Relapsing fever

Introduction: Relapsing fever

Relapsing fever: Tick-borne disease with symptoms that resolve and then relapse. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Relapsing fever is available below.

Symptoms of Relapsing fever

• Cycles of symptoms, remissions and relapses
• Fever
• Severe headache
• Chills
• Muscle pains

See full list of 13 symptoms of Relapsing fever

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Medical Textbooks Online about Relapsing fever

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Relapsing fever?

• Misdiagnosis of Relapsing fever
• Underlying causes of Relapsing fever (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Misdiagnosis and Relapsing fever

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Causes of Relapsing fever

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More information about causes of Relapsing fever:

• Relapsing fever as a complication caused by other conditions

Treatments for Relapsing fever

• Bed rest
• Antibiotics
• Tetracycline
• Erythromycin
• Intravenous antibiotics

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Reseach about Relapsing fever

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Clinical Trials for Relapsing fever

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Relapsing fever include:

• Post Exposure Treatment With Doxycycline for the Prevention of Relapsing Fever - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - doxycycline treatment

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Statistics for Relapsing fever

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• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Relapsing fever
• Death and Mortality statistics for Relapsing fever
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Types of Relapsing fever

• Louse-borne relapsing fever
• Tick-borne relapsing fever

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Medical Guidebooks and Ebooks for Relapsing fever

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Definitions of Relapsing fever:

An acute infection characterized by recurrent episodes of PYREXIA alternating with asymptomatic intervals of apparent recovery. This condition is caused by SPIROCHETES of the genus BORRELIA. It is transmitted by the BITES of either the body louse (PEDICULUS humanus corporis), for which humans are the reservoir, or by soft ticks of the genus ORNITHODOROS, for which rodents and other animals are the principal reservoirs. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Marked by recurring high fever and transmitted by the bite of infected lice or ticks; characterized by episodes of high fever and chills and headache and muscle pain and nausea that recur every week or ten days for several months - (Source - WordNet 2.1)