Igenix best for western blot?

Igenix is one of the best labs for testing for tick-borne infections, but please remember that testing is still poor! If you have one of the other 95 or so strains that are here in the US, you won't test positive for the 4 or 5 (or so) strains that they do test for. Another thing is if you have had the infection(s) for very long, the bacteria is very good at hiding from our immune systems, so the antibodies that the tests search for just won't be there.

Tick-borne infections are to be diagnosed clinically, by symptoms and by history of possible tick bites, or just by being in situations where you are highly exposed to the possibility of being bit by a tick and have the symptoms. If you fit the criteria and have enough of the symptoms, that is when you should be diagnosed and start treatment, not when a test designed for tracking purposes of only a couple of the many strains tells someone that you have that one specific strain that they test for.

What does your doc think of this?

That, the candida tests, I'm not sure of!! LOL!!


Personally, I think the Holistic way is the best way to heal - looking at all aspects of the body and understanding that it works as a whole leads to doing things a bit differently, but it's the only way I could heal, so I would encourage you to talk to the ND again if you were more comfortable with her.

Well congrats on the good results!!!