[serial_dev]

A couple of years ago I had about 10 tick bites and one of them resulted in the signature bull’s-eye rash. Thankfully, I was aware of the ticks and I was checking for the bull’s-eye rash to appear and it got treated with doxycycline.

Many people face symptoms months after the bite or they might not remember getting bitten by a tick so it’s common that it is misdiagnosed and they get all kinds of ineffective and / or unnecessary meds, so I added it to my “list of illnesses to check” in case I ever get unexplainable neurological issues, fatigue and joint problems.

[tasuki]

> was checking for the bull’s-eye rash to appear

Note that the absence of that wouldn't mean you didn't get lyme disease.

Where I live, most of the ticks carry lyme disease, yet not that many people get infected: if you pull it out quickly, you greatly reduce the chance of getting infected. Of the people I know, perhaps 20% had lyme disease (and knew about it, I must add).

[hattmall]

1 in 5 people had Lyme disease where you live? Where is that??

[tasuki]

Central Europe. Maybe 1 in 10. I know at least 10 people who did, anyway. And I have not talked about this with all the people I know.

Some have no lingering issues, others have lingering issues seemingly for life, and yet others have issues for a couple of years and then they're ok.