LymeNet Flash: Can Igenex Test Results Estimate Length of Time W/Disease?

LymeNet on Facebook

LymeNet on Twitter

Follow @LymeDiseaseNet

The Lyme Disease Network receives a commission from Amazon.com for each purchase originating from this site.

When purchasing from Amazon.com, please
click here first.

Thank you.

Dedicated to the Bachmann Family

LymeNet needs your help:
LymeNet 2020 fund drive

The Lyme Disease Network is a non-profit organization funded by individual donations.

»	LymeNet Flash » Questions and Discussion » Medical Questions » Can Igenex Test Results Estimate Length of Time W/Disease?

UBBFriend: Email this page to someone!

Author

Topic: Can Igenex Test Results Estimate Length of Time W/Disease?

jam338
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 14002

posted

Does anyone know if there is any way to estimate from Igenex results what the approx length of time with disease? Can a LLMD determine how long?

MY TEST RESULTS:
Positive for Igenex Lyme WB on IgG & IgM
Positive for Babesia Duncani

WB IGM RESULTS:
18 kDA --
22 kDA --
**23-25 --
28 kDA --
30kDA --
31 kDa ++
34 kDa --
39 kDA --
41 kDa +
45 kDa --
58kDa +
66 kDa +
73 kDa --
**83-93kDa +

WB IGG RESULTS:
18 kDA --
22 kDA --
**23-25 --
28 kDA --
30kDA --
31 kda ++
34 kDa +
39 kDA IND
41 kDa ++++
45 kDa --
58kDa ++
66 kDa +
73 kDa --
**83-93kDa +

Babesia Duncani:
IgM <1:20
IgG 1:80
over 1:640 suggests active infection

Thanks for any feedback!

Posts: 495 | From SF Bay area, CA | Registered: Dec 2007 | IP: Logged |

Lymeorsomething
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 16359

posted

They can hardly produce an accurate test for lyme let alone determine the duration of illness. Do you remember a rash? They're not always present.

Also it looks as though you're positive on bands 31 and 34. I believe that these show up in later stage infection. You may have been sick a while...

The severity of your symptoms may give you hints too...

--------------------
"Whatever can go wrong will go wrong."

Posts: 2062 | From CT | Registered: Jul 2008 | IP: Logged |

jam338
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 14002

posted

I don't recall a rash. I had a tick bite over 40 yrs ago in South Georgia. However, with Babesia Duncani it indicates something also happening while living here in Northern Ca.

I have been very sick a very long time; bedridden the better part of past 3 years. Symptoms are severe. I can barely stand long enough to brush my teeth, lots of pain, teeth pain, cognitive problems, light/sound sensitivities, etc.

Posts: 495 | From SF Bay area, CA | Registered: Dec 2007 | IP: Logged |

lymebytes
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 11830

posted

No, I know I have been infected approx 13 years and my first Igenex test was IgM and IgG positive on the WB.

IgG means longer infection (some say more than 6 months) IgM mean current/active infection.

But it is sort of up to you to determine when you might have had your first symptom.

I figure when my migraines started in '95, soon followed by vertigo...that was the beginning, but didn't have a clue until '06.

But then again I remember as a very young child having anxiety attacks...so who knows?

--------------------
www.truthaboutlymedisease.com

Posts: 2003 | From endemic area | Registered: May 2007 | IP: Logged |

Printer-friendly view of this topic

The Lyme Disease Network is a non-profit organization funded by individual donations. If you would like to support the Network and the LymeNet system of Web services, please send your donations to:

The Lyme Disease Network of New Jersey
907 Pebble Creek Court, Pennington, NJ 08534 USA
http://www.lymenet.org/