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Posted by ByronSBell 2007 (Member # 11496) on :

Right nwo I consider myself very ill. Mostly bed/house ridden and in constant pain. Tell me how bad my Igenex Labs results are???

IGM IGG
18 - +
22 - -
(23-25) ++ -
28 - -
30 + +
31 ++ IND
34 - -
39 IND IND
41 IND ++
45 - -
58 - -
66 + +
73 - -
(83-93) - -

Be truthful with me, how bad or good am I?

Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :

You can't tell from a test how "good" or how "bad" you are with Lyme.

The people with the negative tests are often the very sickest. Their immune systems are too weak to even register a healthy response.

Your test looks pretty positive to me. Did they list it as negative or positive? [I would think negative, but you have VERY lyme-specific bands.]

Western Blot explanation:
http://tinyurl.com/ffn3x

Be sure to read the above link, written by one of our best LLMD's.

Read the responses to the post also.

from the above link:

18: An outer surface protein.

22: Possibly a variant of outer surface protein C.

23-25: Outer surface protein C (osp C).

28: An outer surface protein.

30: Possibly a variant of outer surface protein A.

31: Outer surface protein A (osp A). 34: Outer surface protein B (osp B).

37: Unknown, but it is in the medical literature that it is a borrelia-associated antibody. Other labs consider it significant.

39: Unknown what this antigen is, but based on research at the National Institute of Health (NIH), other Borrelia (such as Borrelia recurrentis that causes relapsing fever), do not even have the genetics to code for the 39 kDa antigen, much less produce it. It is the most specific antibody for borreliosis of all.

41: Flagella or tail. This is how Borrelia burgdorferi moves around, by moving the flagella. Many bacteria have flagella. This is the most common borreliosis antibody.

45: Heat shock protein. This helps the bacteria survive fever. The only bacteria in the world that does not have heat shock proteins is Treponema pallidum, the cause of syphilis.

58: Heat shock protein.

66: Heat shock protein. This is the second most common borrelia antibody.

73: Heat shock protein.

83: This is the DNA or genetic material of Borrelia burgdorferi. It is the same thing as the 93, based upon the medical literature. But laboratories vary in assigning significance to the 83 versus the 93.

93: The DNA or genetic material of Borrelia burgdorferi.

"In my clinical experience, if a patient has symptoms suspicious for borreliosis, and has one or more of the following bands, there is a very high probability the patient has borreliosis.

The significant antibodies, in my opinion, are the 18, 23-25, 28, 30, 31, 34, 39, 58, 66 and 93.

This is true regardless of whether it is IgG or IgM..."
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