What does it mean to have High VEGF Serum?
Posted by bearlythere (Member # 31973) on :
Many lyme doctors will use this test to measure if you have bartonella.
Posted by ktkdommer (Member # 29020) on :
How high is high? My doc uses it to look for bartonella.
Posted by momintexas (Member # 23391) on :
Thank you for your replies.
The range is 0-115
The test result shows 247
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
What is VEGF?
Posted by seibertneurolyme (Member # 6416) on :
VEGF = vascular endothelial growth factor
Have always seen this discussed as a potential test for bartonella.
It is my understanding that it means the body is forming new blood vessels.
Bea Seibert
Posted by Marcie (Member # 10070) on :
Can anyone say how accurate this test is? I had it done and my numbers came back low. I question if I have bart becasue of the symptoms I have, but according to this test I don't.
Posted by aperture (Member # 34822) on :
That test is also one of Dr S' biotoxin illness tests.
Posted by seibertneurolyme (Member # 6416) on :
Marcie,
As with many tickborne tests I believe that a positive test is significant but that a negative test does not rule out anything.
Many people with bart or BLO test negative on this test. My guess would be that a much higher percentage test negative rather than positive.
Bea Seibert
Posted by nonna05 (Member # 33557) on :
My numbers were high and my family doc thought that was good, the ID doc didn'y know what it was, and not much was said from LLMD,..
I guess this is all just so overwhelming to the medical field
There are so many test's we talk about and then the other thousands for everthing else......