Asymptomatic Lyme

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PARESIS
from: Taber's Medical Dictionary 18 th edition

Definition

  1. Partial or incomplete paralysis .
  2. An organic mental disease with somatic, irritative, and paralytic focal symptoms and signs running a slow, chronic progressive course. SYN; dementia paralytica,; paralytic dementia.
Symptoms
The symptoms may include pupillary changes , facial tremors, tremors of the lips and tonguel, and speech disturbances.

Etiology
The cause of this condition is diffuse and focal involvement of the brain and spinal cord owing to syphilis, usually occurring 5 to 15 years after the primary infection.