Which bloodwork for chronic Lyme?

Get the Igenex Western Blot's #188 and #189. Only $125 each, so $250 total. Western Blot is a testing method, not a lab or company. Your insurance may cover it, but that's up to them. I have Blue Cross HMO and it didn't, but a PPO might.

I'm not as experienced as other members here, but would wager that if it came back "borderline high", you actually had a positive result.

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I have read quite a few doing the uring lyme panel $500 testing with dna connections Tests 11 tests This includes shipping cost. they were negative on uk nhs lyme tests However tested positive for few strains of lyme Buugdorferi and few others Also positive for babesia and bart Seemingly they say you need to exercise for 1 hour before taking the sample. Not much use if wheelchair bound. Could be worth a try this test Someone said igenex run urine test? seems like cheaper than most option

jackinthebox said...
Get the Igenex Western Blot's #188 and #189. Only $125 each, so $250 total. Western Blot is a testing method, not a lab or company. Your insurance may cover it, but that's up to them. I have Blue Cross HMO and it didn't, but a PPO might.

I'm not as experienced as other members here, but would wager that if it came back "borderline high", you actually had a positive result.

Thanks, is the Igenex's Western Blot better than other labs Western Blot? My past Western Blot test were ran years ago by a different lab that was covered by insurance.

scottishlymielady, yes I can exercise for DNA Connextions test. But $500 is quite expensive... I don't know if I should ran all tests at once of one by one. Every visit to LLDR will be expensive as well...


I found my old test results. These were done by conventional physicians and they told me that I don't have Lyme:

7-12-2012: SCR with RFLX (Method: ELISA) Results: 0.07 (Reference: < 0.9 is negative). Tested by Staten Island University Hospital.

7-16-2012 Lyme WB IgG W/Bands: 10 bands negative. Interpretation: Negative. Lyme Disease Ab. Results: 1.20 HIGH (Reference <0.91). Lyme Ab, Igm Results: 0.12 (Reference <0.91). CK Results: 192 (reference: 39-308). Tested by Bio Reference.

8-2-2012: Lyme IgG/IgM Result: <0.91 NEGATIVE. (Reference: <0.91 Negative, 0.91 - 1.09 Equivocal). Tested by Labcorp.

5-29-2013: Lyme IgG/IgM Western Blot Reflex. Result: <0.91 NEGATIVE. (Reference: <0.91 Negative, 0.91 - 1.09 Equivocal). Tested by Labcorp.


Does it tell you anything? Which tests should I run now?

Post Edited (Pianist) : 11/6/2017 11:30:25 AM (GMT-7)

Not sure what "Lyme ab results 1.20 HIGH" means, but can't seem to tell too much from those tests.

If you're looking for new tests, do the ones jackinthebox suggested. Those are the basic Lyme western blot tests. You could also do a confection panel if you were so inclined, but they cost about $800.

Pianist said...
So is the Igenex's Western Blot better/more reliable than by other labs?

I don't know, just seems to be the one most people use.