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Did you know there is a new Lyme Disease test coming out this year called the nano trap antigen test? What are your thoughts on this finally clearing up diagnosis of Lyme disease?
This is developed by George Mason University in Virginia in partnership with Ceres Nano. It should be a totally new standard in testing that is acknowledged as legitimate and reliable for early detection and active infection without relying on antibodies at all. It is extremely sensitive and can detect all the strains.
Did you know about this test coming out and what are you anticipating this test will do for those told they have Lyme disease who are not cured by antibiotics or were diagnosed using the Igenx western blot tests?
You can do a search for lyme nano trap antigen test and find news articles on it or go to ceresnano.com .
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Since I never got an answer from the lab in regards to my technical question I am uncertain at this point how reliable and accurate the test will be for all strains of lyme.
Bea Seibert
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I just read your post at that link. It is getting closer now to when it should be released. It will be very interesting to see what test results people get from this.
This test will be interesting if it is proven to be very scientifically sound and if people stat either testing positive who were negative on the standard tests from labcorp and quest or if they are negative on this test assuming this test could catch all the relevant Borrelia.
Ceres nano has said it will work for all strains, though I'm not exactly sure what their definition of strains is. I don't know if that refers to the entire Borrelia genus.
Also, the tests were certainly not done with the entire Borrelia genus, so that would be a purely deductive conclusion based on the the bacteria and the test.
My symptoms that lead me to seek a "lyme disease doctor" were chronic neck, upper, back and head pain (trigger points). I was suggested to see a certain doctor by somebody who said I should get tested for possible underlying causes before doing more physical treatment.
Since I had been to many in-network doctors without answers for two years I was willing to go out of network to give that a try. That doctor gave me the igenx test among other tests and said I had lyme disease.
I was skeptical, but got a referral from lymedisease.org for another doctor and tried treatment from there.
I started antibiotics Bactrim, Refampin, Azithromycin and Minicyclin and a few weeks in developed a strange neurological problem with cold water feelings all over, burning and stinging. When that started I was convinced for some time that that was proof I had lyme disease.
After 5 months I decided I couldn't go anymore because of the reliability of the testing and the cure not seeming to work for people to prove it.
I also developed some minor bleeding below the skin as spots called petechiae after taking the antibiotics, so that could be a side effect and they don't go away.
The neuro sensations went away very slowly over a year and a half, but has come back full strength twice and I have to start all over again. This has concerned me greatly. I thought I was over them when they went away the first time.
Both of those times it seemed to coincide about 10 days into an upper respiratory infection, though I can't be sure if that was the cause. My neurologist has yet to be able to find a cause.
I'm considering getting this nano trap test for the heck of it when it comes out.
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I ll wait til ilads endorses
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I'm sure there will be a lot IDSA can say to discredit it. Like if antigens are found they're "dead" or "noninfective" remnants of a past infection.
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They're not discrediting it. They're pushing it as hard as they can, which doesn't bode well in my opinion.
I think someone had to answer all the critics of the Western Blot and did it with a brand new, souped up Western Blot that only tested for OspA according to the lengthy study I read.
I have 3 strains of Lyme disease, but no OspA, so I guess I'd test negative on the nanotrap in spite of 3 positives elsewhere.
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A couple members from our support group went down for the talk. As of now the test is working better than western blot for early detection but unfortunately there is no improvement in performance for those with chronic lyme.
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