Tick Paralysis

TICK paralysis is an ascending flaccid paralysis caused by the bite of a tick and cured by removal of the tick.We recently had the opportunity to examine a five-year-old girl with tick paralysis and to perform nerve-conduction studies. After reviewing the literature, we believe this to be the first case of tick paralysis in which conduction studies have been reported.Case ReportA 5-year-old girl from western Colorado was in excellent health until May, 1967, when, within a 2-day period, a progressive, ascending quadriparesis developed. Speech became indistinct, and she had trouble swallowing. She was hospitalized elsewhere, and an . . .