Lyme Friends....what are your thoughts on this....my son's CD57 was 114 a year ago and now it is 56...He did the Igenix test in Jan. and these are the results... IGG Result:
18 kDa -
**23-25 kDa -
28 kDa -
30 kDa -
**31 kDa-
**34 kDa IND
**39 kDa IND
**41 kDa ++
45 kDa -
58 kDa +
66 kDa -
**83-93 kDa IND
IGM
18 kDa -
**23-25 -
28 kDa -
30 kDa -
**31 kDa -
**34 kDa -
**39 kDa -
**41 kDa IND
45 kDa -
58 kDa -
66 kDa -
**83-93 kDa -
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
With those results, a tick bite and a low CD57, I would certainly want treatment!!
"Many would say the " +/-" equivocal ["IND"] bands are not significant. The problem I have with that, is that there are "-" negative bands. The lab has no trouble calling some bands negative. So they must be seeing something when they put "+/-" at some bands.
The only thing that makes sense, is that there is a little bit of that antibody present in your serum. If the "+/-" equivocal is reported on the borrelia associated bands, it is usually significant, in my clinical experience. This is a strong clue that I am on the right track."
--Dr C of MO
He has 3 "IND" bands.. those are important too!
--
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.
58: 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.
These bands are 18, 22, 23-25, 28, 30, 31, 34, 37, 39, 41, 83, and 93.
[---- from DR C's update from 2005 --- ----The significant antibodies, in my opinion, are the 18, 23-25, 28, 30, 31, 34, 39, 58, 66 and 93.----]
Posted by droid1226 (Member # 34930) on :
Almost all trained lyme literate docs would absolutely diagnose lyme and test for co infections then treat asap.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :