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Lyme Disease
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Condition overview
Attributes
Commonalityis common
Linked signs and symptoms
25Each sign/symptom opens its own page and links back to related conditions.
- Amnesia
- Chills
- Dizziness
- Dizziness or a Spinning Sensation (Vertigo)
- Face: One Side Drooping or Paralysed
- Fatigue
- Fever (Raised Body Temperature)
- Headache (Cephalgia)
- Heartbeats Felt By Patient (Palpitations)
- Lymph Nodes Swollen (Glands)
- Mind: Depression
- Mind: Impaired Cognition
- Mind: Malaise
- Mind: Poor Concentration
- Mind: Psychosis
- Mind: Short Term Memory Difficulty
- Movement: Muscle Coordination Loss (Ataxia)
- Neck Stiff
- Pain Back
- Pain Joint (Arthralgia)
- Pain Muscle (Myalgia)
- Pain Tendon
- Paralysis of Legs (Paraplegia)
- Skin Lesion Radial Or Starlike (Erythema Migrans)
- Skin Red, Circular Bullseye-Shaped Rash (Erythema Chronicum Migrans)
Linked drugs / medications
0No linked drugs are listed yet.
Treatments, therapies and supportive options
2Grouped by treatment type. These are educational database links, not personal treatment recommendations. Evidence labels are shown only where stored in the EH database.
Alternative and complementary therapies
1Linked diagnostic tests and investigations
2These are pulled from both EH diagnostic-test link tables, including the older large test-link table.
Biological markers/agents
2This visual map shows biological markers/agents reported as increased or decreased with this condition. These are educational relationships only; test results must be interpreted by a qualified clinician because ranges vary by lab, method, age, sex and clinical context.
Often increased
2- Cerebrospinal Fluid Immunoglobulin G (IgG)Reference range exampleAll: 0–43 mg/dLLinked diagnostic testsCerebrospinal Fluid Immunoglobulin G (IgG) Concentration
- Lyme Disease Serology (Specific Antibodies for Borrelia Burgdorferi)Reference range exampleAll: 0–1 NegativeLinked diagnostic testsBorrelia Burgdorferi Serology Test (Serology Test for Lyme Disease)
Often decreased
0No markers in this group.
Introduction / full article
Lyme Disease
Efficacy of Alternative and Other Treatments According to GRADE* Ranking:
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT):
NOT RECOMENDED
Recommendation: strongly against (available evidence shows that HBOT is in no way useful in treating cirrhosis, and can have harmful effects. NOT RECOMENDED)
Grade of Evidence: Moderate quality of evidence
* www.gradeworkinggroup.org