What are the different types of Lyme neuropathies?
Lymphocytic meningitis, cranial neuritis, or radiculoneuritis occur in up to 15% of patients with untreated Borrelia burgdorferi infection.
Meningitis is the most common neurologic abnormality in Lyme disease often with associated cranial nerve involvement.
A Guillain–Barré–like illness, a symmetric sensory-motor neuropathy (which may begin 6 months to 8 years after exposure), or radiculitis indistinguishable from a compression-induced radiculopathy is also possible.
In endemic areas, Lyme disease accounts for about two-thirds of pediatric cases of facial palsy and as many as one-fourth of adult cases.
