{"id":838450,"date":"2026-07-31T16:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/838450\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T16:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:00:10","slug":"tick-bite-mystery-reveals-growing-threat-beyond-lyme-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/838450\/","title":{"rendered":"Tick bite mystery reveals growing threat beyond Lyme disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Nova Scotia lady who thought she had developed the unusual alpha-gal syndrome after being bitten by a tick discovered that her severe symptoms were caused by another tick-borne sickness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to health experts, the instance highlights a growing worry as blacklegged ticks carry more infections, including anaplasmosis-causing bacteria.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While the disease can be dangerous if not treated, it responds favourably to medications when identified early.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">DON&#8217;T MISS: <a data-ylk=\"slk:5 astronomical events happening after we&#039;re gone;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theweathernetwork.com\/en\/news\/science\/space\/cosmic-fomo-5-astronomical-events-happening-after-were-gone-space-jupiter-earth-mars-moon-sun-star-saturn-asteroid\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">5 astronomical events happening after we&#8217;re gone<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More than just Lyme disease<img alt=\"Tick, Nova Scotia, Disease, Anaplasmosis , July 31, 2026. (The Weather Network\/Nathan Coleman)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"369\" height=\"206\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/the_weather_network_616\/7eee25d2d1c3428b6c735fd35b353caf.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tick, Nova Scotia, Disease, Anaplasmosis , July 31, 2026. (The Weather Network\/Nathan Coleman)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Photo of a Nathan Coleman and Nicoletta Faraone at the Canadian Tick Research and Innovation Centre in Wolfville, NS. (Nathan Coleman\/The Weather Network)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Blacklegged ticks are well known for transmitting Lyme disease, but experts claim they are increasingly carrying many infections at the same time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Although lone star ticks, which are associated to alpha-gal syndrome, are not commonly seen in Nova Scotia due to the province&#8217;s harsh winters\u2014experts say anaplasmosis rates have increased in Canada over the last decade, making early detection and treatment more crucial than ever.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copy edited by Fredrick Reyes, a digital journalist at The Weather Network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Nova Scotia lady who thought she had developed the unusual alpha-gal syndrome after being bitten by a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":838451,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[268044,49,48,84,101384,27741],"class_list":["post-838450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-blacklegged-ticks","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health","tag-health-experts","tag-lyme-disease"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=838450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/838451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=838450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=838450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=838450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}