It costs more to test for each infection, so I typically just test for Lyme. If someone had multiple tick bites, all ticks can be tested together for one price because they were on the same person.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
I don't hold much stock in it myself. I got a tick tested thru Igenex once and it came back negative THREE WEEKS LATER.
BUT.. I got sick 9 DAYS after the bite! Thankfully, I had begun treatment with doxy on day 1.
Posted by desertwind (Member # 25256) on :
IME a big waste of time. My former "LLMD" used tick testing results to determine whether to treat or not.
I had about 5 or 6 ticks test negative while I clearly got sick from the bite. That's a lot of untreated Lyme based on negative tick results.