The Today : reported that Lyme disease: Alec Baldwin opens up about chronic battle

Jamie McCarthy / Getty Images Alec Baldwin said he believed he had chronic Lyme disease even before he was diagnosed with it. "I got the classic Lyme disease (symptoms) for each successive summer, for five years, every August, like this black lung, flu-like symptoms, sweating to death in my bed," Baldwin said Sunday at the annual LymeAid research benefit hosted by the Bay Area Lyme Foundation. One more time... pic.twitter.com/cJtV9yTANF — ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) May 20, 2017RELATED:Lingering Lyme symptoms not helped by longer treatment, study findsAs Lyme disease spreads, young mom's death raises questions'I could barely stand': Avril Lavigne's mysterious illness diagnosed Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium carried and transmitted by deer ticks, which are so small that people often don't even see them. share tweet pin emailAlec Baldwin is opening up about his chronic struggle with Lyme disease, saying the first time he battled the tick-borne illness it left him feeling like he was going to die.

Alec Baldwin Thought He'd 'Die of Lyme Disease' — What to Know About the Tick-Borne Illness

Although this is sometimes described as "chronic Lyme disease," its proper name is Post-treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome, or PTLSD. (Zemel has not treated Baldwin, but has more than 35 years of experience diagnosing and providing care for Lyme disease patients.) If you come down with early Lyme disease within several weeks, antibiotics are often curative."This article originally appeared on Health.com People who are not diagnosed right away can suffer from more severe Lyme disease symptoms, including arthritis, joint swelling, severe headaches, and memory problems. Other symptoms of early Lyme disease include fever, chills, headache, fatigue, muscle and joint aches, and swollen lymph nodes.

Alec Baldwin Opens Up About Suffering From Lyme Disease

After an audience groan, he shot back, "I have Lyme disease. Baldwin went on to say that now he and his wife Hilaria constantly check their children for signs of tick bites. A little sympathy here."The benefit dinner and concert raised more than $800,000 of which 100% will go directly to fund research for Lyme disease. "I got the classic Lyme disease (symptoms) for each successive summer, for five years, every August, like this black lung, flu-like symptoms, sweating to death in my bed," Baldwin said. Alec Baldwin went from singing "Hallelujah" on the season finale of Saturday Night Live to jetting to balmy California to talk for the first time since a 2011 casual facebook/" target="_blank">comment to the New York Times about having Lyme disease.


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