Should I get treated for Lyme disease if tested pos igenex but have no symptons

Hello, I tested my whole family as well as myself for Lyme disease through igenex and we all tested positive with different bands however we were cdc negative. I spoke to several llmd and they told me since we do not have symptons we have to wait to treat. I am wondering why and if we should get treated or what to do. Thank you for any help.

Opugirl, my little guy had several em rashes and got treated so I then decided to test the rest of the family. I am worried to death about my kids. Just don't want them to suffer in the future. The more I know about this disease the scarier it is. Just wish they would find a cure. Thank you so much for your response.

I would suggest that you go over the 'Master Symptom list' in our "New to Lyme? Start here!" thread that sits at the top of the forum. If you see yourself (or others in your family) being described there - even if you don't have all the symptoms - I would suggest that you get treatment.

If you don't "see" yourself there, then watch carefully around any stressful times -emotionally, mentally or physically stressful. Stress lowers the immune system and that will allow these infections to come roaring out.

Unlike Opugirl, I had severe symptoms but could only tolerate herbal treatments. I can now say that I've gone 16 weeks without treatment and no symptoms have returned!! So herbals are weaker than abx, only different.

I think the really tricky part of healing from these diseases is that we have to find what our bodies will work with. Some tolerate abx just fine and heal right away, others can't use abx only herbals, but I think the majority use both.

I think if you treat without symptoms you stand the risk of driving things into antibiotic resistant forms.

The best things you can do are detox and support your immune system.

Let sleeping things lie, but you know what lurks so you can treat it. Id treat it with herbs and diet every year.. a cleanse of sorts..Id do biofilm breaking if my kids were older and developed immune systems. I worry about congenital lyme in my own children after finding out both my huband and I are IgM positive.. but wont get them tested , they have no symptoms and I dont intend to treat them without symptoms. I dont think Lyme is something we can just go in and destroy. I think it is much more nuanced and that is why people are on multiyear abx therapy, sometimes with very poor results.

Another thing to do would be to look at your cd-57 numbers and treat based on low numbers.

Post Edited (PathogenKiller) : 5/8/2013 8:34:01 PM (GMT-6)

Thank you for this topic. My youngest son had a bullseye rash as a child (20 yrs ago)....I vaguely had heard of lyme. He hasn't had symptoms as of yet at 30 yrs old. Having mold illness, I was tested for lyme about 2 yrs ago....CDC positive. As I have researched & learned about lyme, I am terrified for my son & have not known how to attack it. I was told to work on myself so I could help him better when/iff he developed symptoms. He has been very healthy, exercises, eats healthy, etc. So, like you, I have been at a loss as to whether he should treat aggressively, passively maybe with herbals, etc. or leave alone? In reality, all four of my kids could have lyme as they played in the woods in Florida (where I apparently got it) as kids but didn't have the rash, etc. So, some people have lyme but stay well apparently? I kinda wonder if it's similar to ebstein barr, herpes simplex, etc. where the virus lies dormant until the immune system is lowered by something. Forgive my lyme/mold brain as I have trouble following & retaining. Thank you for posting this question & for those who have replied. Helps me to get a better understanding for my son as well. Wishing you good health :)

What's interesting in Toby's -ALS-Lyme diagnosed - case is that he always had a strong immune system - at least that's our guess since he never, ever got sick his whole life, except an occasional cold when he was young and the flu 4 months after we were married. That was it. He could be around ill people and didn't get sick. He only herxed three times during treatment too. So we are wondering how the Lyme got that foothold. Maybe it was stress or something else triggered it, but we don't think it was due to a weak immune system. I guess everyone is different.

Trav, I am working on that with Toby. We have 8 people living in our house - with a boyfriend over here so much he might as well be living here :) - so we don't get much peace and quiet. His stress level is high because he is working and it's tough for him. He can't use his hands well so imagine how difficult that is. We are going to have a family discussion on keeping the noise level down...and arguments won't be tolerated. We live in a home where everyone respects one another, but sometimes it's difficult not to want to lose one's temper. Everyone will have to keep in mind that it's really important he can rest and unwind in a peaceful environment. Thank you for reminding me to have this family discussion.

Thank you Traveler for your response....puts my mind at ease. Also helps me understand why the colostrum works....keeps at bay. Wishing you well. So happy to hear you are doing well & someday (hopefully) I will need to talk "goat" with you! I look forward to having a few & chickens once we get into our own parking spot (with our camper....at least til we can build). Namaste.