Emily
Editor, Senior Moderator
I'd never heard about this condition until reading Alert's thread about the cases in Egypt. The article said it emerged in the U.S. in the 1940's. It's still rare and this is the first case in the northeast since 1998. The tick was hidden in the girl's hair and since the disease is so rare, it wasn't until a doctor who had seen the illness during her medical training considered the possibility that the tick was found.
The condition sounds completely reversible if the ticks are removed before complications have set in.
Toddler recovering from rare tick paralysis
The condition sounds completely reversible if the ticks are removed before complications have set in.
Toddler recovering from rare tick paralysis