Summer always brings a proliferation of ticks to Tennessee, and along with them come serious risks. Tick bites can cause serious and debilitating conditions.Terry Nunley knows too well the dangers of tick bites. After being bitten by hundreds of ticks when walking through an overgrown area, he spent weeks of recovery after contracting Lyme disease and Ehrlichia chaffeensis.Says Nunley, “I was just covered from head to toe.