Bear with me, I'm going to try to make this as short and clear as possible. Also, if it sounds like I'm grasping at straws, PLEASE tell me.
In thinking back, in the summer of 2012, I became randomly really sick - the most sick I've ever been. Dr said it was probably viral tonsillitis or flu.
A month after I was sick, I developed ITP - idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura - abnormally low platelet count. My platelets were at 8 - supposed to be at least 150.
During all of my testing with a hematologist, she never ran Lyme, although I don't blame her.
I went back and reviewed my results, and noticed the following:
Platelet Ab Igm: Positive
CMV Antibody IGG: value > 8.0 standard range < 0.9 CMV Antibody IGM EIA: value 0.52 standard range < 0.9
Since this time, I developed migraines when I never had them before, in addition to what my doctor termed as "hemiplegic migraines" because at the time she didn't believe it was Bells Palsy, even though the ER doctor told me it was.
I'm just curious if anyone has any experience or knowledge with blood test abnormalities that could signify or point to Lyme.
Thanks!
Posted by TF (Member # 14183) on :
From page 5 of Burrascano:
"Chronic viral infections may be active in the chronic patient, due to their weakened immune response. PCR testing, and not serologies, should be used for diagnosis. Commonly seen viruses include HHV-6, CMV, and EBV."
See pages 26-7 to see a brief list of the symptoms each lyme coinfection will give you.
Sudden onset of illness with migraine-like headaches is a description of babesiosis as you will see on page 23:
"Clues to the presence of Babesiosis include a more acute initial illness- patients often recall a high fever and chills at the onset of their Lyme. Over time, they can note night sweats, air hunger, an occasional cough, persistent migraine-like headache, a vague sense of imbalance without true vertigo, encephalopathy and fatigue."
Virtually everyone with lyme has babesiosis also and also bartonella. So, that is what I think you have.
You really would benefit by reading about all of the coinfections. Viruses are included as coinfections of lyme, and you know you have them based on these tests.
So, more and more evidence that you are the typical lyme patient who has had lyme for a while.
Rather than an autoimmune disorder, lyme gives you an immune disorder like HIV/AIDS. It compromises the immune system.
"A very important issue is the definition of “Chronic Lyme Disease”. Based on my clinical data and the latest published information, I offer the following definition. To be said to have chronic LB, these three criteria must be present:
1. Illness present for at least one year (this is approximately when immune breakdown attains clinically significant levels)." (page 3)
So, you are proving that you have an immune deficiency. What could be the cause? Lyme and also babesiosis which can compromise the immune system also.
Infections with viruses can cause low platelet counts. See this site where it says that:
All of these symptoms and conditions will be meaningful to a lyme specialist. However, any other doctor will not see any connection. They know nothing about lyme, which is really a number of diseases.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Please get tested for Lyme. Quest or LabCorp may not find it, but Igenex Labs may.