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10 celebrities who have Lyme disease as Corrie's Joseph receives diagnosis
Coronation Street youngster Joseph Brown will be diagnosed with Lyme Disease on the ITV soap next week. OK! looks at which celebrities also suffer from the illness
Coronation Street's Chesney and Gemma Brown are in for a shock when they finally get to the bottom of their son Joseph's mysterious illness and he is diagnosed with Lyme disease, contracted from a tick bite whilst camping. Avril Lavigne spent five months in bed following her diagnosis (Image: 2022 NBCUniversal Media, LLC)The singer revealed her ongoing battle with Lyme disease in her 2015 People cover story, sharing that she had been suffering with it for a year. Alec feared he was 'going to die' (Image: Getty)Speaking with People about his personal experience with Lyme disease, the actor said he was bitten by a Tick "more than 20 years ago" and that for "five summers after" he was "bedridden with sweats and high fever".
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