Rocky Mountain spotted fever


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Antibodies
Deer ticks
Deer ticks
Rocky mountain spotted fever, lesions on arm
Rocky mountain spotted fever, lesions on arm
Rocky mountain spotted fever, petechial rash
Rocky mountain spotted fever, petechial rash
Rocky mountain spotted fever on the arm
Rocky mountain spotted fever on the arm
Rocky mountain spotted fever on the foot
Rocky mountain spotted fever on the foot
Tick imbedded in the skin
Tick imbedded in the skin
Ticks
Ticks
Alternative Names

Spotted fever


Symptoms
  • fever
  • chills
  • incubation period of 2 to 14 days
  • severe headache
  • muscle pain
  • mental confusion
  • rash, first appearing on wrists and ankles, then spreading to most of the body, usually starts a few days after fever starts; up to 20% of people do not get a rash

Additional symptoms that may be associated with this disease:


Signs and tests


Review Date: 06/15/2005
Reviewed By: Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCSF, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.


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