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Posted by cwal @cwal, 16 hours ago

Anyone here familiar with Rickettsial Diseases caused by Ticks? Seems lots of people know about Lyme Disease but not Rickettsial.

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John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | 5 hours ago

Hello @cwal, I saw your earlier discussion New Dx for Graves / Subclinical Hyperthyroid - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/new-dx-for-graves-subclinical-hyperthyroid/ and did a search on Connect and found one other member who mentioned being tested for it but didn't have the infection. I did find an article on the your other discussion that might be helpful. The article has other references listed that also might be helpful.

-- Graves' disease precipitated by rickettsial infection: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Graves%E2%80%99-disease-precipitated-by-rickettsial-Marangou-Guarneri/dd46a993e184c6ab33b786a6152513666ef1f611

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cwal | @cwal | 36 minutes ago
In reply to @johnbishop "Hello @cwal, I saw your earlier discussion New Dx for Graves / Subclinical Hyperthyroid - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/new-dx-for-graves-subclinical-hyperthyroid/..." + (show)
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Hello @cwal, I saw your earlier discussion New Dx for Graves / Subclinical Hyperthyroid - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/new-dx-for-graves-subclinical-hyperthyroid/ and did a search on Connect and found one other member who mentioned being tested for it but didn't have the infection. I did find an article on the your other discussion that might be helpful. The article has other references listed that also might be helpful.

-- Graves' disease precipitated by rickettsial infection: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Graves%E2%80%99-disease-precipitated-by-rickettsial-Marangou-Guarneri/dd46a993e184c6ab33b786a6152513666ef1f611

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Hello John. Thank you for your answer and searching on Connect for others with this puzzle. I did find that article you posted a link to prior to my inquiry here. Unfortunately, I could not access the article to read due to membership and fee required to have access.

I am currently still waiting for an appointment with an Endocrinologist and wondering if a wait and watch approach is ever utilized instead of rushing to treatment as I have absolutely NO symptoms.

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