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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DEEZ DEET NUTS
Math challenged editor.
Common core?
Would the same protocol apply to dogs?
That’s Ami Dolenz, beautiful daughter of Monkey Mickey Dolenz. Plus giant man-eating ticks!
Import southern fire ants. They are a pain. But w/in 2yrs you will be rid of ticks.
does ddt kill ticks?
Democrats are immune!
Really? I’ll look into that, we have a tremendous tick problem here. I know 5 people in my neighborhood who got Lyme disease in my neighborhood including my mother. The little bastards even get into my basement, you constantly have to check for ticks here on your body, it sucks
DDT?
Sevin does.
Thanks for posting this. Reading it later...
Went through the same thing with my dog. If she already has the disease what good would a vaccine do? Fifty bucks to vaccinate a dog from a disease she already has? Yeah, I ain’t falling for that one.
Meanwhile my pharmacist says not to mention Lyme when I go see the neurologist. This makes me wonder if Lyme is getting the same treatment as PMS had and I only added another number in the Lyme statistics. Curious to see how this "POW" will be ignored by the medical profession.
A Lyme sufferer told me that guinea hens eat ticks. I wonder if chickens do.
I'm dust spraying food grade Diatomaceous Earth along the floor boards of my house... and my bed.
Yes, chickens will keep your yard free from ticks, but they make other deposits that are not really kid-friendly if you catch my drift.
We let our chickens run free during the day. I can't remember the last time anyone got a tick from being out in the yard or working in the garden. Outside of the area the chickens roam the ticks are bad. I mowed our horse paddocks on Sunday and pulled a tick off of Jr. on Monday.
A neighbor is a stay at home dad since he is one of the infected few:
https://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/dvbd/heartland/
Already found one on me. I HATE ticks.
A fellow at our church has developed a meat allergy because of a tick bite. if he eats beef or pork or any type of game meat he risks going into anaphylactic shock. All he can eat now is chicken and fish.
Thank you!
I really didn’t want to get guinea hens because four chickens is all I can handle. I did notice that they hangout at the groundhogs tunnel openings and was hoping that they were snacking on ticks.
My guess is I pick up ticks when I take my dog for a walk. Living out in the country is dangerous but nice :) LOL
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