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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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"...but people with severe POW virus viral illnesses..."
That’s scary
we live in rural SW Pennsylvania and took my mini schnauzer to groomer for hair cut...she found three DEER TICKS on him, and removed them and put one in a baggie to show me how very small they are, DEER TICKS are much smaller than regular wood ticks...she recommended we take him to vet for check up...and sadly it took three weeks for the area to heal, one area fur stayed discolored..he checked out OK..but was a scare...so we give them tick treatments and check them daily...
we have three dogs..and our Wheaten Terrier who is almost 13 yrs. old often get tick bites but we're able to remove them..so watch and check your pets if you live in an area that have a lot of deer...and we do...hubby get a couple every year...now I'm leery of processing them..we take them now to professional meat processing...
Scary for sure...and yes, humans get bit also..my hubby has several times..I've never to my knowledge..will be more alert now for sure...
Sorry to hear that FReeper. Have they made any progress with late stage treatments?
LOL, we didn't. That's why life expectancy has doubled since Revolutionary times. Dire warnings and medical progress that produces them. 200 years ago most of us would not have lived to 40.
Got woods out back , assembled a trampoline last week and eventually found six tiny ticks crawling on me with one attached.
Must be millions of those blood sucking f’ers living out there.
USA averages 25-50 lightning deaths, depending on the source. Non-fatal strikes estimated at 400.
Well after 10%, isn't there another 90%?
What does this mean by saying, "...The other 50%?"
This is probably a problem, but after so many dire predictions about the flu and other problems, my "trying to give a damn" meter has blown a fuse, and I haven't bothered to go out and get a new one.
Don’t go into the Minnesota woods. It’s a little more dangerous than lightning.
Oh deer....pretty sure I’m late with that one...
That's it! I knew I had seen that pattern before.
Dang! Can’t believe that went to 51 before the captain obvious post.
Deer Gawd....
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The tick must have been imbedded for there to be healing time. I just don't understand why his fur would be discolored.
I have already pulled four dog ticks off my dog this year. I've caught some crawling on me just searching for a great spot on me to sink their jaws into. I flushed them down the toilet.
Many people do not understand ticks. They think that they are like mosquitoes. They bite then crawl away and a sting is felt. That's not so. Ticks have to attach themselves to you and you have to pull them off correctly.
The first deer tick I had was near my ankle. I brought it to the Dr. It was so small he said it was a gnit not a deer tick. Told him I never had to pull off a gnit.
I don't know why ticks are only associated with deer. Groundhogs carry them also.
I used to work in northern MA, and I’d generally go for a walk at lunchtime. Picked up ticks constantly. The ole’ sack seems to be a favorite place for them to settle, and it sure ain’t fun pulling them off. Inside the belly button is a place I’ve found a tick or two as well.
Mice are the real danger—they carry the ticks.
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My dog was severely arthritic for the last 4 years of her life. She tested positive for Lyme’s in 1988.
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Thanks for the ping, “tik”
As do mice, they are just as insidious. Anyone who thinks that white tailed deer are Bambi’s should shoot the Buggers.
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