Panel 6050 Multiplex Bb Whole blood = Negative Multiplex Bb Serum = Negative IFA Bb G/M/A = 1:80 = Positive WB IgM 31 = IND 41 = IND WB IgG 34 = IND 39 = IND 41 = ++
When my doc called Friday evening, I didn't record the IgG 41++. Glad I didn't post then!
So, now another week or three of research before deciding what to do next. No LLMD in my immediate future. Perhaps: 875 Lyme DOT BLOT and PCR Panel for B. burgdorferi (Urine) Or maybe: 5080 Western Region Complete Coinfection Panel Or both.
[ 08-24-2009, 08:14 PM: Message edited by: ChuckG ]
Posted by JamesNYC (Member # 15793) on :
Congratulations Chuck,
It looks to me like you have your answer. I'd go with the Complete co-infection panel.
As you suspected back in '93, your CFIDS has a cause, it's lyme, etc. You may also have babs.
Too bad you have spent nearly 20 years being told that there was nothing curable. That is a crime.
James
Posted by Dekrator48 (Member # 18239) on :
Hi,
Since bands 31, 34 and 39 are lyme specific, you should feel confident that your illness is at least caused in part by Borrelia burgdorferi.
It is very possible that you have coinfections, so I agree that you could have a coinfection panel.
Just remember that a negative test does not rule them out.
Keep reading and posting. Put together a plan.
Consider finding a good LLMD as soon as it is possible for you.
I'm glad you are going in the right direction...too bad that, like for most of us, it took so long.
Posted by Hoosiers51 (Member # 15759) on :
Is IFA something that the more mainstream labs do as well, or is it just something Igenex does?
Or do mainstream labs like Labcorp use IFA to test for other diseases, if not for Lyme? Anyone know off the top of their head?
Just curious, because I haven't seen much about IFA here.
Is that something that is hard to get to come back positive?
Posted by Pinelady (Member # 18524) on :
Sorry you have it but you got good company.
Good news is now you can go about getting your
life back. And the best is there are lots of people
to help. You are not alone. I like how they are
putting the percent on there now. Don't make me
feel better. Would you post if this was done by a
challenge or just straight please to hel
Posted by Pinelady (Member # 18524) on :
Sorry you have it but you got good company.
Good news is now you can go about getting your
life back. And the best is there are lots of people
to help. You are not alone. I like how they are
putting the percent on there now. Don't make me
feel better. Would you post if this was done by a
challenge or just straight please to help others.
Posted by ChuckG (Member # 19093) on :
31 cross reacts. The combination of the IFA and the specific bands is reasonably positive.
I may try a course of antibiotics and then drive down to IGeneX for the blood draw for both Bb WBs and the Western Regional Complete Co-Infection Panel.
Posted by ChuckG (Member # 19093) on :
Pinelady, I added the percentages (%). It was not on their report.
I edited them out.
Posted by ChuckG (Member # 19093) on :
Hoosiers51 From Wikipedia
quote: Immunofluorescence is the labeling of antibodies or antigens with fluorescent dyes. This technique is often used to visualize the subcellular distribution of biomolecules of interest.
IFA is used here, there, and not everywhere.
Cleaning up my Desktop. Found this.
Diagnostic Automation, Inc.
quote:INTENDED USE
The Diagnostic Automation. Borrelia burgdorferi IgG IFA test system is designed for the qualitative and semi-quantitative presumptive detection of IgG antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in human serum. This test should only be used for patients with signs and symptoms that are consistent with Lyme disease. Equivocal or positive results must be supplemented by testing with a standardized Western blot procedure. Positive supplemental results are supportive evidence of exposure to B. burgdorferi and can be used to support a clinical diagnosis of Lyme disease.
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