New draft NICE guidance on Lyme disease

  New draft NICE guidance could help GPs, specialists and other health professionals spot a potential diagnosis of Lyme disease. It outlines when doctors can diagnose Lyme disease without the need for tests and when they should investigate further. Lyme disease spreads to humans through an infected tick bite. It affects up to 3,000 people a year in England and Wales, according to Public Health England. Saul Faust, Professor of paediatric immunology and infectious diseases at the University of Southampton and chair of the guideline committee, said: €œLyme disease may be difficult to diagnose as people can have common and unspecific symptoms, like