10 Tularemia Symptoms
Article Sources
- 1. 'Signs and Symptoms of Tularemia | CDC.' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 18 Dec. 2019, www.cdc.gov/tularemia/signssymptoms/index.html
- 2. 'Tularemia - Symptoms and Causes.' Mayo Clinic, 29 Aug. 2018, www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/tularemia/symptoms-causes/syc-20378635
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Eye Pain
Sometimes a person gets tularemia from rubbing their eyes after butchering, skinning or handling an infected animal.2‘Tularemia - Symptoms and Causes.’ Mayo Clinic, 29 Aug. 2018, www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/tularemia/symptoms-causes/syc-20378635 This type, called oculoglandular tularemia, affects the eyes. A person may develop a painful ulcer beneath their eyelid or simply experience redness and pain. The eye may swell or leak discharge.1‘Signs and Symptoms of Tularemia | CDC.’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 18 Dec. 2019, www.cdc.gov/tularemia/signssymptoms/index.html
Oculoglandular tularemia commonly affects one eye and is relatively rare. Only one to two percent of people with tularemia get this type, and the symptoms may be mistaken for pink eye.4‘Tularaemia. Understand About Tularaemia Zoonosis Infection.’ Symptom Checker, Health Information and Medicines Guide | Patient, 19 Oct. 2016, patient.info/doctor/tularaemia
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