A popular myth about chiggers is that they burrow into the skin and remain there, but this is incorrect. When the chigger bites, it inserts its feeding structures and mouth parts into the skin. They inject enzymes into the host skin that destroy the host tissue.
Symptoms and Complications. Inhaled anthrax is by far the most dangerous form of infection, but also the rarest. The first symptoms resemble the flu and include fever, sore chest, malaise, fatigue and dry cough. The first signs of the disease can occur within 48 hours after inhalation of spores of the bacteria.
Train all emergency response workers to recognize and report early symptoms and signs of anthrax, understand the importance of immediate medical attention, know how to access emergency medical care, know about potential adverse effects and interactions with food and drugs if taking antibiotics, and understand the potential adverse effects of the anthrax vaccine and the amount of time necessary to develop an immune response if using the vaccine as a preventive measure.