If you have a red mark, and especially if it looks vaguely like a bullseye pattern, I'd have it checked. I had Lyme disease five or six years ago. I ended up with symptoms of fatigue and a fever that would disappear and come back. I had it checked and my doctor noticed a faint bullseye pattern. I had a blood test and it was positive so I took doxycycline for a month and was done.
I know three other people where it wasn't caught early and they had serious problems. One was out of work for nearly a year. Another has had health problems since.
It's a lot cheaper and more pleasant to get it treated now rather than later.
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