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Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen arrive at the 2015 Met Gala in New York City. (Greatstock/Splash)
Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen arrive at the 2015 Met Gala in New York City. (Greatstock/Splash)

Los Angeles - Ashley Olsen has been diagnosed with Lyme disease.

The 28-year-old fashion designer is said to be battling the debilitating bacterial illness, which is caused by tick bites and causes pain in the sufferer's skin and joints and problems with the heart and nervous system, due to bites she received from the parasitic arachnids several years ago.

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