What Are The Symptoms?

Once a person is infected, flea-borne typhus normally has an incubation period of 6-14 days before symptoms appear. Typical symptoms consist of:

• Severe headache
• Sustained high fever (104° F) for many days
• Body aches
• Weakness
• Confusion
• Avoidance of light
• A rash on the chest, back, arms and/or legs appears in approximately 50% of patients.

Flea-borne typhus shares symptoms with other flu-like diseases and can be incorrectly diagnosed if a specific blood test is not performed. Correct diagnosis and treatment with the proper antibiotic (doxycycline) can resolve patient discomfort quickly.

How Is The Disease Treated?

Correct diagnosis and treatment with the proper antibiotic (doxycycline) can resolve patient discomfort quickly.