Undiagnosed Lyme disease

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Failure to diagnose Lyme disease

Vague or mild symptoms: Lyme disease may have only vague symptoms in early stages, or otherwise mild symptoms, leading to a delayed diagnosis.

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Undiagnosed Causes of Lyme disease

As part of Lyme disease diagnosis, consider whether any of these underlying medical Lyme disease causes may have been overlooked:

Lyme disease is caused by bacteria. Infected ticks spread the bacteria by biting people or animals
Deer ticks
Western black-legged ticks
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Undiagnosed Complications of Lyme disease

As part of Lyme disease diagnosis, consider whether any of these Lyme disease complications may have been overlooked:

Arthritis - often occurs several months after the tick bite.
Chronic arthritis (see Joint pain)
Permanent joint damage (see Joint symptoms)
Meningitis
Aseptic meningitis
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Undiagnosed Diseases

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One possible misdiagnosis is the failure to correctly diagnose Lyme disease leading to a person remaining with undiagnosed Lyme disease. Any condition can potentially be missed and stay undiagnosed. For a general overview of diseases that are often undiagnosed, see Failure to Diagnose or Under-Diagnosed Diseases.

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