lyme disease lingering symptoms
About 300,000 Americans each year are infected with Lyme disease. Common in the Northeast, it's found and diagnosed less often in the South. CNN producer spent two years trying to find a diagnosis for his symptoms. Approximately 10 to 20% of patients treated for Lyme disease have lingering pain. 1  For most people it starts with a telltale, bulls-eye rash and flu-like symptoms. It then develops into neurological problems, such as numbness in the limbs or facial paralysis, leaving the patient in excruciating pain.