Lyme disease not tied with either Alzheimer's disease or Lewy body dementia: study
Lyme disease is not tied with either Alzheimer's disease or Lewy body dementia, according to a recent study published in the Clinical Infectious Diseases
Patients with Lyme disease often report disturbances to concentration or memory, and some patients report residual cognitive symptoms after treatment. The role that microorganisms might have in the development of Alzheimer's disease is a topic of considerable interest.
One study found that compared with control patients without Lyme disease, patients with untreated Lyme disease reported significantly more difficulty concentrating or memory problems (P =.004). Dementia occurring as a result of Lyme disease is reported more frequently in Europe due to the common causative bacteria in that geographic location. The best-documented cases for dementia from Lyme disease have clinical features that resemble normal pressure hydrocephalus with abnormal cerebrospinal fluid biochemistry. However, studies that used neurocognitive testing typically did not find significant cognitive deficits among patients with Lyme disease.
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