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Lyme Disease And Cognitive Impairment
Lyme disease - secondary or stage 2; Stage 2 Lyme disease, Bannwarth syndrome
Symptoms
Some patients will remember having a tick bite or symptoms of stage 1 Lyme disease. Some patients with early disseminated or secondary Lyme disease may not have any history of symptoms, tick bites, or skin rashes.
Lyme disease can affect the
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