Topic: Okay, so what's the difference between "tick fever" & Lyme?
Tricky Tickey
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I want to know the answer. I just thought 'tick fever' was the name the Ozark docs use for all those thousands of cases they get per year.
If there is a difference, I want to know.
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Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. On another topic someone said they didn't have lyme but could possibly have tick-fever. Huh?
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Tricky Tickey
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From what I can find out, it's a virus infection instead of bacterial. One report says it comes from the arbo-virus; another says areno virus. Of course, transmitted by a tick, blah blah blah. Heres one definition:
"A benign infection caused by the Colorado tick fever arbo-virus and transmitted to humans by a tick. It occurs in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States, mostly in April and May at lower altitudes and in June and July at higher altitudes. Because of occupational or recreational exposure, it's more common in men than in women. Colorado tick fever apparently confers long-lasting immunity against reinfection." http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/c/colorado_tick_fever/book-diseases-7a.htm
Other sites say it's Colorado Tick Fever (not Rocky Mountain). Still others say it's a bacterial infection.
"Colorado tick fever � Flulike symptoms include fever and chills, severe headache, achy muscles (myalgia), stiff neck, light intolerance and, in some cases, a spotted rash." http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/c/9339/31360.html
So I cannot find the real answer. I think there is a difference, but what, I don't know.
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Tricky Tickey
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I'm bumping this up in hopes someone else will see it who knows about it. The site went down a day or so after I originally posted.
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IckyTicky
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Interesting. My Aunt contracted Ehrlichiosis and "tick fever" two years ago in Arkansas. I say tick fever is Lyme by another name
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Yeah I say the same thing..."tick fever" is aka Lyme.
But never heard of arbo virus or areno virus.
??? What the heck are those?
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I saw an ID doc last week. He said Q-fever is sometimes called "tick fever" but it is NOT lyme but a bacterial infection often transmitted by ticks and some animals.
I have handled several possums (gifts from my dogs lol)
and he also told me Q-fever and Tularmia can be transmitted both ways. I called the office back, and he explained this.
I did not ask at the visit, because I just had assumed that Q-fever and tick fever were the same.
Not sure how reliable this info is, but according to him, tick fever is actually Q fever, not lyme!
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Colorado Tick Fever is a virus commonly transmitted by ticks in - guess where - Colorado.
But like all tick borne illnesses it is not limited by state lines - I did not contract it in CO!
It is not Lyme.
It is a virus.
And while some of the literature says that it will resolve on its own - it can go chronic, esp in someone already taking a hit to their immune system.
How do I know?
Because I had both Colorado Tick Fever and Lyme. Well, those plus babs, bart, and erlichiosis.
Regionally, some docs may call it "tick fever" or *maybe* they are referring to RMSF or even Q-fever.
You might ask your doc for clarification - but generally the only one I've ever heard called "tick fever" is CO Tick Fever - which is viral.
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Tricky Tickey
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Well then, what is "Q" Fever? Never heard of that one.......
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Q fever is an infectious disease that is spread by the inhalation or ingestion of a bacterium known as Coxiella burnetii, which belongs to the order of Legionellales. C. burnetii is spread by breathing contaminated air or eating or drinking a contaminated food. Farm workers, especially those who work with animals, people who work in slaughterhouses and veterinarians are especially vulnerable to this disease. Because infection can occur as a result of airborne transmission and the agent is very resistant to environmental conditions, it was included on the list of possible bacteriological weapons. Q fever causes highly variable diseases ranging from acute (often self-limited) infection to fatal chronic infection. Infections that do not cause outward symptoms (subclinical) or no symptoms (asymptomatic) are also common.
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