DiscoverYa Never Know w/ Jake Haendel25: Karl Tells Us All The Way From Sweden How A Simple Tick Bite Became A Nightmare
25: Karl Tells Us All The Way From Sweden How A Simple Tick Bite Became A Nightmare

25: Karl Tells Us All The Way From Sweden How A Simple Tick Bite Became A Nightmare

Update: 2025-12-07
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Karl joins us all the way from Sweden to share the story of the tick bite he got at his summer home in the archipelagos — a chain of islands off the coast of Sweden — a bite he barely noticed but that almost cost him his life. What began as an ordinary weekend turned into a full medical emergency when his body suddenly crashed, forcing doctors to airlift him by helicopter from the islands to Sahlgrenska University Hospital.



There, he finally got the diagnosis: TBE — a tick-borne illness similar to Lyme disease in America, but far more deadly. Karl breaks down what TBE does to the body, the brutal symptoms he faced, and how the disease is becoming more common across Sweden as the climate shifts and tick populations explode.
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25: Karl Tells Us All The Way From Sweden How A Simple Tick Bite Became A Nightmare

25: Karl Tells Us All The Way From Sweden How A Simple Tick Bite Became A Nightmare

Jake Haendel