Cheltenham woman housebound after contracting Lyme disease from tick bite

A woman from Cheltenham is warning people to be aware of ticks after contracting lyme disease.

Vicky Hamlin has become housebound and chronically tired after a tick bite in 2016 gave her the bacterial infection.

She used to travel across the world as a travel consultant but is now limited to her home because of the disease.

She said: "I was actually in hospital quite a lot. I was blacking out, fainting, collapsing and having all these really unusual symptoms like seizures.

"I Just kept being discharged from hospital being told there was nothing wrong.

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