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Common Tick-Borne Diseases

Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever

Tick-borne relapsing fever or TBRF is a bacterial infection that would trigger nausea, joint and muscle aches, headache, and fever. It might take around 1 week to notice these signs. They could reoccur in a typical pattern if left untreated. Most cases are caused by a bite of infected soft ticks, which can feed quickly in no more than 30 minutes. You might feel almost no pain. They typically live in rodent burrows instead of bushy or grassy areas. That is why the condition is often associated with sleeping in rodent-infested, rustic cabins in the mountain. [3]