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mountain fever(medicine)
mountain tick fever(medicine)
rocky mountain spotted fever(medicine)
Rocky Mountain spotted fever(health)
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever vaccine(medicine)
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Creepy Cookie Cauldrons (recipes) and mountain fever (medicine)


Creepy Cookie Cauldrons (recipes)


Creepy Cookie Cauldrons

Yield: Makes 3 dozen cookies



Ingredients:



1package (18 ounces) refrigerated chocolate cookie dough*

All-purpose flour (optional)

1package (14 ounces) caramels

2tablespoons milk

1cup crisp rice cereal

1/4cup mini candy-coated chocolate pieces

Black licorice whips and small gummy insects, frogs or lizards









Preparation:





1.Grease 36 (1-3/4-inch) mini muffin cups. Remove dough from wrapper according to package directions. Sprinkle dough with flour to minimize sticking, if necessary.2.Cut dough into 36 equal pieces; roll into balls. Place 1 ball in bottom of each muffin cup. Press dough on bottoms and up sides of muffin cups; chill 15 minutes. Preheat oven to 350°F.3.Bake 8 to 9 minutes. (Cookies will be puffy.) Remove from oven; gently press down center of each cookie. Return to oven 1 minute. Cool cookies in muffin cups 5 minutes. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.4.Melt caramels and milk in small saucepan over low heat, stirring frequently until smooth. Stir in cereal. Spoon 1 heaping teaspoon caramel mixture into each cookie cup. Immediately sprinkle with mini chocolate pieces.5.Cut licorice whips into 4-1/2-inch lengths. For each cookie, make small slit in side; insert end of licorice strip. Repeat on Other side of cookie to make cauldron handle. Decorate with gummy creatures as desired.











mountain fever (medicine)


mountain fever


A rare acute viral infection transmitted via a tick bite (Dermacentor andersoni). Disease is limited to the western United States, particularly Colorado. The incubation period is 3-6 days.

Symptoms include fever (that may abate and then recur), sweats, chills, joint pains, headache, photophobia, nausea, vomiting, rash and weakness.

Treatment includes tick removal and acetaminophen to control fever. The disease is generally self-limited and nonserious.