Just to be clear, the site of the bite does not have to turn red at all to get infected. Many of those afflicted with Lyme never even knew they were bit by a tick. I've never had the red mark or 'bullseye' call Erythema Migrans/EM.
While it's not uncommon for me to get bit by a tick (have two dogs, outdoorsman, etc.), I never knew of the actual tick bite that gave me the Lyme.
But you are right, RAH, in that you can kill if off if you get to it quickly. I was probably afflicted for 6-12 months before I was positively diagnosed.
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
