Well, my wife was just diagnosed with Lyme on Thursday after 3 weeks of the worst headache she said she’s every experienced, steady 100-102 fever, body aches, fatigue, etc. Two trips to urgent care in that time yielded no answers. It wasn’t until the splotchy rashes showed up that we realized what it might be. She didn’t have a tick bite that she knew of, but we must have missed it. She’s taking doxycycline, and fingers crossed for no long-term effects.
Tick populations here in NE Ohio have soared in the last 10 years for sure. Never really worried about them prior to that.