Lyme disease is not the only illness caused by a tick bite. Other tick-borne infections include: 

• Babesia – Babesia is a malaria-like protozoal parasite which attacks red blood cells.Symptoms of babesiosis are similar to those of Lyme disease but babesiosis more often starts with a high fever and chills. As the infection progresses, patients may develop fatigue, headache, drenching sweats, muscle aches, chest pain, hip pain and shortness of breath (“air hunger”).
• Bartonella – Bartonella is a gram-negative, intracellular bacteria which takes up residence in the endothelial cells and from there, attacks the red blood cells. It affects the central nervous system and the brain and it is also believed to infect bone marrow. Early signs of bartonellosis include fever, fatigue, headache, poor appetite, and an unusual streaked rash that resembles “stretch marks” from pregnancy.
• Mycoplasma – disrupts the immune system causing fatigue, musculoskeletal symptoms and cognitive degradation.
• Chlamydia Pneumonia – is a type of bacteria that causes lung infections, such as pneumonia. The bacteria cause illness by damaging the lining of the respiratory tract (throat, windpipe, and lungs).
• Epstein-Barr – Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), also known as human herpesvirus 4, is a member of the herpes virus family. It is one of the most common human viruses. Symptoms of EBV infection can include fatigue, fever, inflamed throat, swollen lymph nodes in the neck.
• Anaplasma –  Anaplasma and Ehrlichia are gram-negative bacterial infections and intracellular. Initial symptoms, occurring about five to ten days after tick bite, are largely non-specific: fever, chills, severe headache, nausea, cough. Severely ill patients can have low white blood cell count, low platelet count, anemia, elevated liver enzymes, kidney failure and respiratory insufficiency.  Rash is uncommon but has been reported. symptoms are musculo-sceletal like Fibromyalgia/Rheumatoid Arthritis.