Tick bite: A case study

Tick bite: A case study

A woman, 84 years of age, presented to our southeastern Queensland general practice for removal of an engorged tick from her right external auditory meatus, thought to have been present for several days. She re-presented 3 days later with a right facial nerve palsy that affected her frontalis muscle...

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Veröffentlicht in:Australian family physician 2012-03, Vol.41 (3), p.125-126
Hauptverfasser: Mark McGrath, Garry Buchan-Hepburn
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Aged, 80 and over
Animals
Arachnids
Bell's palsy
Bites and Stings - complications
Bites and Stings - therapy
Case studies
Diseases
Facial nerve
Female
Herpes viruses
Humans
Lyme disease
Neurological disorders
Prevention
Queensland
Ticks
Trigeminal nerve
Typhus
Viral infections
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Zusammenfassung:A woman, 84 years of age, presented to our southeastern Queensland general practice for removal of an engorged tick from her right external auditory meatus, thought to have been present for several days. She re-presented 3 days later with a right facial nerve palsy that affected her frontalis muscle only. The facial nerve palsy resolved spontaneously over the next 7 days.
ISSN:0300-8495
2208-7958