Lyme disease is an illness that present with variety of symptoms including feeling like you have the flu, a skin rash, or fever, as well as nerve, joint, or heart problems. People can get Lyme disease after being bitten by a tiny insect called a deer tick. When a deer tick bites you, it can pass the germ that causes Lyme disease to your body. We should know that a tick can infect you only if it stays attached for at least 36 hours. The ticks that carry Lyme disease are very small about the size of poppy seed, and mostly they feed on deer and mice. The ticks cannot fly or jump, but usually they are in tall grass and shrubs and have ability to attach to people who walk on grass or pass by shrubs by attaching to body.