October 6, 2023

Lyme Carditis: Can Acute Lyme Disease Cause Complete Heart Block? Lyme carditis may cause complete heart block and severe bradycardia. Cardiac complications can occasionally appear early in acute Lyme disease. Prompt recognition and antibiotic treatment may reverse conduction abnormalities. “A suspected case of Lyme disease causing complete heart block” by Isha and colleagues described a […]

Can Lyme Disease Mimic Guillain-Barré Syndrome? A Missed Diagnosis Lyme neuroborreliosis can resemble Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). Weakness, numbness, facial palsy, and paralysis may overlap clinically. When standard GBS treatment fails, Lyme disease should be reconsidered. Can Lyme disease look like Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)? Yes. In some cases, Lyme neuroborreliosis can cause progressive weakness, numbness, facial