Open AccessAspects of clinical differential diagnosis of radiculopathy in Lyme disease and spondylosis
Author(s) -
Natalia Baranova,
Л. А. Низовцева,
Н Н Спирин,
Ye. G. Shipova,
В. А. Буланова,
N. Yu. Krotova
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
bûlletenʹ sibirskoj mediciny
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1819-3684
pISSN - 1682-0363
DOI - 10.20538/1682-0363-2010-4-132-137
Subject(s) - medicine , cervical spondylosis , lyme disease , differential diagnosis , borrelia burgdorferi , disease , cervical radiculopathy , dermatology , physical therapy , surgery , pathology , immunology , alternative medicine , cervical spine , antibody
The goal of the present study was to determine significant diagnostic signs of radiculopathy in the late stage of Lyme disease (LD) and in spondylosis. The pain in patients with radiculopathy and LD was often localized in the place of tick-bite (in 25.5%). The insidious onset of the disease was more typical in LD (in 84.3%), in patients with spondylosis and radiculopathy remissions and exacerbations were typical (62.2%). Inflammatory syndrome, polysystemic changes were typical for LD. In LD the effect of NAIDs was rather poor, the patients improved after treatment with antibiotics.