Hi Cathy,
Welcome to our community!!
As Girlie said, yes, Band 31 is Lyme specific. It indicates OspA (Outer surface protein "A"). Do you also have symptoms of Lyme disease? If so this should be enough for you to get some treatment started.
I would greatly encourage you to read through the thread at the top of the forum titled, "New to Lyme? Start here!" as it's packed full of important information including symptoms lists, detoxing suggestions, important and helpful links and more.
Are you seeing a LLMD (Lyme Literate Medical Doctor) that has been trained by ILADS (International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society)? It's important to use the doctors that have been trained to prescribe the right abx (antibiotics) in the right amount and for the right amount of time so that you aren't left to deal with an ongoing infection on your own.
If you need help in finding a LLMD in your area, you can start a new thread titled something like:"Looking for LLMD/LLND in the _______ area." Although 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 email Stephanie at:
[email protected] You can also go to:
www.turnthecorner.org/ if you want to learn a little bit more about
Lyme Disease.
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 You can also now email TBDA (Tick Borne Disease Alliance) at
[email protected]
and ask for LLMD referrals also.
You will want to find an ILADS (International Lyme And Associated Diseases Society) 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 Lyme journey.
www.ilads.org/lyme/ILADS_Guidelines.pdf