: The mumps virus is a paramyxovirus that shares various epidemiological characteristics with other well-known viral pediatric diseases, such as measles and rubella. The disease is distributed worldwide, and paramyxovirus is highly infectious to nonimmune individuals. During ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
Most Recently Shared on April 28, 2010 at 4:44 am By:
The incidence of mumps has markedly declined since the introduction of the mumps vaccine for children. Learn more. http://bit.ly/aQ6mmJ
Tick-Borne Diseases, Q Fever: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: First described in 1935 by Derrick, Q fever is an acute infectious disease. Derrick investigated a cluster of febrile illnesses of unknown etiology in Australian abattoir workers and subsequently named the malady Q (for query) fever. ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
Most Recently Shared on April 28, 2010 at 4:36 am By:
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Most commonly spread by means of inhalation or ingestion, Q fever can also be tick-borne. Learn more about Q fever. http://bit.ly/dAVKNG
Tick-Borne Diseases, Colorado: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Colorado tick fever is a viral infection transmitted by the bite of the wood tick Dermacentor andersoni. The disease occurs almost exclusively in the western United States and Canada. A nonspecific febrile illness is the most ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
Most Recently Shared on April 28, 2010 at 4:35 am By:
Susan Scroggins Active Health Library and Health Advocate
Colorado tick fever is a viral infection transmitted by the bite of the wood tick Dermacentor andersoni. Symptom info. http://bit.ly/aHpavt
Tick-Borne Diseases, Relapsing Fever: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Relapsing fever is an acute febrile illness caused by spirochetes of the genus Borrelia. The high fevers of presenting patients spontaneously abate and then recur. This characteristic pattern of remission and relapse not only gives relapsing ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
Most Recently Shared on April 28, 2010 at 4:28 am By:
Susan Scroggins Active Health Library and Health Advocate
Relapsing fever is transmitted to humans by 2 vectors, ticks and lice. Learn about the symptoms. http://bit.ly/a8kLrF
Tick-Borne Diseases, Ehrlichiosis: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: In the past 10 years in the United States, 3 emerging tick-borne diseases caused by the obligate intracellular bacteria of the genus Ehrlichia have been recognized. Human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME) was first described in 1986 and ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
Most Recently Shared on April 28, 2010 at 4:28 am By:
Susan Scroggins Active Health Library and Health Advocate
Ehrlichiosis (disease from tick bites) is a seasonal disease observed mainly from April to September. Learn more. http://bit.ly/aRMIDS
Tick-Borne Diseases, Tularemia: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: First described in Japan in 1837, tularemia is an infectious disease caused by the gram-negative pleomorphic bacterium, Francisella tularensis. The disease name relates to the description in 1911 of a plaguelike illness in ground squirrels in ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
Most Recently Shared on April 28, 2010 at 4:18 am By:
Susan Scroggins Active Health Library and Health Advocate
A few hundred cases of tularemia are reported annually in the United States and the frequency is declining. http://bit.ly/cZntj9
Babesiosis: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Babesiosis is an intraerythrocytic parasitic infection caused by protozoa of the genus Babesia and transmitted through the bite of the Ixodes tick, the same vector responsible for transmission of Lyme disease. While most cases are tick-borne, ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
Most Recently Shared on April 27, 2010 at 4:00 am By:
Babesiosis is a parasitic infection that is caused by a specific type of tick bite. Learn more about babesiosis. http://bit.ly/9bys6n
Balloon Sinuplasty: eMedicine Clinical Procedures
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: IntroductionSurgical treatment of sinus disease has been described in the medical literature for more than 3 centuries. Indications for sinus surgery may be described as acute and chronic, with acute operative intervention made necessary to avoid emergent ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
Most Recently Shared on April 16, 2010 at 4:43 am By:
Sinus disease has been described in literature for over 3 centuries. Balloon sinuplasty is sometimes used as treatment. http://bit.ly/9Lg9uV
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