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Syndication: The Columbus Dispatch
(New York, NY) — Singer Justin Timberlake has announced he’s been diagnosed with Lyme Disease. He posted the news on social media on the last night of his Forget Tomorrow World Tour. Timberlake joins the list of other celebrities who are also suffering, including Ben Stiller, Shania Twain and Bella Hadid. Timberlake wrote on social media, “If you’ve experienced this disease or know someone who has — then you’re aware: living with this can be relentlessly debilitating, both mentally and physically,” he wrote.
He added, “When I first got the diagnosis I was shocked for sure. But, at least I could understand why I would be onstage and in a massive amount of nerve pain or, just feeling crazy fatigue or sickness.”
Lyme disease can cause high temperature, fever, headache, muscle and joint pain, tiredness, and loss of energy. It’s transmitted through the bite of the black-legged tick. One Lyme Disease sufferer told the New York Post, “Justin’s gone very viral within one of my Lyme disease support groups – I’m sure a lot of people within the group will be reaching out to him with words of support.”
