I've been in treatment for 6 months and my LLMD wants to check co infections. Is the testing accurate and will the LLMD target these infections if something comes up?
Can you have co infections and not lyme? Would the symptoms be similar to lyme?
I didn't have a lot of positive bands on the Igenex western blot but the bands that were positive did relate to lyme. LLMD definitely feels I have lyme.
Yes, I have a lot of symptoms so am pretty sure I have it.
Yes, important to look for coinfections. This is the sign of a good doc, that he wants to do this. However, the tests are about as good as the lyme tests, and the symptoms overlap.
Sorry, you are looking for some firm ground to stand on, but there's not a whole lot in tick borne diseases.
Lots of lymies have coinfections and the same meds don't work on all of them.
Sure wish they could fix the search function.
Good luck. Sounds like your doc is on the ball.
Also, is it possible to have co infections and not lyme or do they normally over lap?
Again, search function not working so it's impossible to get any information.
Very frustrating!
Yes, it is possible to have coinfections and not Lyme. It's not probable but it's possible. A tick can carry one or more of any of the diseases. It just depends on what your particular tick(s) was/were carrying.
A lot of times, a LLMD will treat for each coinfection even without testing.
Good Luck,
Corgilla
The rate of infection germs in ticks varies a lot depending on geographic locality. In some places bartonella is the most common germ. In some places, up to 50% of the ticks have more than one germ.
Yes, possible to have one germ and not others, whether lyme or the "co-infections."
Symptoms do overlap.
I again recommend the newby help links. Here is one item in treepatrol's newby list:
http://www.lymeinfo.net/coinfections.html
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The LLMD's want the whole family tested... husband and 2 daughters.
Will Igenex give me this information?
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Does anyone know the cost of testing for co infections?The LLMD's want the whole family tested... husband and 2 daughters.
Will Igenex give me this information?
I think mine ended up being just under 1300.00.
glup!
I hope my insurance reimburses me! It was a bit of a shock when the bill came.
Then I went to Bowen and they saw not only lyme but babesia and HME and HGE. Bowen was just patented for their lyme test. Wait until you see the pictures. it will creep you out.
The cost is $250 per test but it is a donation and you can deduct this from your taxes. They also see all the babesia not only the Microti and WA-1.
Go to www.lymediseaseinformation.com and print out the Pfizer pamphlet and that will show you the coinfections. They will look the same from Bowen. Remember, Bowen is a not for profit lab and the others are for profit. Bowen just received their patent for the lyme test. As soon as it is approved by the FDA, it will be the only lyme test approved that is accurate.