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Ok - I'm a newbie, and this is probably a stupid question - but can you get lyme from things other than ticks? I have a positive western blot diagnosis (received today). Also, can you have a false postive? If so, for what? My initial blood tests - before the Western Blot came back - were "off the charts" postive....., and I did go to MA in June, but I have a hard time believing it is lyme, since I did not have a rash and did not find a tick or remember a bite...... Thanks.
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I can answer one of your questions. YES! You can get Lyme (and coinfections) from other bugs.
I got my bugs from fleas and mosquitos.
Be sure to be tested for other infections through a reputable lab - www.IGeneX.com.
Babesia, bartonella, ehrlichia, mycoplasma are just a few. Most people with Lyme don't just have Lyme.
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A false negative is much more likely than a false positive on a Western Blot.
Many of us do not remember a tick or a tick bite. Ticks can be tiny, hard to see, and hard to feel.
I believe there are other bugs that can transmit Lyme, as well. Sandflies are one, I think.
There is Lyme in GA, in fact I have a friend who was infected not too far from Marietta!
Please get tested for co-infections, also.
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Thanks but now another question - won't rocephin and doxcy treat all co-infections too? or are there other antibiotics you have to take depending on what you are co-infected with?
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han,
in what i sent you earlier today, please look for BETTY/LDA BROCHURE EDITED BY ANN...
i retyped 2 LDA brochures together including ALL CO-INFECTIONS, TREATMENT, SYMPTOMS .... check that out please! it should help answer a lot of questions you initially have ok.
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*** My initial blood tests - before the Western Blot came back - were "off the charts" postive...****
Contrary to what regular drs tell you, a positive on an ELISA is somewhat rare...especially a HIGH positive. Go with it!
I've had hundreds of tick bites and NO rash that I remember. Get treated NOW. I was not treated for more than 40 yrs, in part because I never had the "warning" of a rash.
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Hanaliy, Rocephin and doxy will not cover all the co-infections, you need different treatments for some of those.
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All that is known is that other modes of transmission have not (yet) been documented. That is almost always illogically interpreted as, it is not transmitted by anything other than a tick. Until somebody figures out how to document other modes.
A large percentage of cases that test positive by CDC criteria do not have documented tick bite nor rash. The only logical conclusion from that, is that the mode of transmission was unknown.
They now recognize that tularemia, another tick-borne disease, is also transmitted by other insects. From what I read, the conclusion was based on presumption of transmission through a recalled insect bite. I haven't read that they have even tested deerflies or the other insects they mention.
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