Anaplasmosis is on the rise in eastern Canada. It's a tick-borne disease like Lyme, but presents a bit differently (e.g., no bullseye around the tick bite). Untreated, it can lead to kidney failure, brain swelling, and death.

I'm staying with a family member right now while she recovers from a nasty case of it (caught just in time to prevent permanent damage).

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whitecoat/anaplasmosis-ticks-1.7239603

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#NovaScotia, #Quebec, and #Ontario see about 500 cases a year of #Anaplasmosis, which is an infection contracted by humans and animals caused by the Anaplasma phagocytophilum bacteria and spread by #ticks. Treatment is the same as for Lyme disease, but the bites don't have the bull's-eye rash.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/the-dose/anaplasmosis-ticks-1.7239603

‘I’d never been bitten by a tick before’: why the little blood-sucking pest is getting us into a panic | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/apr/07/id-never-been-bitten-by-a-tick-before-why-the-little-blood-sucking-pest-is-getting-us-into-a-panic

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