Rare Diseases

Lyme Disease Presents Differently in Men and Women

Publish date: March 22, 2012

Major Finding: Significantly more women than men with Lyme disease reported joint pain, muscle pain, headache, back pain, heart palpitations,...

A19-year-old woman is referred from the emergency department (ED) for follow-up. While attending a concert last weekend, she experienced an...

Few human diseases instill greater fear than leprosy (Hansen’s disease), and few are as poorly understood. Worldwide, the number of new cases has...