Lyme's disease has the following symptoms - bull's eye rash, flu like symptoms-fever with chills, arthritis and encephalopathy. Rocky mountain spotted fever has initial symptoms of common illness like chills, fever and body aches. In the later stages, rocky mountain spotted fever can cause inflammation of heart, lungs, and damages in the blood vessels.
So the correct answer would be b. can cause paralysis and cardiorespiratory collapse as rocky mountain spotted fevers is characterized by paralysis and inflammation of the heart, lungs and blood vessels.