Symptoms & Signs A-Z
The most common symptoms in adults are
- ‘flu like symptoms of aching, fever, headache
- fatigue
- sweating
- joint pain
- photophobia (light sensitivity)
- abnormal skin sensations (tingling, numbness, itching)
- stiff neck
- erythema migrans rash.
Facial palsy in children with headache and fever has been shown to predict early Lyme neuroborreliosis during peak Lyme season in endemic areas (April – Oct).[1]
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. Some symptoms such as headache and fatigue are more common whereas others e.g. heart block and blurred vision occur less frequently.
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- 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
- Cerebral vasculitis
- 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
- Encephalitis/ Encephalopathy
- Epileptic seizures
- Erythema Migrans Rash
- Facial Pain
- Facial Palsy
- Fasciculations / Muscle Twitches
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Flu-Like Symptoms
- Fluctuations of Symptoms
- Forgetfulness
- Hair Loss
- Hallucinations
- Headache
- Hearing Loss
- Heart Block
- Heart Problems – ECG Abnormalities
- Hoarseness (Dysphonia)
- Hyperacusis – Sound sensitivity
- 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
- Morning Stiffness
- Muscle Aches
- Myoclonic (Involuntary) Jerking
- Nausea
- Neck Pain
- Nerve Conduction Defects
- Nocturnal exacerbation of symptoms
- Numbness
- Optic Neuropathy
- Palpitations
- Panic Attacks
- Paraesthesia / Abnormal Skin Sensations
- Pericarditis
- Photophobia
- Psychiatric Problems
- Psychosis
- 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
- Sore Throats
- Stiff Joints
- Stiff Neck
- Stroke
- Sweating (Profuse)
- Swollen Glands
- Syncope (fainting)
- Tachycardia – Fast Heart Beat
- Tendonitis
- Taste disorders
- Tingling of Extremities
- Tinnitus / Ringing in Ears
- Temporomandibular Joint – Jaw Pain / Stiffness
- 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 finding difficulty/speech slowing
Additional references
1. Nigrovic et al 2008 Clinical predictors of Lyme disease among children with a peripheral facial palsy at an emergency department in a Lyme disease-endemic area. Pediatrics. 2008 Nov;122(5):e1080-5.
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