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So I ask my Doc for a Lyme test. He writes "Lyme Titer" on the script. I get blood taken, wait a week and here are my results: 0.31 Referance Range: <0.9 Negative 0.91 - 1.09 Equivocal >= 1.10 Positive
Thats all thats on the sheet. I'm negative. But my question is, was that the Western Blott Test?????
-------------------- JJG Posts: 33 | From Scranton, PA | Registered: Sep 2009
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If you have symptoms - go see a LLMD. You can find one under the "find a Doctor" heading here. The test you should have requested is the Western Blot. What you got was not the Western Blot. Looks to be the most worthless Elisa.
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Pinelady
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No it is not WB. If you think you have borrelia
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Those tests mean nothing. What your doc did was an ELISA, a worthless test. Western Blots don't mean much either and have all kinds of problems. All Lyme disease tests are very inaccurate, that is why Lyme disease is a clinical diagnosis.
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If you want see lyme titers you have to run western blot, preferably IgeneX one. And its not guaranteed you will see it. Tests for lyme sucks
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