TICK PARALYSIS
- 8 May 1943
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 122 (2) , 86-88
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1943.72840190001006
Abstract
Tick paralysis is a definite clinical entity due to the bite of the tick and characterized by: A sudden onset with severe ataxia, asynergia and paresthesia. An ascending type of flaccid paralysis which may progress and in a few days result in death from bulbar involvement. A dramatic improvement, with the disappearance of all symptoms in twenty-four to forty-eight hours, on the discovery and removal of the tick early in the disease, delayed removal sometimes being of no avail. A 10 to 1 predominance in children as compared to adults. Prodromal symptoms such as irritability and fatigue preceding the onset of the ataxia have been occasionally noted; elevation of temperature and convulsions in children have also been reported in some instances. The spinal fluid, in the few cases in which it was examined, was entirely negative. Although tick paralysis is only briefly mentioned in most medicalKeywords
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