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Stage of disease Syndrome Description 1 Erythema migrans Large, red lesion with central clearing (“target lesion”) at the site of the initial tick bite
May be accompanied by fever, headache and joint pain
2 Neurologic Lyme disease (neuroborrelosis) Cranial nerve palsy, with or without meningitis
Lyme meningitis
Lyme radiculopathy
Cardiovascular Lyme disease Heart block
Myocarditis
Pericarditis
3 Arthritis One or multiple joints at a time
Late neurological Lyme disease Encephalopathy
Encephalitis
Peripheral neuropathy
Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans Skin discolouration and swelling that can occur up to 8 years after initial infection
Post–Lyme disease syndrome Subjective symptoms after treatment without objective clinical findings