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nhhawkeye
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I have 4 years duration chronic lyme. How do I know which test to have done, the Qribb, CDC, Western Blot, Elisha, etc? Thanks for any advice on this!!!
Mark in NH [Smile]
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Hi Mark, and welcome!

Do you have an LLMD?

Normally, he will examine you, talk to you about your symptoms, and make a clinical diagnosis. He will decide with you what tests he would like to have run, usually through IGeneX or another very good lab specializing in tick-borne diseases.

Lyme is a clinical diagnosis and the tests are confirmatory only, since there's a good number of people who are "seronegative" -- they have confirmed Lyme but doggedly will test negative.

It's important to test for co-infections too, but your doc is best to advise you on which ones depending on where you live.

Good luck!

Michelle
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