Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis. A disease carried by the Deer Tick. The signs and symptoms of HGE can include fever (over 102°), severe headache, chills and shaking rigors, and muscle aches. Less frequent symptoms include nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, weight loss, abdominal pain, cough, diarrhea, aching joints, and change in mental status. Ehrlichiosis is treated with antibiotics. Other tick-borne diseases that occur in Minnesota include Babesiosis and Lyme disease.