Can someone please tell me what my test results mean?

Hi Sick5 - welcome to our community! Well, we can certainly help you with that.

You are Igenex positive and CDC Positive - you have lyme disease.
IgM - shows active infection
IgG - show older infection

The + beside the bands shows you produced antibodies. The more + you have, the stronger the response to that particular band.
The CDC has stricter parameters...so it's not very often we see the CDC Positive on the test results.

So, do you need help finding a Lyme Literate Dr.? (LLMD) - We can help with that, too!

This is a knowledgeable and supportive group of people on this forum...

If you'd like our help, please start a new thread titled: "Looking for LLMD in/near_____" and fill in the blank with city and State.

Good luck!

Hi Sick5,
Welcome to our community!

If you haven't ​yet​, it would be helpful for you to start with reading through the thread at the top of the forum titled,"New to Lyme?...Start here!!", as it is packed full of important information, symptom lists, helpful links and pdf's, how to detox when one has these infections, information on probiotics and much more.

Let us know if you need more help understanding your test results. We might be able to explain it a little further.

And, as Girlie said, please do let us know if you need help finding an ILADS trained LLMD! You will want to find an ILADS trained doctor, as ID Docs (Infectious Disease Doctors) believe Lyme is hard to catch and easy to treat, and don't believe in the reality of chronic Lyme. Go to the ILADS site to read the new (2014) Treatment guidelines to get you started on your healing journey: www.ilads.org/lyme/treatment-guideline.php

There is no such thing as a false positive. I assume your regular doctor told you that.
Your body could not produce antibodies trying to fight a bacteria if you didn't have the bacteria. Those are Lyme specific bands that you tested positive for.

You need to find a Lyme Literate MD. There is no point frustrating yourself talking to a Dr who doesn't believe in Lyme.

Your PCP is simply wrong. He has not been educated properly is all.

The IgM indicates that you have an active infection, the IgG indicates that your body has been fighting it for a while longer. It's really that simple.

The Lyme specific bands that you have on either the IgM or the IgG are: 23- 25, 31 & 39 - you simply cannot have those come up even slightly positive unless you have the Lyme bacteria inside of you for your body to make antibodies to them. It's really that simple.

Go here: www.reocities.com/HotSprings/Oasis/6455/western-blot.txt

This guy has listed supporting documentation on each band.

That is why you need to see a LLMD - think if him/her as a Specialist in Lyme Disease.

I'm thinking you have symptoms (that's what prompted you to test) ... to go along with the positive test?

The only way to get better is to start treating.

As Girlie said, bottom line is that you need treatment. You have a positive test, and symptoms.

But you don't have to decide on what to do tonight. Why not let some of this sink in for a day and then revisit the questions again? I would, however, encourage you to not wait too long, as you symptoms will only continue to worsen.

For information on finding a​n ILADS ​(International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society)​ trained​ Lyme Literate Medical Doctor(LLMD) in your area, you will need to enable your email option in your profile in order to receive any recommendations, as we don't allow doctor's names and contact info to be posted on the forum for several reasons. You can enable your email option in your profile, under 'edit profile'. Be sure to click the submit button to actually save your preference.


​You can send me an email by clicking on my screen name or the small blue envelope under my screen name. I may have contact information for some LLMD's in your area as well.​ ​Please include your state and area that you would like to find a LLMD in and I will see how close I can get to your location.​


You can start a new thread titled something like "Looking for LLMD in the (insert the nearest larger city & state) area". Members can email you about the LLMD's that they see in that area if you have your email enabled. We don't allow doctors names to be posted though.


You can also email the Tick-Borne Disease Alliance at​[​​url]​[email protected]​ for LLMD referrals and you can go to ​tbdalliance.org​​ to learn more about these infections.


You can also go to The Lyme Disease Association and search for LLMD's 3 times in a month. You have to register first. Here is the link:www.lymediseaseassociation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=277&Itemid=74​​

And ILADS has their own referral system:
ilads.org/ilads_media/physician-referral/


​ You will want to find an ILADS trained doctor, as ID Docs (Infectious Disease Doctors) believe Lyme is hard to catch and easy to treat, and don't believe in the reality of chronic Lyme. Go to the ILADS site to read the new (2014) Treatment guidelines to get you started on your healing journey: www.ilads.org/lyme/treatment-guideline.php

Oh and I'm Canadian which my groverment doesn't think or believe in this test. I failed the Canadian test therefore in their eyes I do not have Lyme.

Thank you I have a list of doctors which I'm trying to go through. I was hoping to somehow get treatment here in my home province. As the days go by I'm learning that's just not going to happen. I feel like I'm in some sort of nightmare. The whole Lyme debate is a living hell for those living with the illness. Some of it sounds so crazy even I if I wasn't living it would not believe it

Been in touch with ND's in both BC and Alberta who can prescribe antibiotics.
I'm still learning, and get info I need. I'm angry, sad, scared

I think I have had a phone conversation with whomever you are seeing. Everything is based on cost as this is not going to be cheap.

When a regular dr sees a CDC positive IgM for a patient who has had longstanding symptoms, they call it a false positive. The reason is the IgM antibodies are the first to respond so it would be, on a perfect world, EARLY INFECTION.... However with lyme many have positive IgM and negative IgG because our immune systems continue to see it as a be infection. The medical community doesn't acknowledge this and washed their hands of it by saying it's a "false positive". I had a CDC positive IgM as well. You need treatment.