Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Alternative names:

spotted fever

Symptoms:

• chills
• fever
• severe headache
• muscle pain
• mental confusion
• rash, first appearing on wrists and ankles, then spreading to most of the body

Additional symptoms that may be associated with this disease:

• thirst, excessive
• nausea & vomiting
• hallucinations
• diarrhea
• appetite, loss
• abnormal sensitivity to light

Signs and tests:

• blood in the urine and protein in the urine
• antibody titer by complement fixation or immunofluorescence that indicates the presence of infection
• low serum sodium