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May 16, 2024 · Researchers are racing to learn more about how to diagnose and treat the controversial illness, chronic Lyme disease.
Mononucleosis (EBV) and Lyme disease share similar characteristics, making an accurate diagnosis difficult. Each condition causes non-specific symptoms including fatigue, fever, myalgia, arthritis, headaches, neck soreness and swollen or enlarged lymph nodes. And each greatly impacts children.
We describe the clinical presentation of two children with confirmed early Lyme disease and features suggestive of infectious mononucleosis, including one case of probable Lyme and EBV co-infection. Keywords: Lyme disease, Epstein-Barr virus, Infectious mononucleosis, Borrelia burgdorferi, Co-infection
- Trever M. Koester, Trever M. Koester, Jennifer K. Meece, Thomas R. Fritsche, Thomas R. Fritsche, Hol...
- 10.3121/cmr.2018.1419
- 2018
- Clin Med Res. 2018 Dec; 16(3-4): 66-68.
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If Lyme disease is not diagnosed and treated early, the spirochetes can spread and may go into hiding in different parts of the body. Weeks, months or even years later, patients may develop problems with the brain and nervous system, muscles and joints, heart and circulation, digestion, reproductive system, and skin. Symptoms may disappear even wit...
LymeDisease.org has developed a Lyme disease symptom checklist to help you document your exposure to Lyme disease and common symptoms for your healthcare provider. You will receive a report that you can print out and take with you to your next doctors appointment.
Many of the symptoms associated with Lyme disease are common in other diseases. The CDC surveillance criteria for confirmed cases specifically exclude most of the symptoms that patients report, including fatigue, sleep impairment, joint pain, muscle aches, other pain, depression, cognitive impairment, neuropathy, and headaches. However, these comm...
In LDos chronic Lyme disease survey, over 75% of patients reported at least one symptom as severe or very severe and 63% reported two or more such symptoms. (Johnson 2014) Find out more about LDo peer-reviewed published surveys. The chart below shows the severity of ten common chronic Lyme symptoms.
Feb 14, 2024 · Most cases of mono typically resolve within a few weeks with no complications, However, very rarely the virus can remain active within the body indefinitely. When this happens, it is referred to as chronic active Epstein-Barr virus (CAEBV) infection, or chronic mono.
- Angelica Bottaro
May 15, 2024 · Overview. Lyme disease is an illness caused by the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi and spread by blacklegged ticks. Although most patients recover completely when treated with a 2- to 4-week course of oral antibiotics, about 5-10% can have prolonged symptoms of fatigue, body aches, or difficulty thinking as a result of their infection.
Jan 9, 2020 · The 25-year-old singer said in an Instagram post Wednesday that he was recently diagnosed with Lyme disease and has 'a serious case of chronic mono.'
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