Lyme Disease
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The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD), P.O. Box 8923, New
Fairfield, CT 06812, (203) 746-6518
Lyme Arthritis
General Discussion --------------------------------
** REMINDER **
The information contained in the Rare Disease Database is provided for
educational purposes only. It ....
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.... red discoloration
(macule) or as an elevated round spot (papule). The skin lesion usually
appears on an extremity or on the trunk, especially the thigh, buttock or
the under arm. This spot expands, often with central clearing, to a
diameter as large as 50 cm (c. 12 in.). Approximately 25% of patients with
Lyme disease report having been bitten at that site by a tiny tick 3 to 32
days before onset of ECM. The lesion may be warm to touch. Soon after
onset nearly half the patients develop mul ....
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