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ok Jenn, this is what I've come up with so far. I'm including treatments for other things as well, if others are reading this it may help them as well: Babesiosis Explanation: Protozoa that invade, infect, and kill the red blood cells Symptoms: Fatigue, night sweats, fever, chills, weakness, weight loss, nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea, cough, shortness of breath, headache, neck and back stiffness, dark urine or blood in urine Treatment: Atovaquone (Mepron) plus Azithromycin (Zithromax), Clindamycin and oral Quinine Other: Alternative treatment may include Riamet or Artemisinin Bartonella Explanation: Bartonella spp. bacterium Symptoms: Fever, chills, headache and severe pain in the tibia, weight loss, sore throat, papular or angiomatous rash Treatment: Erythromycin, plus a Fluoroquinolone or Rifampin Ehrlichiosis (HGE and HME) Explanation: Rickettsiae that infect the white blood cells Symptoms: Anemia, fever, chills, headache, muscle pain, rigors, gastrointestinal symptoms, anorexia, fatigue Treatment: Doxycycline, Rifampin Rocky Mountain spotted fever Explanation: Rickettsia rickettsii parasite that invades the cells lining the heart and blood vessels Symptoms: High fever, severe headache (especially behind the eyes), maculopapular skin rash Treatment: Tetracycline, Doxycycline, or Chloramphenicol Colorado Tick Fever Explanation: Reovirus that lodges inside the cells Symptoms: High fever, chills, severe muscle aches, back pain, headache (especially behind the eyes), light sensitivities, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea Treatment: No antiviral therapy is available Other: Aspirin Relapsing Fever Explanation: Borrelia hermsii spirochete Symptoms: High fever, sudden chills, eye inflammation, coughing, jaundice, petechial rash Treatment: Tetracycline, Doxycycline, or Chloramphenicol Tularemia Explanation: Francisella tularensis bacterium Symptoms: Painful and swollen lymph nodes, fever, chills, fatigue Treatment: Tetracycline, Chloramphenicol Powassan encephalitis Explanation: Flavivirus that invades and infects the brain Symptoms: Fever, headache, pain behind the eyes, light sensitivity, muscle weakness, seizures, paralysis, brain inflammation Treatment: No effective treatment (more info here: http://cmr.asm.org/cgi/content/full/13/1/67#SEC1_3 ) Tick Paralysis Explanation: A toxic reaction to saliva from female ticks Symptoms: Paralysis begins in legs and spreads throughout the body within hours Treatment: Recovery is rapid following the removal of the tick Mycoplasma Explanation: A genus of small bacteria which lack cell walls. M. fermentans, M. pneumoniae, M. penetrans, M. hominis and M. genetalium Symptoms: Fatigue, headaches, muscle pain and soreness, nausea, gastrointestinal problems, joint pain and soreness, lymph node pain, cognitive problems, depression, breathing problems and other signs and symptoms Treatment: Slow-growing mycoplasmal infections are not rapidly susceptible to antibiotics. Doxycycline, Minocycline, Ciprofloxacin, Azithromycin, and Clarithromycin may be used. Please do not take anything I say as medical advice. I am not a doctor.
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