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The many manifestations of a single disease: neuroborreliosis

Authors :
Sajida Zulfiqar
Anum Qureshi
Ranadheer Dande
Chahat Puri
Kia Persaud
Shankar Awasthi
Source :
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 56-59 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 2021.

Abstract

Lyme disease is a tick-borne illness that occurs in stages, multiple organs and tissue with highly variable clinical presentation. Most commonly, it presents with seventh cranial nerve palsy, often mimicking stroke and atypical rash (erythema migrans). Atypical presentations include abdominal pain, ileus/pseudo-obstruction and constipation thought to be due to autonomic dysfunction. Other less common presentations include Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormones (SIADH). Lyme disease should be a differential when a patient presents from Lyme endemic areas with abdominal pain, constipation and SIADH in the setting of other causes of gastrointestinal and renal symptoms ruled out. Here we present a case of multisystem involvement in a single patient with Lyme Disease along with neuroborreliosis (neurological manifestation of Lyme disease).

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20009666
Volume :
11
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.975639b8e7b406ab841786e0ae2a5e3
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2020.1831746