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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Surena Chande

Lyme disease: Why it is on the rise and how to protect against it

A mother has told how she has been left bedbound after being infected with Lyme disease eight years ago.

Kirstie Haysman, 34, was bitten by an insect almost a decade ago and now said she is left struggling daily after doctors failed to spot the symptoms and diagnose her. She started having symptoms in 2015 and said doctors initially thought she was struggling with an autoimmune condition.

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