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POW! The tick virus far deadlier than Lyme
WND ^ | 5/08/17 | CDC or WND???

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

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cdc; deer; deertick; disease; greatlakes; lymedisease; northeast; pow; powassan; tick; ticks; tickvirus; virus
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To: HiTech RedNeck

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.


21 posted on 05/08/2017 6:56:16 PM PDT by mplsconservative
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To: blueyon

How did we ever survive before without all these dire warnings.


22 posted on 05/08/2017 6:57:51 PM PDT by McGruff (The terrorists have elected to receive.)
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To: mplsconservative

One case of POW in Virginia since 2004. One. Not much of a risk.


23 posted on 05/08/2017 6:57:56 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: 1_Rain_Drop

But I thought they are talking about a disease worse than Lyme Disease.


24 posted on 05/08/2017 6:58:36 PM PDT by New Jersey Realist (America: Home of the Free because of the Brave)
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To: GnuThere

Sorry about your pup. That had to be awful. Love my dog so much.


25 posted on 05/08/2017 6:59:12 PM PDT by mplsconservative
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To: nickcarraway

Vitamin B1 helps keeps ticks off, also helps with chiggers. Makes you and your pee stink.


26 posted on 05/08/2017 7:05:50 PM PDT by DOC44 (Have gun will travel.)
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To: mplsconservative

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.


27 posted on 05/08/2017 7:06:51 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: GnuThere

So the dog got better afterwards, or continued to decline and die?


28 posted on 05/08/2017 7:07:43 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: blueyon

>one that kills 10 percent of those infected and permanently disables the other 50 percent<

And what happens to the rest?


29 posted on 05/08/2017 7:08:29 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

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.


30 posted on 05/08/2017 7:11:15 PM PDT by wetgundog (The Left Lies All the Time)
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To: 353FMG

80 percent of them are dead, and the other 90 percent got better.


31 posted on 05/08/2017 7:14:38 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

We vacation in Nortwoods Wisconsin and our dog got Lyme Disease from a tick two years ago.


32 posted on 05/08/2017 7:14:50 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: HiTech RedNeck
"I wonder how that compares to how many people got hit by lightning.

Doesn't matter if you're the one bit and infected, or struck by a bolt. I have 7 family members in Western Kentucky infected by the tic borne Alfa-Gal desease. Very nasty, and rare.
33 posted on 05/08/2017 7:15:01 PM PDT by DocRock (And now is the time to fight! Peter Muhlenberg)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

No, he did recover from that after 2 months antibiotics, died suddenly @ age 12, not related.


34 posted on 05/08/2017 7:17:17 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: blueyon; 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
Infectious Disease - Tick Virus -> Powassan

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

35 posted on 05/08/2017 7:18:06 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (Muslim & Spanish migrants are like Kudzu--> designed to overload the system= Cloward-Piven)
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To: DocRock

Alfa-Gal should be Alpha-Gal


36 posted on 05/08/2017 7:18:10 PM PDT by DocRock (And now is the time to fight! Peter Muhlenberg)
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To: blueyon

CDC pushing for another vaccine?


37 posted on 05/08/2017 7:18:49 PM PDT by grumpygresh (When will Soros be brought to justice? Crush the vermin, crush the Left.)
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To: DocRock

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.


38 posted on 05/08/2017 7:19:21 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: 1_Rain_Drop

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.


39 posted on 05/08/2017 7:23:24 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: GnuThere

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.


40 posted on 05/08/2017 7:25:15 PM PDT by DocRock (And now is the time to fight! Peter Muhlenberg)
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