MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Lyme nephritis is a serious and life-threatening form of Lyme disease. While this severe manifestation of disease makes up only 1%-2% of the total population of reported illness, it reveals the potential for Bb to cause kidney damage.

Detailed explanation-2: -A small percentage of dogs that get Lyme disease may get Lyme nephritis. This is a kidney disease thought (right now) to be caused by antibody/antigen immune complex formation that are deposited in the kidneys and lead to acute renal failure. These dogs have, unfortunately, a universally grave prognosis.

Detailed explanation-3: -We observed that the urinary tract may be involved in 2 respects in the course of Lyme disease: 1) voiding dysfunction may be part of neuro-borreliosis and 2) the spirochete may directly invade the urinary tract. In 1 patient bladder infection by the Lyme spirochete was documented on biopsy.