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Topic: What is your C4a result? Has it gone down?

Haley
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
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Can you tell me what your C4a result is? Mine has gone down significantly. What exactly does that mean?

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tulips
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I noticed that you didn't get an answer so I'm answering your post which will kick your question to the top again.

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TF
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Here are a couple threads that discuss the C4a:

http://flash.lymenet.org/scripts/ultimatebb.cgi/topic/1/130657?#000000

http://www.mdjunction.com/forums/lyme-disease-support-forums/general-support/233373-what-does-elevated-c4a-tell

The second link (from another lyme site) is a few years old but it has good information.

If it is going down, that is a good thing!

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TF
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Here's another link:

http://flash.lymenet.org/scripts/ultimatebb.cgi/topic/1/124143?#000001

I never had mine checked when I had lyme disease.

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garnet10
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I had a C4A in the 15,000's range before I started treatment for Lyme.

My doctor stated that, to him, this meant unequivocally that I had Lyme--

he told me he did not even need a Lyme titer result to start treatment in my case.

I did not believe this, and had my Lyme titer done through IgeneX.

To my surprise, the IgM was positive.

A few months after treatment, I am dramatically better (not completely well), and my level has decreased to 4000's.

I remember reading an article that stated one cannot use the C4A test to follow Lyme treatment, but my numbers did decline with antibiotic treatment.

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