Rocky+Mountain+Spotted+Fever

Trevor Kretschmann & Sydney Gutman **Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever** Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is caused by the bacteria, //Rickettsia rickettsii//, which is carried by ticks. The bacteria that causes the disease is only in about 1 out of every 1,000 ticks. A few ways to get it are hiking, other activities in an area where the disease has been common, and killing ticks that you remove from your pets by squishing them with your bare hand. After getting bit by the tick the symptoms usually start occuring two to fourteen days after the tick bites you. Some of the symptoms are: To treat Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever you have to carefully remove the tick from your skin. Then take either Doxycycline or tetracycline. Rocky Mountain Fever is found mostly in the South-Atlantic region of the United States. These states include: Delaware, Maryland, Florida, North Carolina, etc. Rocky Moutain Fever usually occurs only through April to September. Usually you would think that this disease would be found in the Rocky Mountains, but today it is found mostly in North Carolina and Oklahoma. It use to be found most frequently in the Rocky Moutains, but now there are barley any reportings of Rocky Mountain Fever in the Rocky Mountains. If Rocky Mountain Fever is left untreated, several life threating complications, including the following, can occur.
 * What it is**
 * Symptoms**
 * Chills
 * Confusion
 * Fever
 * Head ache
 * Muscle Pain
 * Rashes
 * Treatment**
 * Most Commonly Found**
 * Long Term Effects**
 * Brain damage
 * Blood Clotting
 * Heart failure
 * Kidney failure
 * Lung failure
 * Meningitis
 * Lung inflammation
 * Shock

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