Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

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Dermatology ARM Rocky Mountain spotted fever purpura fulminans

feet before spreading down the arms and legs toward the trunk The face is often spared Later symptoms include rash abdominal pain joint pain diarrhea red eyes and fatigue 1 2 3 4 5 Diagnosis RMSF can resemble other conditions and can be difficult to diagnose The classic triad of symptoms is fever rash and history of tick bite possible tick exposure 1 However

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

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CLOSE WINDOW The palm of a patient with Rocky Mountain spotted fever exhibiting the classic petechial rash associated with the disease Courtesy of Sadhana Sathe MD PhD

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one or more months after infection may involve one or more joints and may recur in different joints the knee joint is most frequently affected Domestic animals may be affected as well In 1992 9 695 cases of Lyme disease were reported in 44 states Fig 5 Most cases were reported in the northeastern and upper midwestern states where the vector is the deer tick Ixodes

RMSF Petechial rash

Check out the petechial rash on my feet caused by bleeding underneath the skin And here is what my foot looked like a month after all that bleeding under the skin Tags disease ELISA PCR

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The Dog Tick wood tick is the size of a watermelon seed and can sometimes transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Colorado tick fever The Deer Tick Black Legged Tick