Tick paralysis / Paraliż kleszczowy
Journal Title: Przegląd Epidemiologiczny - Year 2018, Vol 72, Issue 1
Abstract
Tick paralysis is caused by neurotoxins secreted by adult female ticks, primarily in North America and on the east coast of Australia. Sporadic illness is also recorded in Europe and Africa. In the European countries, including Poland, there are 6 species of ticks capable of causing tick paralysis. The disease occurs in people of all ages, but is most commonly diagnosed in children under 8 years of age. Paralysis can take different forms - from rare isolated cranial nerve infections to quadriplegia and respiratory muscles paralysis. After the tick remove, the symptoms resolve spontaneously. In severe cases with paralysis of respiratory muscles, when there is no possibility of mechanical ventilation, the disease may lead to death.
Authors and Affiliations
Karol Borawski, Sławomir PANCEWICZ, Piotr Czupryna, Joanna Zajkowska, Anna MONIUSZKO-MALINOWSKA
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP625348
- DOI -
- Views 67
- Downloads 0
Designer drugs – still a threat? / Narkotyki projektowane (dopalacze) czy nadal są zagrożeniem?
INTRODUCTION. In Poland, an increasing number of psychoactive substances are becoming prohibited by law as psychotropic or narcotic substances, or as new psychoactive substances (NPSs). Owing to the enormous technologica...
Gonorrhoea in 21st century – international and Polish situation
Gonorrhoea, according to the latest World Health Organization (WHO) estimates in 2008, is the most frequent bacterial sexually transmitted infection globally, accounting for 106.1 million new cases among adults. Of those...
Publiczny program zapobiegania próchnicy w Polsce dzieci 6, 12 i 18 lat w roku 2012
WPROWADZENIE. Badania przeprowadzone w ramach przyjętego przez Ministerstwo Zdrowia programu „Monitorowania stanu zdrowia jamy ustnej populacji polskiej” określiły odsetek dzieci w wieku rozwojowym do 18 roku życia objęt...
Key role of public health in improving health situation of the population / Kluczowa rola zdrowia publicznego w poprawie sytuacji zdrowotnej ludności
No country (and no national budget) in which there is no efficient public health system (disease prevention and health promotion) is able to cover the exponentially growing costs of medical care for the aging population...
Choroby zakaźne w Polsce w 2013 roku
Celem pracy jest ocena sytuacji epidemiologicznej w zakresie chorób zakaźnych i pasożytniczych w Polsce w 2013 r. MATERIAŁ I METODY. Głównym źródłem danych do tego opracowania są zestawienia statystyczne zawarte w biulet...