TICK PARALYSIS IN SOUTH CAROLINA
1938; American Medical Association; Volume: 111; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1001/jama.1938.72790370003007a
ISSN2376-8118
Autores Tópico(s)Neurological diseases and metabolism
ResumoTick paralysis has been recognized in some of the Midwestern states for a number of years. It is an ascending type of paralysis, following the course of Landry's disease, at times resulting in death from bulbar involvement, associated with the bite of ticks and promptly disappearing when the feeding tick is found and removed. Brief reference is made to the subject by Osler and McCrae 1 in which they state that the genus Ixodes and the genus Dermacentor are both capable of producing this type of paralysis. They refer to reports of cases from British Columbia, Wyoming, Montana and possibly Australia. Tyzzer 2 states that ticks of the genus Ixodidae are responsible for a paralysis occurring in sheep and in children, and that bites along the vertebral column and head are most prone to result in the paralysis. He speaks of the condition as having occurred in Oregon, British Columbia,
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