John Caudwell son Illness raised the concern that he might kill himself after being struck down by Lyme disease. Rufus Caudwell was diagnosed with the infection in 2014.

John Caudwell, a Birmingham-born businessman, has revealed how he feared his son would kill himself over Lyme disease.

Mr Caudwell, a former founder of mobile phone retailer Phones4U, fought back the tears as he told Desert Island Discs his son Rufus was diagnosed with the infection in 2014.

What Happened To Rufus Caudwell?

John Caudwell son Rufus Caudwell illness raised serious concern over the Caudwell family. Rufus was diagnosed with Lyme disease in 2014.

Lyme disease is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi and transmitted to humans through the bite of infected black-legged ticks.

Typical symptoms include fever, headache, fatigue, and a characteristic skin rash called erythema migrans.

The father of six, John Caudwell, is worth £1.566 billion according to The Sunday Times Rich List 2020.

According to John, he was utterly powerless to help, and there were many times when they thought they had lost him.

The family used to have people 24/7 in his bedroom if he tried to kill himself.

Rufus tried to kill him many times since he said the only thing that kept him alive was because the family kept fighting so hard for him and loved him so much.

The attention and doctors helped him cure the disease, and he is healthy now.

More On John Caudwell Son Illness

John Caudwell son Rufus Caudwell illness with Lyme diseases, lasted for over a decade.

John Caudwell, the founder of Phones 4U and British billionaire, recently went public that his entire family, himself included, has been diagnosed with the masquerading Lyme disease.

Rufus Caudwell was the first to be diagnosed with the disease.

For ten years, Rufus suffered panic attacks, public anxiety, and travel sickness.

Doctors could not pinpoint a cause and assumed his symptoms were related to his mental health after years of suffering.

Subsequently, Caudwell announced that he was also diagnosed with the disease on social media.

Lyme diseased didn’t spare his first wife Kathryn and his two daughters, Rebekah and Rhiannon.

They were all tested positive for the debilitating disease.

Who Is British Billionaire John Caudwell New Wife Modesta Vzesniauskaite?

John Caudwell is married to 38 years old Lithuanian Olympic cyclist Modesta Vzesniauskaite. He became a father again last year with his new partner.

Modesta Vžesniauskaitė is a female road racing cyclist from Lithuania who represented her nation at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

She competed in the women’s road race and completed the run in twenty-seventh place, with a time of 3:33:17.

John has six children, including the children with his previous wives.

Caudwell was married to Kate McFarlane for 25 years, ending in 2001, and they had three children.

He then had a brief relationship with violinist Jane Burgess, with whom he had a daughter, Scarlett.

John was in a long-term relationship with former model Claire Johnson for 15 years, with whom he has a son, Jacobi. They separated in 2014.

In 2015, Caudwell claimed that 11 family members, including himself, his ex-wife Kate McFarlane, their two daughters Rebekah and Libby, and his son Rufus had been diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease.

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