1. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

2. Description  A tick-borne bacterial disease called Rickettsia, causes vessels to leak. It affects the cells in the lining of your blood vessels. http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/mayer/rick1.jpg

3. Symptoms  Symptoms vary from every person but most victims endure severe headaches, high fevers, nausea, vomiting, and muscle pain.  After a few days a rash will appear on the wrists and ankles and later spread over your entire body.

4. Causes  This illness is caused by the bite of an infected tick. http://hardinmd.lib.uiowa.edu/cdc/5448.html

5. Cure and worst case scenario  If caught soon enough the fever can be taken care of through early treatment of antibiotics.  Doxycycline is the first medication used.  If not treated it can cause serious damage to internal organs, and in severe cases death.

6. 3 Facts  1. First identified in the Rocky Mountain wood tick which gave it its name.  2. most commonly found in south eastern parts of the united states as well as Canada, Mexico, and South America.  3. was originally called “black measles” because of how the rash looked in the late stages.

7. Sources  http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/rocky- mountain-spotted-fever/DS00600 http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/rocky- mountain-spotted-fever/DS00600  http://www.cdc.gov/rmsf/symptoms/ http://www.cdc.gov/rmsf/symptoms/  http://hardinmd.lib.uiowa.edu/cdc/5448.html http://hardinmd.lib.uiowa.edu/cdc/5448.html  http://hardinmd.lib.uiowa.edu/pictures22/cdc /PHIL_1962_lores.jpg http://hardinmd.lib.uiowa.edu/pictures22/cdc /PHIL_1962_lores.jpg  http://cdn2.justchromatography.com/wp- content/uploads/2007/06/petechial-rash.jpg http://cdn2.justchromatography.com/wp- content/uploads/2007/06/petechial-rash.jpg