Some of the other species of bartonella include:<\/strong><\/p>\n All total there are about twenty-four identified species of this bacteria in which half of them are known to infect humans. In the United States, each year there approximately twenty thousand cases of cat scratch disease, or fever, reported.<\/p>\n Generally the symptoms are mild but it can affect your whole body if it is a serious case.<\/p>\n Some of the early signs can include:<\/p>\n It is also typical to have swollen glands, especially around your arms, head, and neck. You may also have a sore throat<\/a> and enlarged lymph nodes. Depending on what type of bartonella you have, there may be other different symptoms.<\/p>\n For cat scratch disease or fever you may have:<\/strong><\/p>\n One to six weeks after the initial infection a person may develop Encephalopathy<\/em>, which is a disease, disorder, or malfunction of your brain. Approximately fifty percent of the people who develop this symptom will have seizures. It is also possible that a person may have subcutaneous nodules<\/em> that could possible involve the bone. If a person has these nodules they come be tender, become swollen or enlarged, show some hyperpigmentation, or fester but not all the time.<\/p>\n If a person gets trench fever from the bartonella bacteria they may show symptoms that may include:<\/p>\n This type of bartonella is normally carried by cats which can cause endocarditis, cat-scratch disease, and other serious diseases in humans. The bartonella bacteria are carried by body lice, ticks, sand flies, mosquitoes, and fleas with ticks a cause of infection in some of the human cases of bartonellosis<\/em>. It is also possible that intravenous drug users who are sharing the same needle could pass the bartonella bacteria to each other.<\/p>\n If you think that you have bartonella you need to see your physician to get the proper diagnosis so you can get started on the right treatment.<\/p>\n Some of the medications that are used to treat bartonella include:<\/p>\n If you have cat scratch disease or fever it will usually resolve itself without having any treatment. The physician can prescribe antibiotics for it but there is very little evidence that taking them will help the duration of the disease to be shortened. If the physician does prescribe antibiotics, the ones prescribed will be:<\/p>\n When a person has a case of bartonella, they may develop erythematosus papules<\/em>, which will be either red spots that are slightly raised or red splotches. Usually this rash will be found more commonly on your head, neck, and upper limbs but can occur occasionally on your lower limbs. They can appear on your mucous membranes or your skin.<\/p>\n Pictures collection of Bartonella…<\/p>\n\n
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