Trench fever is a bacterial disease transmitted by body lice. The symptoms include relapsing fevers, muscle aches, pain behind the eyes, severe headache, joint pain, rash, liver and spleen enlargement, and pain in the shins.
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Trench Fever  Information for adults

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Trench fever is a bacterial disease transmitted by body lice. The symptoms include relapsing fevers, muscle aches, pain behind the eyes, severe headache, joint pain, rash, liver and spleen enlargement, and pain in the shins.
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Signs and Symptoms
  • Fever that comes and goes in a 5-day cycle
  • Headache
  • Pain behind the eyes
  • Pain in the shin bones
  • General body aches
  • Classic rash – pink-red patches and small bumps that appear and disappear, usually on the chest, as the fever comes and goes
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Last Modified: 22 Dec 2008
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