If I have Lymes and co.. what are the chances of my family also having it?

I worried about the same thing. I had my 3 kids tested and they all had a few bands on the western blot through Labcorp, so we decided to have further testing done. My kids are pretty healthy with a few symptoms that could indicate lyme, hence the testing. Also, my instincts told me to pursue it.

My oldest (son) was perfectly healthy up until the Fall. He got a vaccine for school and developed swollen groin lymph nodes, muscle twitching/jerking at night, felt unwell and looked unwell (yellowish skin and circles under eyes). He also said he felt spacy. Shortly after developed some weird breathing episodes, swallowing issues and coughing. Most of those issues have cleared up on their own. His cd57 is high at 190, negative elispot, but I also did the Igenex western blot and he has bands 31 ind, 39 ind, 41, 58. Positive test for chlamydia pneum. Will likely retest for lyme but treating him anyway with herbs & abx.

My middle daughter complains of various things hurting, chest pains and started sleep walking. She has a cd57 of 30 and positive ELispot lyme test. Treating herbally only at the present. Will start abx soon.

My youngest daughter will sometimes shake or tremor, doesn't like certain noises - like a squeaky swing, temperature sensitive, and has red palms and feet that often get hot or burn. Had one episode at night of full body tremor. I decided to try the ISpot test for her and don't have results yet. Her cd57 is 57.

My husband started experiencing numbness in his toes just in the last month or so. He had bands 23 & 41 on labcorp western blot and positive Elispot lyme test. His cd57 is over 200. He is planning on treating with abx.

So yes, very likely. I recently saw someone posted that some doctors feel 1 in 15 have Lyme/co. I believe that.

Post Edited (k07) : 3/23/2016 12:44:33 PM (GMT-6)

Leilex - That's a good point about cd57. And obviously my family shows that a high and low cd57 doesn't tell the whole story. I believe there are a lot of other factors...Also I have read that certain coinfections can actually raise the cd57.

Also, I am giving my two daughters chronic tonic 2x a day (dosage adjusted for their weight). It actually tastes a lot better than other tinctures, probably because of the added honey. I mix it with a little organic apple juice and they don't complain about it.

I will never know if I passed this to my husband and children or if we all got it from our environment. It is really scary to me if I passed it to them. I was very healthy with no indications of anything going on. Kids were all healthy at birth with no major sicknesses.

Lyme is in body fluids. Saliva, tears, urine, semen and vaginal excretions. As soon as I found out I had lyme I quit kissing my husband on the lips. No unprotected sex and I don't get to taste the food I am cooking and use that spoon again in the food. He does not eat off of my plate and we never get to share a dessert any more. :( I just will not chance it! So far, so good. He has no symptoms. But there were 3 months that I was not diagnosed and we were not safe and I worry about that time.

What test are you doing? Good luck! I know it's not always easy for the kiddos to get blood drawn. I had to bribe mine the first time (-:

That is exactly what I did. My plan was if they had any bands then I would pursue. My middle daughter actually got a positive IGM ELISA, so they re-ran her Western Blot. The first time they showed bands 41 and 58 on IGG, and the second time they showed just 41. This was on the same blood - so that flat out tells me how inaccurate they are. So I wouldn't count on it totally.