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Enfermedad de Lyme crónica y persistente - Síntomas

Nombres alternativos

Enfermedad de Lyme terciaria; Enfermedad de Lyme en etapa 3; Enfermedad de Lyme persistente y tardía

Síntomas:

La enfermedad de Lyme persistente y crónica puede afectar la piel, el cerebro y el sistema nervioso, al igual que los músculos, los huesos y el cartílago.

Los síntomas abarcan:

Otros síntomas que pueden estar asociados con esta enfermedad son:

Signos y exámenes:

Se puede hacer un examen de sangre para verificar si hay anticuerpos contra la bacteria que causa la enfermedad de Lyme. El que se emplea más comúnmente es la prueba ELISA para la enfermedad de Lyme . Asimismo, se hace una inmunotransferencia para confirmar los resultados del ELISA.

Una punción raquídea será anormal si el paciente tiene síntomas en el sistema nervioso central relacionados con la enfermedad.

  • Fecha de revisión: 5/20/2008
  • Versión en inglés revisada por:Jatin M. Vyas, PhD, MD, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
  • Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

Feder HM Jr, Johnson BJ, O'Connell S, Shapiro ED, Steere AC, Wormser GP. Ad Hoc International Lyme Disease Group. A critical appraisal of "chronic Lyme disease." N Engl J Med. 2007;357:1422-1430.

Halperin JJ, Shapiro ED, Logigian E, Belman AL, Dotevall L, Wormser GP, et al. Practice parameter: treatment of nervous system Lyme disease (an evidence-based review): report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology. 2007;69:91-102.

Wormser GP, Dattwyler RJ, Shapiro ED, Halperin JJ, Steere AC, Klempner MS, et al. The clinical assessment, treatment, and prevention of Lyme disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, and babesiosis: clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis. 2006;43:1089:1134.

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