Wood Ticks

A wood tick is also known as a Rocky Mountaina wood tick bite. Symptoms of the Colorado tick
wood tick. Its scientific name is Dermacentorfever appear within three to fourteen days and
andersoni, and it is found in the Rocky Mountaininclude flu and rash. Serious lung or brain complications
States and the southwestern part of Canada. In thehave been reported by patients in the later stages of
Unites States, wood ticks cause Rocky Mountainthe disease. Weakness is another problem associated
spotted fever, Colorado tick fever, and tularemia,with the disease. Tularemia symptoms appear within
while in Canada they cause tick paralysis.Wood ticksone to ten days and include flu and a sore on the
are either brown or grey in color. Although theybite area. Tick paralysis is a debilitating disease that
resemble the American dog tick and the Gulf Coastcan even lead to the death of the patient. Its
tick, wood ticks are stronger and have a thickersymptoms appear within a week and include a feeling
body than either of the two species. Wood ticks areof numbness in the legs. Arm, throat, and tongue
found in grass and shrubs; it is from these areas thatmuscles also weaken progressively. This disease is
they attach themselves to a host. Their lifecycle iscured when the tick is removed, provided the
completed within one to three years. In their larvalparalysis is not extensive. If symptoms are ignored,
and nymph stages, these ticks feed on rodents,this disease can prove fatal.To conclude, wood ticks
while in their adult stage, they target cattle, deer,can transmit fatal diseases and, therefore, awareness
dogs, and people.Rocky Mountain spotted fever canand appropriate action are essential to prevent tick
prove fatal if is not treated in the early stages. It isbites.Ticks provides detailed information on Ticks,
characterized by high fever, severe headaches, and aTick Bites, Deer Ticks, Dog Ticks and more. Ticks is
rash that appears within three to twelve days afteraffiliated with Mosquito Magnets.