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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
History and Symptoms
- Sudden fever
- Chills
- Headaches
- Diarrhea
- Muscle aches
- Joint pain
- Dry cough
- Progressive weakness
People can also catch pneumonia and develop chest pain, bloody sputum and can have trouble breathing and even sometimes stop breathing.
Other symptoms of tularemia depend on how a person was exposed to the tularemia bacteria. These symptoms can include ulcers on the skin or mouth, swollen and painful lymph glands, swollen and painful eyes, and a sore throat.
Depending on the site of infection, tularemia has six characteristic clinical syndromes: ulceroglandular, glandular, oropharyngeal, pneumonic, oculoglandular, and typhoidal.[1] Inflammation spreads to the lymph nodes, which enlarge and may suppurate (mimicking bubonic plague). Lymph node involvement is accompanied by a high fever. Death may result.[2]
References
- ↑ Plourde PJ, Embree J, Friesen F, Lindsay G, Williams T (1992). "Glandular tularemia with typhoidal features in a Manitoba child". Can Med Assoc J. 146: 1953&ndash, 5.