The disease should be strongly suspected when confronted by a bilateral ascending paralysis following a one week history of hiking in tick-infested grasslands or brush during the spring or summer.

Symptoms usually appear 3 to 16 days after a tick bite. The same ticks that carry Lyme Disease ... Symptoms are unsteady movement and gait (ataxia) and ascending paralysis starting in the lower ...

Learning what a tick bite looks like is essential because you ... hearing loss, partial paralysis, and rarely, death. Tick paralysis is most common in the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain ...

Tick bites can lead to a number of infections ... Those affected by the toxin experience ascending paralysis that “is often confused with other neurologic disorders,” according to CDC.

followed by ascending flaccid paralysis. Recognition and timely removal of the tick usually leads to complete resolution of symptoms, whereas continued feeding can lead to respiratory arrest and ...