Lyme Disease – Great Imitator of Over 300 Conditions

There are Over 300 Conditions that Lyme Disease Mimics

Abdominal pseudo-eventration

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans (ACA)

Acute Acral Ischemia

Acute conduction disorders

Acute coronary syndrome

Acute exogenous psychosis

Acute meningitis

Acute myelo-meningo-radiculitis

Acute perimyocarditis

Acute peripheral facial palsy

Acute pyogenic arthritis

Acute reversible diffuse conduction system disease

Acute transitory auriculoventricular block

Acute transverse myelitis

Acute urinary retention

(ALS) Lou Gehrig’s Disease)

Algodystrophy

Allergic conditions

Allergic conjunctivitis

Alopecia

Alzheimer’s Disease

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Amyotrophy

Anamnesis

Anetoderma

Anorexia nervosa

Antepartum fever

Anxiety

Arrhythmia

Arthralgia

Arthritis

Asymmetrical hearing loss

Atraumatic spontaneous hemarthrosis

Atrioventricular block

Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Autism

Bannwarth’s Syndrome

Behcet’s disease

Bell’s Palsy

Benign cutaneous lymphocytoma

Benign lymphocytic infiltration (Jessner-Kanof)

Bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome

Bilateral facial nerve palsy

Bilateral follicular conjunctivitis

Bilateral keratitis

Bilateral papilloedema

Biphasic meningoencephalitis

Bipolar Disorder

Brain Tumor

Brown recluse spider bite

Brown-Sequard syndrome

Cardiac Disease

Cardiomegaly

Cardiomyopathy

Carditis

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Catatonic syndrome

Cauda equina syndrome

Central vestibular syndrome

Cerebellar ataxia

Cerebellitis

Cerebral atrophy

Cerebro-vascular disease

Cervical facet syndrome

Cheilitis granulomatosa

Chiasmal optic neuritis

Chorea

Choriocapillaritis

Chron’s Disease) Regional enteritis

Chronic encephalomyelitis

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic muscle weakness

Chronic urticaria

Cogan’s syndrome

Colitis

Complete flaccid paraplegia

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)

Concomitant neuroretinitis

Conduction disorder

Conus medullaris syndrome

Coronary aneurysm

Cortical blindness

Coxitis

Cranial Neuritis

Cranial polyneuritis

Craniopharyngioma

Cutaneous B-cell lymphoma

Dementia

Demyelinating disorders

Depression

Dermatomyositis

Diaphragmatic paralysis

Diffuse fasciitis

Dilated cardiomyopathy

Diplopia

Discopathy

Disseminated choroiditis

Dorsal epiduritis

Encephalitis

Encephalomyelitis

Encephalopathy

Endogenous paranoid-hallucinatory syndrome

Eosinophilia

Eosinophilic fasciitis (Shulman syndrome)

Epilepsy

Epileptic crises

Episcleritis

Epstein Barr

Erythema chronicum migrans

Exanthema (local and generalized)

Extrapyramidal disorders

Facial diplegia

Fascicular tachycardia

Fatal adult respiratory distress syndrome

Fetal death

Fever

Fibromyalgia

Fibrositis

(Fifth’s Disease) Erythema infectiosum

Focal nodular myositis

Frontotemporal atrophy

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

Generalised motor neuron disease

Geniculate neuralgia

Giant cell arteritis

Gonarthritis

Granuloma annulare

Guillain-Barré Syndrome

Headaches (severe)

Hearing loss

Heart block

Hemiparesis

Hemophagocytic syndrome

Hepatic disorders

Hepatitis

Herniated discs

HLA-B27 negative sacroiliitis

Holmes-Adie syndrome

Horner’s syndrome

Human necrotizing splenitis

Hydrocephalus

Hyperacusis

Hyperbilirubinemia

Hypothyroidism

Idiopathic atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini (IAPP)

Idiopathic facial paralysis

Impaired Brainstem response

Infantile sclero-atrophic lichen

Infarction pain

Infectious Mononucleosis

Infiltrating lymphadenosis benigna cutis

Inflammatory cerebrospinal fluid syndrome

Influenza

Internuclear ophthalmoplegia

Interstitial Cystis

Interstitial granulomatous dermatitis

Intracerebral haemorrhage

Intracranial aneurysm

Intracranial hypertension

Intracranial mass lesions

Intrauterine growth retardation

Iritis

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Isolated acute myocarditis

Isolated lymphadenopathy

Isolated neuritis of the sciatic nerve

Isolated oculomotor nerve paralysis

Isolated posterior cord syndrome

Jaundice

Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

Keratitis

Keratoconus

Left sided sudden hemiparesis

Lichen sclerosus

Livedo racemosa

Lofgren’s syndrome

Lumboradicular syndrome

Lupus

Lymphadenosis benigna cutis

Lymphocytoma cutis

Lymphoma

Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome

Memory impairment

Ménières syndrome

Meningeal lymphoma

Meningitis

Meningoencephalomyelitis

Meningoencephalomyeloradiculoneuritis

Meningoradiculitis

Migraines

Mono-arthritis

Monolateral chorioretinitis

Morgagni-Adams-Stokes syndrome (MAS)

Morning glory syndrome

Morphea

Motor neuron syndrome

Multiple mononeuropathy

Multiple Sclerosis

Myelopathy

Myofascial pain syndrome

Myositis

Neonatal respiratory distress

Neuromyotonia

Nodular fasciitis

Nodular panniculitis

Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Normal-pressure hydrocephalus (NPH)

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Oculomotor paralysis

Oligoarthritis

Opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome

Optic atrophy

Optic disk edema

Optic nerve lesion

Organic mood syndrome

Otoneurological Disorders

Panuveitis

Papillitis

Paralysis of abdominal muscles

Paraneoplastic polyneuropathy

Paranoia

Parkinsonism

Parotitis

Pars plana vitrectopy

Parsonage and Turner syndrome

Pericarditis

Perimyocarditis

Peripheral facial palsy

Peripheral neuropathy

Peripheral vascular disorder

Persistent atrioventricular block

Pigment epitheliitis

Polymyalgia rheumatica

Polyneuritis cranialis

Polyneuropathy

Polysymptomatic autoimmune disorder

Porphyrinuria

Posterior scleritis

Presenile dementia

Primary lymphoma of the nervous system

Progressive cerebral infarction

Progressive facial hemiatrophy (Parry-Romberg

Progressive stroke

Progressive supranuclear paralysis

Prolonged pyrexia

Propriospinal myoclonus

Prostatitis

Pseudo tumor Cerebrae

Pseudolymphoma

Pseudoneoplastic weight loss

Psychiatric disorders

Psychosomatic disorders

Radiculoneuritis

Ramsay Hunt syndrome (pleocytosis)

Raynaud’s syndrome

Recurrent paralysis

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy

Reiter’s Syndrome

Respiratory failure

Restless legs syndrome

Retinal pigment epithelium detachment

Retinal vasculitis

Reversible dementia

Rheumatic Fever

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Rhombencephalitis

Sacro-iliitis infection

SAPHO syndrome

Sarcoidosis

Schizophrenia

Schoenlein-Henoch purpura

Scleroderma

Secondary syphilis

Seizure Disorders

Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Septal panniculitis

Septic arthritis

Seventh nerve paralysis

Sick sinus syndrome

Sjogren’s Syndrome

Spontaneous brain hemorrhage

Stevens-Johnson syndrome

Stiff-man syndrome

Still’s disease

Stroke

Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis

Subacute multiple-site osteomyelitis

Subacute multiple-site osteomyelitis

Subacute organic psychosyndrome

Subacute presenile dementia

Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Sudden deafness

Sudden hemiparesis

Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

Sudeck’s atrophy

Symmetric Polyarthritis

syndrome)

Synovitis

Syphilis

Temporal arteritis

Temporomandibular joint syndrome

Thrombocytopenic purpura

Thyroiditis

Tourette’s syndrome

Transient Ischemic Attack

Transient left ventricular dysfunction

Trigeminal Neuralgia

Unilateral interstitial keratitis

Unilateral papillitis

Urticaria

Uveitis

Vasculitic mononeuritis multiplex

Vasculitic neuropathy

Vasculitis

Ventricular asystole

Vertigo

Vestibular neuronitis

Vitreous clouding

 

The Endowment Update August 2006, Lyme Disease Misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson and … 350 diseases that could possibly be Lyme. http://www.endowmentmed.org/pdf/updatelyme.pdf

Rosner, Bryan July 2008 http://lymebook.com/blog/testing-diagnosis/misdiagnosed-diagnosis-mimics-great-imitator/

Lyme Disease Misdiagnosed as Multiple Sclerosis http://www.lymeinfo.net/multiplesclerosis.html