‘You’re taught to believe the doctors are always right’: Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Yolanda Hadid, reveals medics prolonged her Lyme disease agony because of misdiagnosis

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Yolanda Hadid has revealed she was originally told by doctors that her Lyme disease was myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME).

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 53, says she initially misdiagnosed in 2011 due to her extreme fatigue, which can be a symptom of both illnesses.

Ahead of the release of her new book, she has spoken out about how her six-year battle with the disease made her want to die, but found the strength to go on when she thought of her three children.

Yolanda is the mother of supermodels Gigi, 22, and Bella, 20, as well as Anwar, 18 – the latter two of whom also suffer from the same tick-transmitted disease.  

She said: ‘In the beginning stages you just go ‘Okay’, you’re taught to believe the doctors are always right. So whatever the doctors said [I just went] ‘Oh, I’m fine!’ 

‘So you keep pushing, pushing, pushing. And then days turn into weeks, weeks turn into months, and months turned into years.’ 

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