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What are the long-term symptoms of untreated South African Tick-bite Fever?
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∙ 10y ago
I am a long term Survivor of untreated African Tick Bite Fever which I picked up in Lesotho in 1988. I went to several doctors before I was able to find one who could diagnose the disease. It had then passed the point where it is treatable (apparently it is easily treated with Tetracycline if diagnosed in the first few days days). The disease itself was horrid (high fever, hallucinations, skin spots, severe Arthritis and fatigue) and lasted about a month, but there are no long term effects that I am aware of. I was told by the Doctor Who finally diagnosed it that I would have life long immunity to African Tick Bite Fever.
I have on several occasions since then screened (not tested) positive for syphilis when either donating blood, or having regular blood work done when I was pregnant. Apparently the syphilis screening method is far from perfect, and can be triggered by antibodies to a number of other diseases including Lyme Disease, another tick borne disease. So, it is likely that having had ATBF is what now causes me to permanently screen positive for syphilis (I wish I had known that back when I got that first letter from the Red Cross after donating blood!)
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 10y agoI had SA tick bite fever 3 years ago. Each year since, around the same period i contracted the disease I experience the same symptoms ie. Headache, Nausea and sporadic fever. I have spoken to numerous colleagues who have expereinced same..
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∙ 10y agoNone that I am aware of ... I have been bitten twice and I'm "normal"
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