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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Anita Merritt & Ryan Merrifield

Mum's warning after son, 2, catches Lyme disease from tick bite in children's playground

A mum has warned other parents after her toddler son contracted Lyme disease while playing in a park.

Bethany Harris took her two children to Redgates Play Park in Exmouth, Devon, on March 26.

The next day she found a pair of what later turned out to be deer ticks on two-year-old Harrison's head and removed them.

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