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Individuals with early disseminated or late Lyme infection may have symptomatic cardiac disease, Lyme arthritis, or neurologic symptoms like facial palsy, radiculopathy, meningitis, or peripheral neuropathy.
- Borrelia Burgdorferi
Borrelia burgdorferi is a bacterial species of the...
- Neuroborreliosis
Symptoms. stiff neck (meningitis), facial nerve palsy, and...
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May 23, 2022 · Cause. Treatment. Diagnosis. Outlook. Summary. Neurologic Lyme disease occurs when Lyme disease bacteria invade and affect the nervous system. Symptoms include numbness, pain, facial...
Apr 6, 2024 · Lyme neuroborreliosis is a neurological complication of Lyme's disease caused when B. burgdoferi crosses the blood-brain barrier and triggers inflammation in the brain. Symptoms include facial palsy, nerve pain, abnormal sensations, difficulty walking, and vision changes.
May 15, 2024 · Symptoms. Neurological complications most often occur in early disseminated Lyme disease, with numbness, pain, weakness, facial palsy/droop (paralysis of the facial muscles), visual disturbances, and meningitis symptoms such as fever, stiff neck, and severe headache.
Feb 10, 2023 · Overview. Lyme disease is an illness caused by borrelia bacteria. Humans usually get Lyme disease from the bite of a tick carrying the bacteria. Ticks that can carry borrelia bacteria live throughout most of the United States. But Lyme disease is most common in the upper Midwest and the northeastern and mid-Atlantic states.
Lyme disease that has moved to the brain is sometimes referred to as Lyme neuroborreliosis, or neurological Lyme disease. Common symptoms of early disseminated Lyme disease include: More than one EM rash (a sign very suggestive of Lyme disease) Pain that may come and go and move around the body, in joints, tendons, muscles, and bones