cranial and peripheral nerves – F.I.G.H.T for your health! http://lymebook.com/fight Linda Heming describes her Lyme disease healing journey Wed, 06 Nov 2013 05:54:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25 Lyme in the central nervous system http://lymebook.com/fight/lyme-in-the-central-nervous-system/ http://lymebook.com/fight/lyme-in-the-central-nervous-system/#respond Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:39:54 +0000 http://lymebook.com/fight/?p=2242 Excerpt:

Lyme disease, the multi-system infection caused by the tick-borne
spirochaete Borrelia burgdorferi, can involve the nervous system, most
commonly causing, alone or in combination, lymphocytic meningitis or
abnormalities of cranial or peripheral nerves, the latter most typically
presenting as a painful radicular syndrome. Diagnosis is based on
appropriately used, standard serological tests; in instances where the
central nervous system is involved, cerebrospinal fluid assessment for
organism-specific antibodies can be useful. Treatment with any of several
standard regimens of oral or parenteral antimicrobials is highly effective.
Prolonged treatment beyond four weeks is rarely if ever warranted, and
carries significant risk.

Link: http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&id=21127770&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks

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