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Can Lyme disease cause radicular pain?

Neurological Lyme disease can cause severe nerve-root pain in some people and needs clinical assessment and treatment.

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Short answer

Neurological Lyme disease can cause severe nerve-root pain in some people and needs clinical assessment and treatment.

At a glance

Neurological Lyme disease can cause severe nerve-root pain in some people and needs clinical assessment and treatment. Use NHS and NICE guidance in the UK; diagnosis and treatment belong to qualified clinicians.

Key takeaways

• Neurological Lyme disease can cause severe nerve-root pain in some people and needs clinical assessment and treatment.

• Use NHS and NICE guidance in the UK; diagnosis and treatment belong to qualified clinicians.

• This article is educational and cannot diagnose, exclude or treat illness. Use NHS 111, a GP, emergency services or the corresponding local service according to symptom severity.

Direct answer

Neurological Lyme disease can cause severe nerve-root pain in some people and needs clinical assessment and treatment.

Use it in context

Use NHS and NICE guidance in the UK; diagnosis and treatment belong to qualified clinicians.

Practical next step

This article is educational and cannot diagnose, exclude or treat illness. Use NHS 111, a GP, emergency services or the corresponding local service according to symptom severity.

Sources and further reading

UK Lyme disease guidance and data

For current UK clinical advice, public-health guidance and surveillance data, consult these primary national sources.

  1. Lyme disease — NHS opens in a new tab ↗
  2. Lyme disease: diagnosis and management (NG95) — NICE opens in a new tab ↗
  3. Lyme disease: management and prevention — UKHSA opens in a new tab ↗
  4. Lyme disease surveillance dashboard — UKHSA opens in a new tab ↗
  5. Lyme disease — NHS Inform Scotland opens in a new tab ↗