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Topic: High VEGF Serum Results

momintexas
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
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posted

Asking for someone else.....

I have googled this but still am not too sure....

What does it mean to have High VEGF Serum?

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bearlythere
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Many lyme doctors will use this test to measure if you have bartonella.

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ktkdommer
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How high is high? My doc uses it to look for bartonella.

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momintexas
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Thank you for your replies.

The range is 0-115

The test result shows 247

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Lymetoo
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What is VEGF?

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seibertneurolyme
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VEGF = vascular endothelial growth factor

Have always seen this discussed as a potential test for bartonella.

It is my understanding that it means the body is forming new blood vessels.

Bea Seibert

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Marcie
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Can anyone say how accurate this test is? I had it done and my numbers came back low. I question if I have bart becasue of the symptoms I have, but according to this test I don't.

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aperture
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That test is also one of Dr S' biotoxin illness tests.

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seibertneurolyme
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Marcie,

As with many tickborne tests I believe that a positive test is significant but that a negative test does not rule out anything.

Many people with bart or BLO test negative on this test. My guess would be that a much higher percentage test negative rather than positive.

Bea Seibert

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nonna05
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My numbers were high and my family doc thought that was good, the ID doc didn'y know what it was, and not much was said from LLMD,..

I guess this is all just so overwhelming to the medical field

There are so many test's we talk about and then the other thousands for everthing else......

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