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During my 2 year of trying to find a diagnosis and even today, I always tested normal for my blood work. Namely, Cbc, uric, esr, crp, ana, rf, ck, t3, tsh, kidney, liver etc. My only exception was high billruben and h pylori that have both since come back to normal
Is this common? My thought was that with all of these bugs ( lyme and co-infections) that some of the blood work would have gone abnormal. Can anyone shed their experience or know why it is fact normal. Does normal blood work signify anything for me?
I do plan to ask my LLMD on this question on my next appointment
-------------------- Dx 3/2008 Pos. WB and Bart- igenex Levequin 500 mg March 2008 Amox 6000 mg - May 2008 Doxy 400 mg - June - oct Biaxin and Flagly 1000 each, oct-dec Zitro, Malarone and Flagly Jan - feb Remission for 6 months Relapse Sept 2009 zithro/flagyl Posts: 130 | From canada | Registered: Mar 2008
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luvs2ride
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I thought once you have H. Pylori, it would test positive in the blood for life. This is because the test looks, not for the bug but for the antibody, and once the antibody is produced, it remains forever. Therefore, bloodtest is only good the first time. After that, they can do biopsy or breath test.
As for the rest, I know many will say the bug is not running around in the blood but in your tissues. Still, it seems if your doctor is treating, then something should start showing up in your blood.
One ILADS LLMD I sought out, gave me Flagyl and Ketek to try to kill some of the bacteria and then run a urine test to catch the dead bacteria.
Can your doctor try that?
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Yes, I did do a breath test to see that I was cleared on H Pylori
-------------------- Dx 3/2008 Pos. WB and Bart- igenex Levequin 500 mg March 2008 Amox 6000 mg - May 2008 Doxy 400 mg - June - oct Biaxin and Flagly 1000 each, oct-dec Zitro, Malarone and Flagly Jan - feb Remission for 6 months Relapse Sept 2009 zithro/flagyl Posts: 130 | From canada | Registered: Mar 2008
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