This card would be better rewritten as “What is a common peripheral nervous system complication of Lyme disease” with the response being “Facial nerve palsy”, as I see per the source on the other recommended edit, it is not always bilateral, either
source??
Lyme disease and Bell’s palsy: an epidemiological study of diagnosis and risk in England - PMC just a random source, but the literature commonly (and incorrectly) refers to facial nerve palsies as bell palsy when that term should be reserved for facial nerve palsy that is idiopathic. In this case, there is a known etiology, so it cannot be idiopathic
As correct as we want to be we want to know what question banks such as uworld, nbme or shelf exams refer to it as
Rejected my previous suggestion. Let’s go off this one. Added to extra in this one. Need to include somehow that it is not always bilateral.
Answer cloze as just “Bilaterality” would be more simple/make more sense as the question is written; don’t think we need statistic on prevalence in endemic areas