A tick bite can look like a red, swollen area on your skin. There may also be a bull's eye around the bite. Sometimes, the ...

A five-year-old girl in Mississippi temporarily lost the ability to walk after she developed "tick paralysis," a rare condition caused by tick bites.

Tick Paralysis: A number of species of ticks can transmit tick paralysis. It is not an infection, but a by-product of venom in the tick’s saliva that is secreted while the tick is attached. Symptoms ...

Medically reviewed by Susan Bard, MD Learning what a tick bite looks like is essential because you can’t rely on seeing the tick. The tick may fall off quickly or be so small it’s undetectable ...

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.

Tick paralysis is a disease caused by tick bites that can lead to paralysis all over the body, even in the lungs. We’ll explain this uncommon but sometimes scary condition, and why it’s easy ...

Tick bites are nearly double already this year. Will this summer be the worst yet? A bite from an infected tick can land people in the hospital — and this summer, researchers are seeing even ...

A five-year-old girl in Mississippi temporarily lost the ability to walk after she developed "tick paralysis," a rare condition caused by tick bites. The girl's mother, Jessica Griffin, first ...

A hiker is presented to the ED with flu-like symptoms and a tick is found. What are the signs and symptoms of tick paralysis and how can it be treated?

A five-year-old girl in Mississippi temporarily lost the ability to walk after she developed "tick paralysis," a rare condition caused by tick bites. The girl's mother, Jessica Griffin, first ...