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  1. Anaplasmosis is on the rise in eastern Canada. It's a tick-borne disease like Lyme, but presents a bit differently (e.g., no bullseye around the tick bite). Untreated, it can lead to kidney failure, brain swelling, and death.

    I'm staying with a family member right now while she recovers from a nasty case of it (caught just in time to prevent permanent damage).

    cbc.ca/radio/whitecoat/anaplas

    #ticks #anaplasmosis #health #Ontario

  2. #NovaScotia, #Quebec, and #Ontario see about 500 cases a year of #Anaplasmosis, which is an infection contracted by humans and animals caused by the Anaplasma phagocytophilum bacteria and spread by #ticks. Treatment is the same as for Lyme disease, but the bites don't have the bull's-eye rash.

    cbc.ca/radio/the-dose/anaplasm