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 ...

Lyme disease, for instance, can lead to severe anemia and organ failure if left untreated. In some cases, tick bites can ...

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 ...