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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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Expert & Community Posts
A Rash or Skin Allergies?
By Sue Chung , Health ExpertI've developed a rash recently and I don't know if it's eczema or just a skin allergy. I changed... Read more »
Rash or Inflammatory Breast Cancer? When Should I Panic?
By Phyllis Johnson , Health Expert...breast. Others have Googled a description of their rash and gotten hits for breast cancer along... Read more »
Lamictal Side Effects
By Ask the Expert Patient , Health Expert...Flighty. Dosing is done very gradually to avoid risk of rash and Stevens-Johnson syndrome. With... Read more »
Persistant Rash May Be a Form of Cancer
By Kevin Berman, MD, PhD , Health Expert...(CTCL), however, is a skin cancer that resembles a rash rather than a new abnormal... Read more »
Erythema Multiforme
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert...Erythema multiforme (EM) refers to a form of skin rash. The term ‘multiforme' refers to the... Read more »
Health Guide
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Introduction
...disease can affect organs and tissue throughout the body.Lupus is Latin for wolf. It refers to the rash that extends across the bridge of the nose and upper cheekbones and was thought to resemble... Read more »Lyme Disease and Related Tick-Borne Infections: Symptoms
...the majority of cases, the first sign of early Lyme disease is the appearance of a bull's-eye skin rash. It usually develops about 1 - 2 weeks after the bite, although it may appear as soon as 3... Read more »Colds and the Flu: Diagnosis
...Arcanobacterium haemolyticum (infection with this bacterium can mimic strep throat and may even cause a rash)Infectious mononucleosis ("mono")Herpesvirus 1Pneumonias caused by the atypical... Read more »Shingles and Chickenpox (Varicella-Zoster Virus): Symptoms
...patient often develops fever, headache, swollen glands, and other flu-like symptoms before the typical rash appears. While fevers are low grade in most children, some can reach up to 105 F.These... Read more »Immunizations: Smallpox
...a million will develop brain swelling that may result in retardation or death. A severe, body-wide rash may also occur, especially if children touch the vaccination site.Pregnant women. There is a... Read more »
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