Topic: 2 articles needed: lyme and constipation; lyme and knee/steroids
timaca
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Hi all~ Just recently I came across 2 articles. I think they came to me via e-mail from [email protected]. At any rate, I can't find the articles, and I want them!
The first article dealt with severe constipation being a presenting symptom for lyme disease.
The second article talked about lyme affecting the knee joint, and how to deal with that...steroids were discussed.
THANKS so much if you can help me locate these articles (presented in abstract form)
Timaca
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TerryK
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I think Cave may have posted this one but I remember it because I had the same problem immediately before I took a big dive in my health.
1: Arch Neurol. 2005 Apr;62(4):671-3. Links Constipation heralding neuroborreliosis: an atypical tale of 2 patients.Shamim EA, Shamim SA, Liss G, Nylen E, Pincus JH, Yepes M. Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center.
This is a report of 2 patients with Lyme disease who initially presented with severe constipation, which progressed to ascending muscular weakness resembling acute idiopathic polyneuritis, with neuropsychiatric symptoms, severe urinary retention, and hyponatremia. These symptoms resolved following proper antibiotic therapy.
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