Makalea was a teenager when the joint pain started. It was intense, it had no obvious cause, and no doctor could explain it. Her three younger siblings were dealing with their own unexplained symptoms around the same time. All four of them spent years moving from one appointment to the next without an answer.

The family dog got one almost immediately.

Makalea, who posts on Instagram and TikTok as @heymakalea, told Newsweek that their dog Molly developed a bull’s-eye rash around a tick bite. Her mother took Molly to the veterinarian where the dog was diagnosed with Lyme disease and started on antibiotics. Molly recovered quickly and went back to being herself. She lived to 16.

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It took roughly another decade for the humans in the house to find out they had the same........

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