They may experience irregular heart beat which usually only last for a few days.
A major effect of this infection is arthritis. Patients joints become very swollen, especially the knees. This can cause severe pain. Some patients who don’t get treated properly can have lasting arthrisus.
Post treatment lyme disease syndrome occurs in a small portion of people who are infected. Evidence has shown that is may be due to an autoimmune response that conitunes to respond even when the bacteria isn’t present, which causes damage to the tissue.
Lyme disease can be hard to diagnose because the symptoms are similar to other illnesses. The key give away is the bulls eye rash but sometimes there is not visible rash. In that case there would have to blood tests taken to try and find antibodies against the bacterium. Just the blood test alone does not prove that the patient has the diease. The doctor may ask if they have been outside a lot in the warmer months to see if they have had a tick bit. The doctor will have to take the symptoms, pateints history, and blood test all into account inorder to make a complete