Minnesota records rare spotted fever death

This just suc-s! Poor kid. They're not even safe innocently playing outside. I hope they come up with a vaccine for this in the future...near future.

Things are getting bad out there.

It is getting to the point where if you walk outside you could get a serious illness by either a tick bite, a mosquito bite, or a spider bite. My wife got bit by something and she fought a high fever topping 105 with major headaches for over 2 weeks. She still has pains and headaches. The docs gave her a full battery of tests and couldn't find a thing.

Ticks suck!! I had Lymes in 2007...I have never been so ill...EVER!! my husband got it summer of 08....things are getting so much worse these days!!!
Poor little kiddo!!:(

A friend of mine was shrooming this spring and got bit by something. It is eating the flesh off of his ankle.
he has been to 3 doctors in 2 1/2 months, they dont know what it is and cant stop it.

One of my neighbors just had this illness. She was incredibly ill.

Ugh, picture not necessary

Daily Grind wrote:

A friend of mine was shrooming this spring and got bit by something. It is eating the flesh off of his ankle.
he has been to 3 doctors in 2 1/2 months, they dont know what it is and cant stop it.

Are you sure he's just not still shrooming?

Maybe nature has finally had enough of humans destroying everything and it is now becoming pay back time! Just a thought....

Daily Grind wrote:

A friend of mine was shrooming this spring and got bit by something. It is eating the flesh off of his ankle.
he has been to 3 doctors in 2 1/2 months, they dont know what it is and cant stop it.

Sounds like he lacked morels.

When I was deployed overseas with the military we were vacinated for rocky mountain spotted fever (among other things). No one could explain to us what it was or why we needed a shot.

Daily Grind wrote:

A friend of mine was shrooming this spring and got bit by something. It is eating the flesh off of his ankle.
he has been to 3 doctors in 2 1/2 months, they dont know what it is and cant stop it.

Have the doctors checked for a Brown Recluse spider bite? Google "Brown Recluse" and look at the bites that it creates to see if it is similiar. Note: The pictures it brings up are on the nasty side.

Living in MN wrote:

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Have the doctors checked for a Brown Recluse spider bite? Google "Brown Recluse" and look at the bites that it creates to see if it is similiar. Note: The pictures it brings up are on the nasty side.

that was my first thought ,,,
He said it has been ruled out.