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The season for ticks seeking a blood meal ushers in the risk of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. It is of particular importance that newcomers to the Piedmont area of Virginia and the Carolinas become aware of this infectious disease known as “tick fever”.
Between one to three percent of the common dog tick in this area may carry the cimrobe that causes the disease.
During the past 10 years the incidence of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in the district has ranged as high as 12 cases and as low as one case. Many cases are treated as outpatients and do not get reported.
The symptoms of the disease are similar to other common diseases and generally begin three to 12 days following an exposure to an infected tick. In some instances, there is no recollection of a tick bite. Symptoms include a high fever, severe headache, muscular aching and eye irritation when exposed to light. By the second day the fever usually increases and remains high. From two to six days after the onset of fever, a rash is usually noted, first on the arms and legs, (including palms of hands and soles of feet.) Sometimes no rash is present.
Before it can transmit infection, an infected tick must be attached to the skin for two to six hours, or a squeezed tick may contaminate a person’s fingers and transmission occur indirectly,
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