Alec Baldwin on Dealing with Years of Lyme Disease Pain: 'This Thing Just Attacks Me' - Yahoo Entertainment

The 63-year-old actor said he first started dealing with Lyme disease in his forties: “It came like someone snapped their fingers and put a spell on me”.

It came like someone snapped their fingers and put a spell on me.".

And Baldwin said it happened year after year.

Baldwin said that he'll get "this inexplicable" joint pain from time to time now, which makes him wonder if he has chronic Lyme disease, but he knows that doctors often won't diagnose people with the condition.

Because of his experience with the disease, Baldwin said that he and his wife Hilaria Baldwin are extremely cautious about letting their six children play outdoors in the Hamptons, which he calls "tick central."

The Beetlejuice star said that Hilaria "is pulling ticks off my kids all year long."

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