It continued to spread down, causing a low grade infection in my jaw.
The modelwas diagnosed with tick-borne bacterial Lyme disease in 2012 when she was 16 years old.
Hadid went on to explain that the infection caused her Lyme to flare up.
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She went on to say that the flare-ups have had an impact on her self-confidence.
Years and years of this.
According to theCDC,Lyme disease is a bacterial infection triggered by the bite of infected blacklegged ticks.
About 476,000 Americans are diagnosed every year.
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