Hallucinations
The Lyme spirochete often targets the nervous system. Possible symptoms include meningitis, encephalitis, cranial neuritis, and radiculoneuritis.
QUOTE- "Patients with encephalitis may present with sleepiness, abnormal mood swings, confusion, cognitive changes, personality or behavior changes, hallucinations, or seizures.
Tests that may show abnormalities include electroencephalogram with mild slowing, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with focal abnormalities more so in white matter than gray matter, and positron emission tomography (PET) with increased metabolism or blood flow in certain regions." Source
Publications
Suicide and Lyme and associated diseases.
Bransfield RC.
Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2017 Jun 16;13:1575-1587. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S136137. eCollection 2017.
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The Alice in Wonderland syndrome.
Fine EJ.
Prog Brain Res. 2013;206:143-56. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63364-4.00025-9.
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Lyme neuroborreliosis presenting as Alice in Wonderland syndrome.
Binalsheikh IM, Griesemer D, Wang S, Alvarez-Altalef R.
Pediatr Neurol. 2012 Mar;46(3):185-6. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2012.01.001.
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[Catatonia in a 14 year-old girl: treatment with clorazepam and carbamazepine, a 10-year follow-up].
Askenazy F, Dor E, Benoit M, Dupuis G, Serret S, Myquel M, Seddiki Y.
Encephale. 2010 Feb;36(1):46-53. doi: 10.1016/j.encep.2009.01.006. Epub 2009 May 12. French.
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Bär KJ, Jochum T, Häger F, Meissner W, Sauer H.
Clin J Pain. 2005 Jul-Aug;21(4):362-3.
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Constipation heralding neuroborreliosis: an atypical tale of 2 patients.
Shamim EA, Shamim SA, Liss G, Nylen E, Pincus JH, Yepes M.
Arch Neurol. 2005 Apr;62(4):671-3.
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Grzywa A, Karakuła H, Górecka J, Chuchra M.
Pol Merkur Lekarski. 2004 Jan;16(91):60-3. Polish.
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Musical hallucinations in patients with Lyme disease.
Stricker RB, Winger EE.
South Med J. 2003 Jul;96(7):711-5.
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A 25-year-old woman with hallucinations, hypersexuality, nightmares, and a rash.
Stein SL, Solvason HB, Biggart E, Spiegel D.
Am J Psychiatry. 1996 Apr;153(4):545-51. No abstract available.
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van den Bergen HA, Smith JP, van der Zwan A.
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1993 Oct 9;137(41):2098-100. Dutch.
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[Endogenous paranoid-hallucinatory syndrome caused by Borrelia encephalitis].
Barnett W, Sigmund D, Roelcke U, Mundt C.
Nervenarzt. 1991 Jul;62(7):445-7. German.