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.
Gastrointestinal anthrax symptoms can include: 1  Fever and chills. 2  Swelling of neck or neck glands. 3  Sore throat. 4  Painful swallowing. 5  Hoarseness. 6  Nausea and vomiting, especially bloody vomiting. 7  Diarrhea or bloody diarrhea. 8  Headache. 9  Flushing (red face) and red eyes. 10  Stomach pain. 11  Fainting. 12  Swelling of abdomen (stomach).