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SYMPTOM LIST
Children with Lyme can exhibit a variety of mild to severe symptoms.
Children may be unable to describe their symptoms in the same way as an adult. Pain, for example, may be expressed by rubbing or tapping on or near the painful area. Fatigue may be expressed by a child wanting to suddenly sit down, sit longer or more often than normal and do light activities like play games or watch tv rather than play sports for example.
Signs & Symptoms Associated With
Lyme Disease in Children
- Fevers and/or chills
- Migratory pains and stiffness in joints
- Muscle aches and pain
- Headaches- mild to severe (reported in over 90% of children)
- Brain diseases
- Night and day sweats
- Fatigue- mild (barely noticeable) to severe fatigue (bed ridden) often unrelieved by sleeping
- Fatigue with poor stamina
- Facial weakness
- Wilting fatigue with some periods of energy in between episodes
- Myalgia
- Sore throats- often very painful
- Nausea
- Abdominal upset and/or pain
- Anorexia
- Backache
- Hypotonia (floppy baby syndrome)
- Leg pain
- Nocturnal pain in back and legs
- Swollen and/or painful knee
- Chest pain (at least 70%)
- Swelling of ear
- Weak gag and cough reflexes
- Auricular chrondritis
- Personality changes
- Problems with schoolwork (not seen previously)
- Dizziness or a floating feeling (vertigo)
- Shortness of breath
- Cerebellar ataxia
- Encephalomyelitis
- Dysarthia (difficult or unclear speech)
- Palpitations
- Syncope
- Excessive thirst
- Tourette's syndrome
- Inappropriate laughter
- Disorientation
- Noise sensitivity
- Pain or sensitivity in teeth
- Tinnitus
- Tingling
- Numbness
- Irritability
- Light sensitivity (indoors or out)
- Iridocyclitis
- Uveitis intermedia
- Abducens palsies
- Optical neuropathy
- Orbital myositis
- Conjunctivitis
- Forgetfulness
- Stiff neck
- Weakness
- Inability to think clearly
- Dementia
- Attention deficit disorder (ADD)
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Cognitive Impairments
- Insomnia
- Hypersomnia
- Poor concentration
- Malaise
- Lethargy
- Acute hip pain
- Marrow edema
- Joint swelling
- Arthritis
- Ankle arthritis
- Oligoarthritis
- Monoarthritis
- Pauciarticular arthritis
- Temporomandibular joint effusion- TMJ
- Bed wetting
- Bladder pain
- Urinary urgency
- Testicular pain
- UTI's
- Menstrual irregularities
- Ocular motor disturbances
- Intracranial hypertension
- Keratitis
- Nystagmus
- Problems with short-term memory
- Word finding problems
- Behavioral changes
- Difficulty thinking or expressing thoughts
- Panic attacks
- Depersonalization
- Outbursts- some violent
- Mood swings
- Meningomyeloradiculitis
- Stroke
- Night terrors
- Autism spectrum disorder
- Ischemic and hemorrhagic lesions
- Auditory hallucinations
- Metamorphopsia
- Vasculitis
- Cerebral vasculitis
- Erythema migrans
- Multiple erythema migrans
- Borrelial lymphocytoma
- Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans
- Difficulty learning new material in school
- Vision loss
- Blindness
- Optic neuritis
- Photophobia
- Papilledema
- Ptosis (drooping eye lid)
- Adie's pupil
- Uvetitis
- Diminished reflexes
- Transient synovitis
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Distal parasthesias
- Persistent facial nerve palsy
- Bell's palsy
- Peripheral facial palsy
- Trochlear palsy
- Facial nerve palsies
- Morning stiffness
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Weight loss
- Vomiting
- Cranial polyneuritis
- Hearing loss
- Cochlear inflammation
- Myocarditis
- Heart block
- Spinal cord swelling
- Increased white cell count
- High level of inflammation (higher in boys studied)
- Altered gait- jerky, uneven, labored, limp
- Torticollis (wryneck)
- Seizures
- Delayed onset of illness
- Organ system involvement
- One or more coinfections
- Transverse myelitis
- Meningitis
- Lymphocytic meningitis
- Radiculopathies
- Sensory abnormalities
- Autonomic dysfunction
- Rasmussen Syndrome
- Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction
- Asymptomatic Lyme (B. burgdorferi) infection (no visible symptoms)
- Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
Rashes- Only a few children (less than 10%) will get a "bulls-eye" or other kind of Lyme related rash. The rash may appear in hard-to-see places (scalp) and may be very short-lived and overlooked. Some rashes may not appear until after treatment begins (not to be confused with an allergy). See rash photos by clicking here.
Tick Bites- All species of ticks can transmit a variety of infectious organisms, some within a very short time (minutes to hours) after attachment. Do not think because it is a lone star tick or other kind of tick it can not transmit Lyme disease as some of the older literature suggests.
Deer ticks, for example have been found to have 93 different kinds of bacteria, parasites, viruses, etc. Many organisms are known to be able to be transmitted to humans by the deer tick. With the other organisms, no one is sure if they can or can't be transmitted. Many children (and parents) do not remember the child having a tick bite. To learn how to properly remove a tick click here.
Additional Information
What Doctors Need To Know About Pediatric Lyme Disease- by Ann Corson, MD- See attached pdf at the bottom of this page.
Psychiatry Ground Rounds (December 13, 2006)- Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of Tick Borne Diseases- by Ann Corson, MD- Click Here
Treatment of the Pregnant & Pediatric Patient- by Ann Corson, MD- Click Here
For more detailed information on specific symptoms that can affect children,
Please see the individual articles listed below.
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