Please could you give me feedback on these results?
I know this puts me nowhere near positive for CDC criteria, but interested in some feedback from those "in the know"
Thanks very much!!
1] RESULT COMMENT: LYME WESTERN BLOT, S IGG WESTERN BLOT NEG Reference range: NEG IgG BAND P41, P23 kDa IGM WESTERN BLOT NEG Reference range: NEG IgM BAND NO BANDS DETECTED kDa LYME INTERPRETATION (NOTE)
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Here's Dr C's explanation of the Western Blot results, from the top of Medical, in Important Information about Lyme and Co's - scroll down a little ways to get to the meaning of the bands -
So you're saying you have two bands showing - IgG 41 and 23 -
23 is specific for Lyme - it's called ospC - outer surface protein C -
41 can show up for any spirochetal infection, and shows up quite often in Lyme tests.
Many in the Lyme medical community feel that having even one band that is Lyme-specific is enough to call it a positive test.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
WHICH LAB???
Posted by Splashi1 (Member # 28173) on :
Thanks for the feedback, Robin! Lymetoo, the test was performed here-
MAYO MEDICAL LABORATORIES NEW ENGLAND, 160 Dascomb Road, Andover, MA 01810
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Then it's nearly worthless.
Please get a test through Igenex.
Posted by Jordana (Member # 45305) on :
I had a test through Mayo, too. One thing I did not understand months ago was that when you are getting a reading for "bands" from Mayo then you ALREADY HAVE A POSITIVE ELISA.
This is not necessarily the case at Labcorp and other commercial labs. But at Mayo they do "reflex"testing, without hesitation, every time; meaning they only bother to do the Western Blot if there has been a positive ELISA.
That means in all likelihood you had a positive ELISA and a band at 23Kda.
Don't mess around like I did for a year. Find a practitioner and start treatment as soon as you can.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Good to know.
Posted by sutherngrl (Member # 16270) on :
I had band 41 and 23 and doc said that was definetly Lyme.