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Topic: Kidneys shut down,could this be Lyme?

Somerset
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Member # 7534

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What do you all think???? IgM Results: 39 kDa. IND , 41 kDa. IND , 66 kDa. + IgG Results: 39 kDa. IND , 41 kDa. + , 58 kDa. + I need some feed back, husband has Wegener's Granulomatosis which shut down his kidneys. I'm wondering if Lyme could have triggered off W.G??? Robin

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bettyg
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quote:
Originally posted by Somerset:
What do you all think?

IgM Results:

39 kDa. IND ,
41 kDa. IND ,
66 kDa. +

IgG Results:

39 kDa. IND ,
41 kDa. + ,
58 kDa. +

I need some feed back, husband has Wegener's Granulomatosis which shut down his kidneys.

I'm wondering if Lyme could have triggered off W.G??? Robin

up for more comments; edited it to read better.

Do you have the NEWBIES links I sent you?

If yes, look for LYMETOO/tutu's DR. C's explaination of western blot blood tests.
It explains things there. Bettyg [Big Grin]

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5dana8
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I don't know the answer to your question, but here are two recent posts on kidney function & lyme:

http://flash.lymenet.org/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=047118

http://flash.lymenet.org/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=047264

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Lymetoo
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Member # 743

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quote:
Originally posted by Somerset:
Granulomatosis which shut down his kidneys. I'm wondering if Lyme could have triggered off W.G??? Robin

very possible.....test looks positive to this layman...

here is the link betty mentioned:

Western Blot explanation:
http://tinyurl.com/ffn3x

from the above link:

The significant antibodies, in my opinion, are the 18, 23-25, 28, 30, 31, 34, 39, 58, 66 and 93.

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Somerset
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Member # 7534

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Dana, I've been having a hard time lately comprehending things, so bare with me. I want to thank you for the two recent posts & if you find any futher info ., please send it my way. The doctors say he does not have Lyme & they just can't understand what's going on???????

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Somerset
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"TuTu", I PM'ed you, please read. Robin

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Lymetoo
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Will do!!

Can you get your husband to an LLMD??

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