Tick Paralysis
Tick paralysis is a disease caused by the bite of a tick. When a tick feeds on a person or animal, a chemical in its saliva is released that inhibits the normal function of nerves and muscles.
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Tick paralysis is the only tick-borne disease that is not caused by an infectious organism. The illness is caused by a neurotoxin produced in the tick's salivary gland.
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Tick paralysis has been reported worldwide, but most human cases occur in North America and Australia. It develops 5-6 days after an adult female tick attaches. Over the next 24-48 hours, muscle weakness progresses to paralysis.
Tick paralysis is a rare problem that may occur after a tick bite. In some parts of the world, tick bites may cause other tick-borne diseases, such as South African tick-bite fever.
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syndrome, which is characterized by ascending paralysis, sensory abnormalities, and elevation of the protein concentration in cerebrospinal fluid. Other conditions resembling botulism are Lambert-Eaton syndrome, poliomyelitis, tick paralysis, ...
Tick bites also can be the cause of other illnesses, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Colorado tick fever, ehrlichiosis and tick paralysis. See your doctor if you have any tick bite that concerns you.
 See also: Paralysis, Symptom, Fever, Diarrhea, Weakness
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