Brucella Causes Brucellosis Rock Fever Undulant Afternoon High Fever Spike Symptoms

Brucellosis, aka rock fever, is an infectious disease caused by brucella bacteria, and brought to your via animals.

Brucella has been known to infect cow, lamb, goat, pig, camel, dog, deer, elk and moose meat, as well as their milk.

The bacteria spreads to you by means of:

  • breathing
  • skin wounds
  • eating, drinking contaminated milk products

Pasteurization is the public protection answer against ingesting this bacteria.

Brucellosis’ characteristic symptom is a high undulant fever that spikes every afternoon.  Other acute rock fever symptoms may kick off with mild flu like manifestations, such as:

Brucellosis can also be chronic, causing recurrent undulant afternoon high fever spikes, coupled with joint pain and fatigue.  And this relapsing condition can go on for years.  Or as with tuberculosis, reactive after a long symptomless spell.

Antibiotics are used to treat and prevent any relapses from a brucella’s infection.  Health complications that might occur from this afternoon undulant high fever spike are:

Brucellosis is rare in the United States, causing only a couple hundred bacterial infections a year.  However, you do need to exercise precaution when traveling to high risk localities, like:

  • Asia
  • Africa
  • Caribbean
  • Middle East
  • Eastern Europe
  • Mediterranean Basin
  • South & Central America

Brucellosis is more common in countries that do not have adequate domestic animal health and pasteurization programs.  Of particular concern is consuming unpasteurized cheeses from these areas.

The primary protective health measure to guard against undulant rock fever spikes is never consume unpasteurized milk, cheese or ice cream.  If you’re not sure, don’t swallow.

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