For the first time in Germany, a person fell ill with spotted fever after being bitten by the tropical hyloma tick. The man was bitten in the Siegen area. The University of Hohenheim near Stuttgart announced on Wednesday that the pathogen for typhus was found in the tick. The patient was successfully treated with antibiotics.
The parasitologist at the University of Hohenheim, Ute Mackenstedt, is now certain that the tick will also spread to humans. She told the German press agency that tick spotted fever can now also be transmitted as a result.
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Symptoms of Spotted Fever
- skin rash
- high fever and chills
- headache
- Muscle aches
- extreme joint pain
- pronounced feeling of illness
treatment of spotted fever
The fever is treated with antibiotics . The chances of recovery are best if therapy is started as early as possible. In addition, it is important to pay attention to the patient’s fluid and electrolyte balance. Possible secondary infections must also be treated.
