Thursday, January 14, 2010

Rickettsialpox disease and tips on how to treat

Description:
Rickettsialpox is an infection transmitted to humans by the bite of rat fleas home.

Rickettsia Akari is an organism that causes rickettsialpox. A person can contract the disease when infected fleas bite infected rats. Long incubation, from flea bites until the first symptoms for 7 to 14 days. This disease usually goes away by itself. Just knowledge, some countries such as Russia, Korea, and South Africa became a county spread of this disease.

Symptom
Rickettsialpox main symptoms are:
- rash
- fever
- chills
- muscle aches

Treatment
Antibiotics such as tetracycline, doxycycline, and chloramphenicol can be used to treat rickettsialpox.