Nieces suddenly had several organ failures and blindness. Diagnosed lyme disease that must have been there for quite awhile. Problem is some of the related tick diseases have mycoplasma and they really don’t know how to cure. They fester and pop up as something major. Try to find a dr that knows anything more than to treat for 3 weeks. Lots of quacks too.
Naturally, she liked the outdoors, as was happy to drag me off into insect central, where ever we were.
If a biting/blood sucking insect has a choice between a million other people and me, it will choose me, even if I'm covered in DEET.