What medical tests are out there now, if any, to quantify bacterial load, so one can measure progress during treatment?
Thanks!
Posted by Razzle (Member # 30398) on :
As far as I know, there aren't any that are accurate enough to bother with. Some thought the CD-57 was good, until people started showing up with obvious Lyme and high CD-57 counts (my observation: the high CD-57 seems to occur in those with Babesia as a Lyme co-infection...)...
Keeping a daily log of symptoms may be the best indicator you have so you know what progress you've made. Don't have to write down everything, just note the top 3-5 and how severe they are, and note any changes in meds, etc. so you can track the effects of changes in your treatment more easily.
I don't do this, of course...but I need to...
Posted by ibrakeforticks (Member # 6785) on :
OK, thanks! So (for measuring positive/negative, if not bacterial loads) the labs people are using these days are Igenex, Fry, and Specialty...?
Posted by BackinStOlaf (Member # 23725) on :