Mental problems in Lyme disease
Rudnik, I.; Popławska, R.; Zajkowska, J.; Konarzewska, B.; Juchnowicz, D.; Pancewicz, S.ła.A.
Polski Merkuriusz Lekarski Organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego 15(86): 161-164
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 1426-9686 PMID: 14648983 Document Number: 556464
North-East of Poland is an area endemic for borreliosis. Psychiatric disorders, the most common for the late stage, are more and more frequent manifestations of Lyme disease. The aim of this study is to assess the incidence of different psychiatric complications and identify the spectrum of symptoms and psychopathological syndromes associated with Borrelia burgdorferi infection. Lyme disease causes a variety of psychiatric symptoms. They are less common in skin type of borreliosis manifested by skin erythema.