Every year, nearly 31 million people in the U.S. are bitten by a tick. Tick-related illnesses like Lyme disease are on the ...

Tick-borne diseases such as Lyme disease: red, target-shaped rashes on the skin, fever and muscle and joint pain, all appearing several days after the bite. Response: contact a health professional ...

A tick bite doesn’t always lead to illness. “If you remove a tick within 24 hours of attachment, it’s fairly unlikely that you will get infected,” said Telford.

Tick bites don’t always leave a mark, so if you have to remove a tick from yourself, someone else, or a pet, save it and seek medical attention so it can be tested for Lyme.

After a tick with Lyme disease bites a person, they will usually develop a "target" rash that is red in the center, surrounded by a circle of white and then circle of red — similar to a target.