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