After her own battle with Lyme disease, Avril Lavigne is determined to improve public knowledge about the disease.

The Canadian star recently revealed that she was bed-ridden for five months from Lyme disease - a bacterial infection spread by ticks.

In a recent interview about her struggle with the infection, Avril explained: “I felt like I couldn't breathe, I couldn't talk and I couldn't move. I thought I was dying… It felt like having all your life sucked out of you.”

Now that she is recovering, Lavigne wants to spread awareness. She told Billboard:

“I need to talk about Lyme disease, because it's real, it's out there, it was a simple bug bite and it could happen to anybody.”

She added: “People need to know about it, because it's not talked about that much and a lot of the information that's out there is inaccurate.”

The ‘Complicated’ musician releases a new song, ‘Fly’, on April 16 for the 2015 Special Olympics World Games.

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