Bill's story is another great one as it helps to highlight the differences in how tick-borne illnesses can affect us. Like many people, Bill is not fully sure where he was bitten by a tick but does vividly remember driving home from a golf outing and starting to feel like he contracted the flu. He woke up the next day with a fever of 103.9. He immediately ruled out the flu and Covid, and was basically told to ride it out.

Gratefully his daughter and wife took him to the ER when his symptoms did not subside, and he was ultimately diagnosed with Babesia, a parasite transmitted through tick bites. He spent five nights in the hospital because he became so sick so fast. He was given heavy antiparasitic medications and later found out he had two additional tick-borne illnesses that required additional treatment.

Bill is incredibly grateful he was able to receive the right treatment in the end and is back to himself for the most part a year later. But the initial diagnosis from his medical provider almost cost him dearly as many doctors sadly are not educated well enough about tick-borne infections and how they manifest.

Do your best to know the signs and symptoms and get to a doctor willing to help you ASAP to treat because it really is a time-sensitive issue. The longer it goes without treatment, the more damage it can potentially do.

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