Posted on 05/08/2017 6:34:50 PM PDT by blueyon
WASHINGTON – The Centers for Disease Control is warning of the emergence of a far deadlier tick-related virus than Lyme Disease – one that kills 10 percent of those infected and permanently disables the other 50 percent.
It’s called POW for short, or Powassan, and it, like Lyme, is carried by deer.
Recent cases have been noted in the Northeast U.S. and the Great Lakes states.
The virus can cause inflammation of the brain, leading to death in 10 percent of cases and permanent disability in 50 percent of cases.
Signs and symptoms of infection can include fever, headache, vomiting, weakness, confusion, seizures, and memory loss, according to the CDC. Long-term neurological problems may occur. There is no specific treatment, but people with severe POW virus illnesses often need to be hospitalized to receive respiratory support, intravenous fluids, or medications to reduce swelling in the brain.
“About 15% of patients who are infected and have symptoms are not going survive
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2017/05/pow-the-tick-virus-far-deadlier-than-lyme/#uX84vbqu1xLqsW7U.99
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Lyme disease is a real problem for people and pets. WND is not my first choice for news and I agree with you for the most part. This is troubling news for those of us that live around a lot of lakes and ticks.
How did we ever survive before without all these dire warnings.
One case of POW in Virginia since 2004. One. Not much of a risk.
But I thought they are talking about a disease worse than Lyme Disease.
Sorry about your pup. That had to be awful. Love my dog so much.
Vitamin B1 helps keeps ticks off, also helps with chiggers. Makes you and your pee stink.
Lyme is pretty common and known to be associated with woods and deer and ticks.
This one showed 10 cases of the new disease in Minnesota. I wonder if that is about how many people were seriously struck by lightning in Minnesota over the same time period.
So the dog got better afterwards, or continued to decline and die?
>one that kills 10 percent of those infected and permanently disables the other 50 percent<
And what happens to the rest?
I don’t know if I should mention this, but I will anyway, last year I had one on my nut.
Sometimes you feel one on you nut, sometimes you don’t.
My apologies, just couldn’t pass it up.
80 percent of them are dead, and the other 90 percent got better.
We vacation in Nortwoods Wisconsin and our dog got Lyme Disease from a tick two years ago.
No, he did recover from that after 2 months antibiotics, died suddenly @ age 12, not related.
Tick virus noted in the Northeast U.S. and the Great Lakes states.
It’s called POW for short, or Powassan, and it, like Lyme, is carried by deer.
No known treatment program for Powassan
Prevention during all outdoor activities strongly recommended !
The virus can cause inflammation of the brain, leading to death in 10 percent of cases
and permanent disability in 50 percent of cases.(Nuerological issues and cause encephalitis)
See post #16 for reference from the CDC
H/T DBrow for CDC reference
H/T to null and void for notification
Alfa-Gal should be Alpha-Gal
CDC pushing for another vaccine?
Oh I’ve met a landscaper who had that (I’m in MO), he lost all his muscle mass and almost died b/c nobody had heard of it. Terrible thing.
He’s made a good recovery.
We have our dog on NexGard since she got Lyme in Wisconsin from tick bite. We should have had her on it before that as a deterrent.
Almost killed my nephew. His whole family (except a daughter away at college) has it, as well as my sister and brother-in-law. The delayed anifilactic shock makes it hard to determine what set it off. Deer tics where they live have air assault divisions... I swear they jump out of trees on you if you walk under a limb.
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