The Wyoming Department of Health wants to remind everyone that warmer weather can bring the threat of some diseases. Kim Deti says that one, tularemia, otherwise known as “rabbit” or “deery fly fever” can be caught in several different ways.
Tularemia symptoms can include fever, swollen and painful lymph glands, inflamed eyes, sore throat, mouth sores, skin ulcers and diarrhea. If the bacteria are inhaled, symptoms can include abrupt onset of fever, chills, headache, muscle aches, joint pain, dry cough and progressive weakness and pneumonia.
Some precautions you can take in avoiding the illness is to avoid bathing, swimming or working in untreated water. Avoid handling rabbits, squirrels or other animals that appear sick. Wear rubber gloves when skinning animals, especially rabbits and squirrels and wash hands thoroughly with soap and water after handling sick or dead animals. Finally, tularemia can be caught from ticks, so take normal precautions against them when enjoying the outdoors.
Tularemia symptoms can include fever, swollen and painful lymph glands, inflamed eyes, sore throat, mouth sores, skin ulcers and diarrhea. If the bacteria are inhaled, symptoms can include abrupt onset of fever, chills, headache, muscle aches, joint pain, dry cough and progressive weakness and pneumonia.
Some precautions you can take in avoiding the illness is to avoid bathing, swimming or working in untreated water. Avoid handling rabbits, squirrels or other animals that appear sick. Wear rubber gloves when skinning animals, especially rabbits and squirrels and wash hands thoroughly with soap and water after handling sick or dead animals. Finally, tularemia can be caught from ticks, so take normal precautions against them when enjoying the outdoors.
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