All news on the topic: Lyme disease

Dad James Herbert, whose daughter has chronic Lyme disease, hopes the community get their 'Post Office scandal moment' after the terrifying disease is highlighted on ITV Coronation Street

Coronation Street's Joseph Brown will be diagnosed with Lyme disease on the soap next week after collapsing at home - but what are the main symptoms of the illness?

Ticks can burrow their way into children's skin and can potentially result in devastating health effects - with one mum finding one of the bugs in an easily-missed spot

Sometimes this can be due to a lack of knowledge of the part of the patient but some conditions can have very few symptoms or show symptoms that look like another illness, causing delays in treatment

Due to extreme climate change, ticks are out earlier this year and also staying around longer than usual - which may mean that more people than usual are prone to catching Lyme

Kirstie Haysman says she was unsatisfied after a trip to the doctors for her symptoms. She claims they told her she either had an auto-immune disease or an infection

Former Miss Hertfordshire Kirstie Haysman is still suffering from a debilitating disease eight years after she first noticed symptoms and now struggles to get out of bed

The southern tick "lone star" has arrived in Minnesota, US, despite normally being spotted in south-central and south-eastern states, and is set to stay until early July, according to health officials

Olivera Marshall from Brixham contracted Lyme disease after being bitten by a tick on a family picnic in 2020 and has spoken to DevonLive about the devastating symptoms

Lyme Disease UK is warning people to keep an eye out for the symptoms of the infection which affects around 4,000 people a year

Christine Sinclair contracted Lyme disease from a tick bite and has been left struggling to speak, leading her to quit her job as a call handler for a holiday firm

Bethany Harris noticed two ticks on two-year-old son Harrison's head after taking him to a play park before a rash formed and he was taken to A&E where doctors diagnosed Lyme disease

Emily Gilmour and her son Oliver, who live near Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, have Lyme disease and need to travel to Germany to get a type of treatment that is not available in the UK