[crypot]

I was bit by a tick in 2010. I pulled it off my forearm and it left a protrusion that lasted about 2 weeks. No rings. I got sick with a flu around this time. Went to the doctor, the lyme test came back negative.

Shortly after this I started to develop lesions in my mouth and scalp. Then they spread to my entire body. 6 months later got a diagnosis of an autoimmune blistering disease. The specialist said it was a usually a disease for old people, very unusual for an otherwise healthy 35 year old to develop it. 8 years of oral antibiotics and some steroids for flare ups and I was in remission.

In my opinion, everyone should be leery of tick bites.

[gknoy]

> 8 years of oral antibiotics

Holy cow. That is a frightening amount of time to have to take those.

[wildmanx]

And a prime recipe for antibiotic resistance to develop.

If an MD prescribed antibiotics for that long a continuous time period, they should lose their license.

[inter_netuser]

Did you see the scientific evidence of persisting spirochetes after repeated courses of antibiotics?

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2021.6280...