Symptoms A-Z
Lyme disease is systemic, it can affect the whole body. The possible symptoms are listed below but note that most people only have a few. These symptoms can all have causes other than Lyme disease.
This page is in the process of being updated following review. The links provided currently open the abstract of the relevant paper describing the particular symptom, but a mention of the symptom may only appear in the full text which in some cases is available by subscription only.
- Abdominal Pain
- Achiness (Generalised)
- Acrodermatitis Chronica Atrophicans / ACA
- Alopecia
- Anorexia
- Anxiety
- Arthritis
- Back Pain
- Balance Problems
- Bell’s Palsy
- Bladder Problems
- Blindness
- Bone Pain
- Bowel Problems
- Bradycardia – Slow Heart Beat
- Breathlessness
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Chest Pain
- Chills
- Confusion
- Conjunctivitis
- Constipation
- Cough (Non-Productive)
- Cramps
- Deafness / Hearing Loss
- Dementia
- Dental Pain
- ​Depression
- Dermatomally distributed itching or numbness
- Diarrhoea
- Difficulty Concentrating
- Disorientation
- Dizziness
- Dyslexia
- Ear Pains
- Encephalitis/ Encephalopathy
- Erythema Migrans Rash
- Facial Pain
- Facial Palsy
- Fasciculations / Muscle Twitches
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Fibromyalgia
- Flu-Like Symptoms
- Fluctuations of Symptoms
- Foot Pain
- Forgetfulness
- Hair Loss
- Hallucinations
- Headache
- Hearing Loss
- Heart Block
- Heart Problems – ECG Abnormalities
- Hoarseness (Dysphonia)
- Hyperacusis – Sound sensitivity
- Inability to Remember Words
- Insomnia
- Involuntary Jerking, Limbs and Trunk
- Iritis
- Jaw pain/ Temporomandibular joint disord
- Joint Problems
- Joint Swelling
- Knee Joint Pain
- Light Sensitivity
- Liver Problems – Raised Enzymes
- Memory Loss
- Meningitis
- Miosis – Decreased Pupil Size
- Morning Stiffness
- Muscle Aches
- Muscle Spasm
- Myoclonic (Involuntary) Jerking
- Nausea
- Neck Pain
- Nerve Conduction Defects
- Nightmares
- Nocturnal exacerbation of symptoms
- Numbness
- Optic Neuropathy
- Palpitations
- Panic Attacks
- Paraesthesia / Abnormal Skin Sensations
- Paranoia
- Photophobia
- Psychiatric Problems
- Ptosis – Drooping Eyelid
- Rash
- Retinal vasculitis
- Seizure
- Shooting Pains
- Shortness of Breath
- Shoulder Pain
- SIADH (Syndrome of Inappropriate AntiDiuretic Hormone)
- Skin Sensitivity
- Sleep – Excessive
- Sleep Disturbances
- Slurring of Speech
- Smell Sensitivity
- Sore Throats
- Speech – Slurred, Slow
- Speech Errors
- Spinal Disc Problems
- Stiff Joints
- Stiff Neck
- Swallowing Difficulty / Dysphagia
- Sweating (Profuse)
- Swollen Glands
- Syncope (fainting)
- Tachycardia – Fast Heart Beat
- Tendonitis
- Testicular Pain
- Tingling of Extremities
- Tinnitus / Ringing in Ears
- TMJ – Jaw Pain / Stiffness
- Tongue Numbness
- Tongue Pain
- Tooth Pains
- Tremors / Shaking
- Trigger Finger
- Uveitis
- Vertigo
- Vibration Sensitivity
- Visual Disturbances
- Vomiting
- Walking difficulties/abnormalities
- Waxing and waning symptoms
- Weakness or Paralysis
- Weight Gain
- Weight Loss
- Word Block