A member asked:

If you had fatigue and aches after a tick bite, how long would it last- would you just keep getting worse until treated?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

That depends: We don't have much information. In some areas of the country Lyme Disease can occur.In the US tick bites have potential for transmitting a number of diseases: Lyme Disease, Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Borrelia mayonii, Borrelia miyamotoi, Colorado tick fever, Ehrlichiosism , Powassan disease, Heartland virus, Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), Tickborne relapsing

Answered 4/4/2018

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