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Posted 8/10/2014 4:47 PM (GMT 0)

My PC has to  do a referral for me to see a lyme doc,which I have found a great one.My first lyme test,done 8wks after tick bite was negative.So with that test she wrote me off with the lyme.I just went back to her last Thursday because of this large rash,on my left side which was raised and hard and very red.That with all my other symptoms of lyme made her do a second lyme test.Three days latter she called to say it was negative.Does it really take onle three days to do a lyme test/

Posted 8/10/2014 5:03 PM (GMT 0)
Well, she didn't send it to one of the big labs that have specially trained techs and specially ordered testing materials - they need a lot longer. There are only two that I'm aware of that use these methods - Igenex and Stony Brook Labs.

Do you think your PC would read an article about how the first line testing is faulty many times?
"The common Elisa test you receive at your doctor's office misses 35% of culture proven Lyme disease. Some studies indicate up to 50% of the patients tested for Lyme disease receive false negative results."
www.ilads.org/lyme/lyme-quickfacts.php
Posted 8/11/2014 11:51 PM (GMT 0)
Plus, you can have a negative lyme test early on, and a positive test later.

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