tick paralysis…

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tick paralysis results, a tick bite hard-, soft-bodied female ticks, thought to produce a neurotoxin capable of causing paralysis in children, ticks attach, skin to feed on blood, feeding process that the toxin enters the bloodstream, resulting paralysis is ascending, starting, in the lower body, moving up, in guillain-barre syndrome, opposite that seen in botulism, paralytic shellfish poisoning, descending, children develop an unsteady gait, ataxia, followed several days later by lower extremity weakness that gradually moves up to involve the upper limbs, paralysis, loss of respiratory ability, require a ventilator, history of exposure to ticks camping, a tick-infested area, dogs, animals, finding a tick attached, the neck, hairline, unsteady jerky body movements, gait, ataxia, muscle weakness beginning, in the lower extremities, progressing upwards, breathing difficulties there a history of known, likely exposure to ticks camping, living, tick-infested area, having dogs, animals, finding a tick embedded, in the skin, noting, above symptoms confirms the diagnosis, no other testing, removing the tick removes the source, the neurotoxin, recovery is rapid following the removal, the tick, full recovery is expected following the removal, the tick, , respiratory failure, , child suddenly becomes unsteady, weak, have the child examined promptly, breathing difficulties indicate a need, emergency care, insect repellents, protective clothing, out in tick-infested areas, prevent attachment of ticks, a thorough search, the skin, ticks following an outing, removal of any found, prevent tick paralysis, children, discovered to have ticks, a good idea to write the information down, several months, many tick-borne diseases, not show symptoms, incident forgotten by the time a child becomes ill, a tick-borne disease.