Show Warns Against Spotted Fever I Health Service U Urges Folks To Guard Themselves I From Bite of Ticks A i ii i I WASHINGTON The public Is appealed to by the public health I service to safeguard themselves from Rocky mountain spotted fever Ticks the sucking blood-sucking insects which carry the often fatal malady flourish during the summer months Several cases of the disease al al- already already al- al already ready have been reported this year reports the United Press Infected ticks have been found in 42 of the 48 states but the great great- ast danger is in the Rocky moun moun- mountain mount t i tain and Eastern states One of the I most heavily infected regions is made up of Maryland Virginia and the District of Columbia where fever cases were reported last year Public health officials estimated i itha that tha one tick out of is infected I IThe The disease is so acute however i that the public is urged to consider all ticks dangerous I The health service said that any anyone anyone i ilone lone one exposed to ticks should be ex ex- examined exI examined I I carefully careful y at least once a day I Effective Vaccines i I Children playing in i I I land campers fishermen I ers and people who work in tick tick- I I infested areas should have this in irk inI j I it said t I Two effective vaccines have been i j i developed for prevention of the fever but because of the limited sup sup- supply supply I ply it is usually recommended only for persons exposed to ticks II in the most heavily infected areas The vaccines must be administered I each year preferably during April and May I The National Institute of Health recently developed an immune rab rab- rabbit rabbit rabbit bit serum which according to toI I health officials is probably of value in treating infected persons I It is the first specific treatment I ever developed I j The first symptoms of the mal mal- malady malady ady appear from 4 to 12 days after the tick bite The attack usually comes on sud suddenly suddenly denly with a chill rapid rise in tem tem- temperature temI temperature I headache and insomnia I After three or four days a skin rash I pinkish in color appears The rabbit serum should be given as early as possible in the course of illness preferably before the rash has been present for three days An emergency supply of the serum I eDt the aL-the National Institute I of 1 I aim iTh- iTha a ai B etHes a Md Nd and at too tES j i stocky Mountain laboratory at atI I j Hamilton Mont MontI Dogs Carry Insects I The public health service said that dogs which run at large largo also are dangerous because they fre ire frequently frequently I bring infected ted ticks into the tha home The danger can be lessened by examining the dog carefully each day or having the entire family vac vac- If you discover a tick on yourself or your child here is the best pro pro- procedure procedure procedure to follow o 0 oI I Remove the tick with a small for for- forceps forceps forceps eyebrow tweezers or a n small piece of paper or cotton c Be care- care careful careful careful ful not to crush the insect it Is 1 possible to contract spotted fever j i by bj getting the blood of an infected tick on the skin Paint the tick bite with an antiseptic such as iodine Then wash hands and for for- forceps forceps thoroughly or rinse them in inI I I alcohol I There is danger of acquiring the j I fever if an infected tick has been I attached to the skin from 6 e to 8 I hours or more If it is removed be be- before bee fore e ij it attaches elf or within w at an 1 your hour two hour of of t o af of S s ne dan dan- danger ger of infection is considerably i less I After removing the tick a care care- careful careful careful ful watch must be kept on the per per- person person person son involved for any symptom of ot the fever At the first suspicious sign pall call your doctor I |