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NeuroEcclectic
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I am @ a point where I need to prove my illness.

I heard that insurance has to report on all

bands @ your doctors behest. Anyone know if

this is true?

~J.

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Contracted LD et al, August 2000
Officially dx, February 2006
My Lyme Neuroborreliosis mimics Multiple Sclerosis.
Lesions- Brain, Cervical and Thoracic spine.
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Buster
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There is no reliable co-infection test.
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If you are asking if co-infection testing is reliable, if positive... yeah, I believe it is.

But if you are talking about it catching all co-infections, then no, afraid not.

Local labs probably will do a decent job checking for ehrichia and spotted fever. As for Bartonella and Babesia, testing is... eh...

They can test for 2 strains, and there are like a dozen or more they can't test for, so you can test negative and still have it.

They are still worth testing though, if you haven't already been tested.
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