I think I have had Lyme for at least a few years now. But my lyme tests keep coming up postive IgM only. I have only 1 IgG band even now 1 year later with relapsing symptoms I have a IgM positive western blot. Anyone else?
Posted by yourtroubl (Member # 11087) on :
I guess I have had Lyme for 2 years now (when symptoms started) but was not diagnosed until 6 months ago. I had positive IGM with bands 41, 29, and 23.
It was CDC positive and Health Department has contacted me several times.
Posted by drdre (Member # 12212) on :
so 2 years later with no IgG response? Are you on treatment?
Posted by elle108 (Member # 11730) on :
My daughter has had Lyme for 11 yrs and only got her first treatment last August.and still her WB looks like a "recent infection"...with only three bands positive on the IgG...five are needed I believe to classify it as Longer term infection..I still cant grasp why this is... think it might be related to the immune system being so overwhelmned for so long that it didnt produce antibodies for a long time..
Posted by butchieboo (Member # 12063) on :
OK Just to clarify for you folks....
IGG positive means you have been exposed to that particular band(strain) of BB sometime in your life.
IGM Means you are presently ACTIVE...in other words your strain or strains(bands)of bb are now up and running...disseminating thru your system!
Why worry if you have an IGG positive....besides...I have had both positive at two times tested....and one or the other
positive alone on some occasions and depending on the lab...none positive! Even with StoneyBrook....or Igenex....
So I would'nt concentrate or put too too much focus on whether or not one has a pos IGG or IGM for BB anytime.
Clinical Clinical Clinical......DX
BB
Posted by PBizzle (Member # 11463) on :
So, is having a positive IgM more important than having a positive IgG? I guess in terms of doctors being open to treatment?
IgM means current infection. I think I've been infected for a little over a year. I had a positive IgM, and I was one band short of having a positive IgG.
I had a positive band on my IgM, I think band 83, that my LLMD said was consistant with "chronic" infection. Anybody heard of this?
Also, can you be asymptomatic or at least have very mild symptoms here and there, for several years, and then one day, it just hits you like a ton of bricks? If so, why does that happen?
Posted by davidx (Member # 8326) on :
I was IGM positive through Quest and IGENEX in Oct/Nov 2005. Started treatment for lyme then.
Fast forward to April 2007 and re-tested for lyme through a 3rd lab and was highly IGM positive again.
I do have a band or two in IgG world but at least my lyme in consistent! lol I just can't get rid of the little buggers.
-David
[ 18. June 2007, 09:51 PM: Message edited by: davidx ]
Posted by Geneal (Member # 10375) on :
Please feel free to correct me if I am wrong, but consistant IgM positive bands may be
More indicative of a long term, chronic illness.
I know I've read that somewhere.
BTW, Quest tested. Only IgM band 23 showed up.
Children tested. Mostly IgM bands and for both the only IgG band was 41++.
It is a clinical diagnosis. Yes, I only had one band, but showed 54 out of 75 Lyme symptoms at the time of diagnosis.