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Tick Paralysis: A Treatable Disease Not to Be Missed
Karan B Karki*, Paola Castri, Christina Abrams, Hitesh Sandhu and Namrata Shah
Department of Pediatric Critical Care, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital/UTHSC, Tennessee, USA
- *Corresponding Author:
- Karan B Karki
Department of Pediatric Critical Care Le Bonheur
Children's Hospital/UTHSC Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Tel: 901-287-6303
E-mail: kkarki@uthsc.edu
Received date: July 12, 2017; Accepted date: August 08, 2017; Published date: August 11, 2017
Citation: Karki KB, Castri P, Abrams C, Sandhu H, Shah N (2017) Tick Paralysis: A Treatable Disease Not to Be Missed. J Neuroinfect Dis 8:261. doi:10.4172/2314-7326.1000261
Copyright: © 2017 Karki KB, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the creative commons attribution license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Tick paralysis is a rare condition which can be treated easily but if undiagnosed can lead to significant morbidity and mortality. It is prevalent in certain areas especially in North America and Australia. It is characterized by acute onset symmetric lower extremity weakness and if not diagnosed early the weakness involves the upper extremities, cranial nerves, respiratory musculature leading to respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation. The clinical picture is often confused with other causes of acute onset paralysis eg., Guillain-Barre syndrome, the Miller Fisher variant, leading to unnecessary investigations and interventions complicating the clinical picture. The condition can be easily diagnosed by careful history and physical examination. Tick removal will lead to early and complete recovery of the condition.
It is very important for the clinicians to be aware of this condition so that it can be recognized early to avoid unnecessary and expensive investigations, interventions, morbidity and mortality.
