Is Nothing Sacred? Severe Constipation Heralding Neuroborreliosis

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April 2005, hot off the press...

Arch Neurol. 2005 Apr;62(4):671-3. Related Articles, 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, town 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.

PMID: 15824271 [PubMed - in process]