About Pediatrics: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
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Description: Learn about the symptoms and treatments of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, which can classically include fever, headache, vomiting, and a characteristic rash that usually begins on a child's wrists and ankles.
An American dog tick, which can infect your child with the Rickettsia rickettsii bacteria that causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever if it bites him. Photo courtesy of James Gathany and the CDC. Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a bacterial infection spread by the bite of a tick. Other tick-borne illnesses include Lyme disease, tularemia, babesiosis, Colorado tick fever and ehrlichiosis.
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| Page title: | Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever |
| Keywords: | Rocky Mountain spotted fever, rmsf, tick, bite, fever, rash, headache, palms, soles, hands, feet, skin rash, symptoms, lyme disease, treatments, diagnosis, testing, antibiotics |
| Description: | Unlike Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever is not well known by patients or pediatricians. This is unfortunate, since complications can be serious, like gangrene, and it can be fatal, especially if treatment is not started early. |
| IP-address: | 207.241.148.80 |
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| Date | Creation Date: 12-mar-1999 Expiration Date: 12-mar-2020 |