10 Lyme Disease Symptoms
Reviewed: Dr. Mera
Symptom #8: Heart Problems
Lyme disease may rarely affect the tissues of the heart, causing inflammation or alterations in their electrical activity. Most episodes occur in stage two of the disease, and are isolated and transient, lasting less than a week. Depending on the condition, symptoms may vary.
Symptoms include dizziness, temporary loss of consciousness (syncope), shortness of breath (dyspnea), chest pain, and palpitations. Cardiac involvement ranges from arrhythmias (alterations of the rate or rhythm of your heartbeat) to transient heart block or inflammation of the outer and middle layers of the heart (myopericarditis).
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