If these are the results of my Lyme IGM/IGG results, what do you think? I'm very green...
Igm Western blot **23-25 kDa - Ind **31 kDa. ++ **39 kDa. + 66 kDa. + (the rest of the panel was negative)
Igg Western blot **41 kDa + (the rest were negative)
Posted by sixgoofykids (Member # 11141) on :
Looks positive to me! Do you have symptoms? Some of those bands are Lyme specific.
Posted by Rooster (Member # 11776) on :
Stiff "stuck" neck, severe back/shoulder pain, headaches and lack of concentration, burning feeling in patches under the skin, tingling like spiders crawling all around me and in the last six months, tremors. Started about 14 years ago. Have been to close to 100 doctors and it was finally my girlfriend who discovered that all of my side effects were Lyme related. I grew up in Southern Georgia hunting deer and have been bit by ticks.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Yep....Band 39 alone would say you have it. I think they should rename Lyme the Hunters' and Hikers' disease!!
"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."