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Health Encyclopedia: Lyme Disease And Related Tick Borne Infections Diseases With Similar Symptoms
- Lyme Disease and Related Tick-Borne Infections - Diseases with Similar Symptoms
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Diseases with Similar Symptoms
Various features of Lyme disease can be mimicked by many other illnesses. Depending on the symptoms, a doctor may be able to perform the evaluations necessary to rule out other conditions.
Ruling Out Other Tick-Borne or Spirochete Infections
Other infections can produce fever, headache, muscle aches, fatigue, and some of the neurologic or cardiac features of early Lyme disease. Some are transmitted by the same tick as Lyme disease.
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