There is a tiny minority of primary care physicians ("Lyme-Literate Medical Doctors") who will blame any fatigue of unknown etiology on Lyme disease and/or other tick-borne diseases, despite the lack of any clinical signs like the classic red ring or commonly accepted lab results like antibody assays. They prescribe powerful antibiotics on a long term basis, despite the severe side-effects and the complete lack of evidence that such treatments are helpful.

I blame this problem on the fact that some maladies just don't have any answers yet, but people want to provide them. For some, it's chronic lyme. For others, it's biofilms (Cf. the Marshall protocol), subluxations (chiropractic), or unbalanced qi (reiki).