[dabber]

I've had it three times as a kid and the most recent one didn't produce a "bulls eye" rash. I knew what it was by then and went to the doctor, symptomatic, telling them that I had limes, but they hadn't seen it before and told me I had the flu.

I got a second opinion with blood work that came back positive for limes.

So if you have "the flu" symptoms around a time you were had been running around grassy area where limes is a thing, ask for blood work.

[astura]

It's "Lyme disease," named after Lyme, Connecticut (which, in turn, gets its name from Lyme Regis in England). Not "limes," that's a fruit.

[cs02rm0]

Although Lyme Regis gets its name from the river Lim.

(But yes, Lyme disease).

[wddkcs]

And the river Lim potentially got its name from the Latin word for 'border'.

[CPLX]

And the Latin word for border got its name from a hem stitch.

[dabber]

Sure, but I'm not a doctor and anyone who is living in an area that I'm speaking to will understand what I wrote and those that don't (perhaps yourself included) might learn a new colloquial phrase given the context of the comment.

[Freak_NL]

When writing about medical issues, spelling matters. If you don't like being corrected, then just ignore the helpful hint and move on. Doubling down on a typo is just weird.

[parthianshotgun]

We aren't mind readers, tell us the context, is it a regional spelling?

[astura]

Maybe you couldn't get treatment because you told your doctor you "had limes" rather than "are exhibiting symptoms of Lyme disease after a tick bite."

Precision matters in medical contexts.