No specific treatment exists. Regular use of antipyretics providea symptomatic relief. Bed rest and mild analgesic-antipyretic therapy often is helpful in relieving associated lethargy, malaise, and fever. Acts also on the heat-regulating center of the hypothalamus to reduce fever. Follow up with a primary care physician.
Complications are unusual.
Cases with neurologic disease, including meningitis and meningoencephalitis, are reported, especially in children. Prognosis is excellent, even in cases complicated by neurologic symptoms. Rare fatalities are reported. Two ticks next to a common match. On the right is an Ixodes scapularis , the vector for Lyme disease.