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Used to treat Lyme disease. Do not drink milk products with it or take mineral supplements such as vitamins with iron.
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Lyme Disease
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Joint pain, white coating covering tongue, fever, severe chills, nausea vomiting, severe headaache, conjunctivitis. rash usually begins on day 4 and begins on the wrists and ankles progressing to palms and soles to the extremities.
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Rocky Mountain Spotted fever
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Spread by bite from carrier ticks such as the American dog tick found in the Rocky Mountains. Not communicable person to person. Tx. with Doxycycline
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
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Most likely contracted through a laceration wound. Transmitted by direct contact of animal or human feces into a puncture wound, burn or laceration.
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Tetanus
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Tx: Metrodianazole I.V, immunglobulin or the Tetanus antitoxin. Wound debridement.
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Tetanus
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For major wounds an immunization should be given 5 years after the last booster, otherwise every 10 years.
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Tetanus
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Toxic Shock Syndrome Significantly alters what level?
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Magnesium
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Sx: rash (similar to a sunburn) two weeks after onset, mucous membrane hyperemia, sudden onset of a fever greater than 102 degrees. 70% due to tampon use. Rapid progression to hypotension and shock within 72 hours of onset.
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TSS
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Is long lasting immunity, can be obtained by a live or killed vaccine/toxoid, the body can develop it's own antibodies. Immunization.
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Active Immunity
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Immunity which is short lived. Achieved through immunoglobulin or antitoxin. Infection.
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Passive Immunity
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How should a tick be removed from the skin?
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With a tweezers being careful not to leave mouth prints in the skin.
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Annular skin lesion that appears at the site of the tick which expands over a period of days to weeks leaving central clearing.
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Lyme disease
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Tx: Doxycycline, Ceftriaxone or Penicillin
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Lyme Disease
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Flu Like sx: malaise, fever, headache, stiff neck, myalgia and lymphodenopathy. Annular rash with central clearing.
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Lyme disease
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Incubation period for Lyme disease
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3-32 days
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