An ex-soldier who sued the army after catching an infectious disease in Afghanistan says it left him addicted to painkillers - with 'less NHS support than if he was on heroin'. Wayne Bass contracted Q fever - a disease caused by breathing in dust particles from cattle, sheep and goats' manure - while on tour with the British Army in Afghanistan. The illness led Wayne to develop severe nerve damage and chronic fatigue syndrome - complications that he blamed on the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) '