Got a tick disease back in the late 70's at the age of 13 or 14. Had a migraine for 3-4 days straight. Thought I would die. No one knew about tick diseases back then. Didn't sleep for two nights. The third night finally fell asleep. Woke up the next morning with no migraine, but couldn't lift my head up. Had a knot in my left trap. Took another 4 days to be able to turn my head. Was probably west nile, but never knew. I now use bleach on every tick and chigger bite I get. So far haven't had any other tick disease that I can tell. I scratch the bleach in. It will kill chiggers and I think it kills any microbes left behind. It also alleviates some of the itch.