What is African tick bite fever?

African tick bite fever is an acute infection that is characterized as flu like symptoms of fever, headache, and muscle pain.

How do members experience African tick bite fever?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with African tick bite fever*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for African tick bite fever*

Who has African tick bite fever on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 0
30s 1
40s 1
50s 0
60s 3
70+ 0

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 1
Female 4

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What is African tick bite fever?

African tick bite fever is an acute infection that is characterized as flu like symptoms of fever, headache, and muscle pain.



Common symptoms reported by people with African tick bite fever

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for African tick bite fever

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Compare treatments taken by people with African tick bite fever

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Who has African tick bite fever on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 3 say African tick bite fever is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 0
30s 1
40s 1
50s 0
60s 3
70+ 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 1
Female 4

These charts show data from African tick bite fever patients who have completed their condition history
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