I have never found a doctor who would do more than pretend to listen to my ideas on the subject. One doctor even said he hated to deal with patients who had internet access. Ticks are vectors for so many viruses (sp) and bacteria. It is just my guess. I know that I, personally, am bothered by terrible fatigue from time to time. Chronic, or irrepairable damage--I waffle between the two. And then, there is the possibility of piggy-back through the blood brain barrier.

By-the-way, he was diagnosed in 2001 after several years of problems. The lyme or tick fever rash was several years before that.