Former martial arts champion left blind and bedridden after getting Lyme disease from a tick
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Former martial arts champion left blind and bedridden after getting Lyme disease from a tick bite.
A FORMER martial arts champion has been left blind after getting Lyme disease from a tick bite. Stephen Bullough, 51, is bedridden two years after the bite while camping. And the dad of two has slammed the NHS for refusing him treatment.
Stephen, of Wigan, said: “It’s soul-destroying — everything has been taken away from me.”
ID specialists were actually refusing to treat him 'as his Lyme ELISA test did not show up positive', despite the clear history showing all sign of Lyme. In the meantime he was going blind, paralysed and had violent seizures.
A three-times martial arts world champion from Wigan has been refused treatment for an infection which has left him blind and unable to walk.
Stephen Bullough, 51, is bed-bound after the infection, believed to be Lyme disease, ravaged his central nervous system, respiratory system and left him with no sight in either eye. https://www.wigantoday.net/news/world-martial-arts-champion-from-wigan-left-bed-bound-and-blind-from-suspected-lyme-disease-1-9198981
Martial arts champion left BLIND and bedridden after horrific TICK bite
A THREE-TIMES world martial arts champion has been left blind, bedridden and in need of round-the-clock care after being bitten a tick.
"Fit-as-a-fiddle" Stephen Bullough, 51, thought nothing of it when he noticed the small mark the size of a poppy seed on his arm.
He has participated in martial arts since the age of five, and is a three-times world champion and eight times world champion.
Stephen is also an 8th Dan in Karate and Kickboxing, Master in Bushido and the Chairman for the British Association of Martial Arts.
But the dad-of-two has had his life ruined after being diagnosed with deadly Lyme disease. https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/708650/tick-bite-stephen-bullough-wigan-lyme-disease-blind-bedridden-seizures
LYME DISEASE HORROR Former martial arts champion left blind and bedridden after getting Lyme disease from a tick bite
Stephen Bullough, 51, has slammed the NHS for refusing him treatment and said: 'Everything has been taken away from me'
Stephen Bullough, 51, is bedridden two years after the bite while camping.
Stephen, of Wigan, said: “It’s soul-destroying — everything has been taken away from me.”
The British and world karate and kick-boxing champ spotted a rash on his arm in 2016.
GPs failed to identify the bacterial infection disease and Stephen ended up in a wheelchair after collapsing before his stepdaughter’s wedding. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6496562/martial-arts-champ-tick-bite-lyme-disease/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
A FORMER martial arts champion has been left blind after getting Lyme disease from a tick bite. Stephen Bullough, 51, is bedridden two years after the bite while camping. And the dad of two has slammed the NHS for refusing him treatment.
Stephen, of Wigan, said: “It’s soul-destroying — everything has been taken away from me.”
ID specialists were actually refusing to treat him 'as his Lyme ELISA test did not show up positive', despite the clear history showing all sign of Lyme. In the meantime he was going blind, paralysed and had violent seizures.
A three-times martial arts world champion from Wigan has been refused treatment for an infection which has left him blind and unable to walk.
Stephen Bullough, 51, is bed-bound after the infection, believed to be Lyme disease, ravaged his central nervous system, respiratory system and left him with no sight in either eye. https://www.wigantoday.net/news/world-martial-arts-champion-from-wigan-left-bed-bound-and-blind-from-suspected-lyme-disease-1-9198981
Martial arts champion left BLIND and bedridden after horrific TICK bite
A THREE-TIMES world martial arts champion has been left blind, bedridden and in need of round-the-clock care after being bitten a tick.
"Fit-as-a-fiddle" Stephen Bullough, 51, thought nothing of it when he noticed the small mark the size of a poppy seed on his arm.
He has participated in martial arts since the age of five, and is a three-times world champion and eight times world champion.
Stephen is also an 8th Dan in Karate and Kickboxing, Master in Bushido and the Chairman for the British Association of Martial Arts.
But the dad-of-two has had his life ruined after being diagnosed with deadly Lyme disease. https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/708650/tick-bite-stephen-bullough-wigan-lyme-disease-blind-bedridden-seizures
LYME DISEASE HORROR Former martial arts champion left blind and bedridden after getting Lyme disease from a tick bite
Stephen Bullough, 51, has slammed the NHS for refusing him treatment and said: 'Everything has been taken away from me'
Stephen Bullough, 51, is bedridden two years after the bite while camping.
Stephen, of Wigan, said: “It’s soul-destroying — everything has been taken away from me.”
The British and world karate and kick-boxing champ spotted a rash on his arm in 2016.
GPs failed to identify the bacterial infection disease and Stephen ended up in a wheelchair after collapsing before his stepdaughter’s wedding. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6496562/martial-arts-champ-tick-bite-lyme-disease/amp/?__twitter_impression=true