Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever?

Question

Is it possible to get RMSF from a tick in Las Vegas or is it only in Woodland/Rocky areas? Can someone please tell me a bit about it? (not from wikipedia - i've already been on there) Any personal stories?

Answer 1

No personal stories because I live in Australia butr I could tell you what I do know about it.   You can only contract it if you are in America (wich you  have said you were).

The symptoms are Fever, headache, muscle pain, weakness, nausea, sometimes abdo pain and cough. so pretty much flu type symptoms

You can also sometimes get pimples and flat red spots on your hands and feet

You can only get it by the bite of a tick the type of tick is a 'dog tick'  it takes sometimes 2 weeks for symptoms to occur and can last for unpto 3 weeks.. It is very easily treated if you go to your Dr but if left untreated it can lead to organ failure and eventully death..

Hope this helped