Man left bedbound for four years after being bitten by tick

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A man was left bedbound in his mum's front room for four years after being bitten by a tick. Noah Greaves, 29, contracted Lyme disease after being bitten by the tiny insect while working outdoors in the Scottish Highlands.

His condition gradually became worse until he was unable to perform simple physical tasks. The 29-year-old from Huddersfield first noticed his symptoms when he began feeling unwell and suffering from severe tremors, now, he is unable to walk or feed himself.

When he first went to the hospital, he was wrongly diagnosed with MS, despite this, a specialist was able to confirm he had Lyme disease, Yorkshire Live reports. Read more: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visits Greater Manchester His best friend, Sylvia Suddes, studied at Kirklees College with him, she said: "He studied countryside management which was the reason he was in Inverness working, he got bitten by a tick which gave him Lyme disease.

His doctor insisted it was MS but it's not, he is sitting in a bed and stuck in your mams front room. "When I go to visit him he can't get out of bed so his mum has to look after him, he cant make food or do anything.