Lyme Disease: Tick Bites Might Seem Harmless But One Women Tells Of Their Catastrophic Health Consequences
12th August 2015
For the September issue of STELLAR, we investigated the enigma that is Lyme Disease and discovered other Lyme-like diseases too. We spoke with reader Hannah, who was bitten three years ago, about her experience.
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