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Anyone have this or have any information on it?
My friend's mother has Lyme. They found the spirochete in her spinal fluid when doing a spinal tap to diagnose Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH).
I've had a migraine type headache and other sypmtoms for two months and wonder if I have this.
I searched the web and found a couple of article linking Lyme and NPH. I was hoping for more personal info.
I have an appointment with my LLMD tomorrow and will be asking questions and seeing if there is a Lyme knowledgeable neurologist anywhere nearby.
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It makes sense to me that inflammation from Lyme would keep the fluid around the brain from draining properly and causing increased pressure. And that causes neuropathy, headaches, and Alzheimer symptoms.
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Lyme neuro symptoms for 20+ years. Infected in Maryland. Diagnosed with Lyme Jan 2011. (previously diagnosed with CFS, Fibro, peripheral neuropathy) Posts: 261 | From Colorado | Registered: Oct 2010
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Lyme neuroborreliosis disguised as normal pressure hydrocephalus. Danek A, Uttner I, Yoursry T, Pfister HW. SourceDepartment of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit�t, Klinikum Grosshadern, Munich, Germany.
Abstract A 74-year-old woman presented with gait impairment, urinary incontinence, and dementia. She showed lymphocytic CSF pleocytosis and pronounced intrathecal Borrelia burgdorferi antibody production, indicating active Lyme neuroborreliosis. The syndrome of normal-pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) fully remitted after ceftriaxone treatment. Lyme neuroborreliosis may cause NPH by interfering with subarachnoid CSF flow.
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Lyme neuro symptoms for 20+ years. Infected in Maryland. Diagnosed with Lyme Jan 2011. (previously diagnosed with CFS, Fibro, peripheral neuropathy) Posts: 261 | From Colorado | Registered: Oct 2010
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