6. Abnormally Sensitive Limbs
Peripheral neuropathy is a possible complication of dealing with lyme disease. This is when the nerves are damaged and thus they cannot handle messaging correctly anymore. Not only can this interrupt the signals between your brain and nerves, causing muscle weakness and pain, but it can also cause abnormally sensitive extremities and leave you dealing with very sensitive fingers and toes, and even arms and legs. This can lead to stabbing pains, burning, tingling, numbness, and more. In your legs, it might bring weakness and balance issues, which could cause you to fall. This is why it’s important to be cognizant of other symptoms, before it gets this far.
7. Cognitive Issues
Do you find yourself having issues with short-term memory? Everyone forgets why they walked out into the kitchen every now and again, but someone with lyme disease may forget something like this multiple times a day. How about issues in finding the right word to say, so you just stutter over your words until you find the right one to fit? These are pretty noticeable problems, and they are also classic symptoms of early-stage lyme disease, which means they can be corrected with a course of treatment.