This case highlights the occurrence of Lyme carditis in a pediatric patient, emphasizing the need for healthcare professionals to recognize and differentiate it from other conditions.
Consider Lyme carditis in children with tick bites and cardiac symptoms; leaves open need for pediatric incidence and management data.
Lyme disease is the most common disease transmitted by Ixodes ticks. We present a case of Lyme carditis in a 13-year-old boy. Clinical and immunological research methods (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, blot) were used. The child’s condition is of medium severity due to skin and intoxication syndromes and carditis. During the examination, a child was diagnosed with Lyme carditis. A feature of the presented case is the appearance of carditis associated with a tick bite in a child. We believe that educating healthcare professionals about Lyme disease should help practitioners differentiate it from other conditions and improve treatment outcomes.
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S.О. Nykytyuk (2023) studied this question.
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