Help! Do I have Lyme and Need to Treat? Test Results Inside

igm/igg below:
IGM:

IGENEX NEGATIVE

CDC/NYS NEGATIVE

18+

31 IND

39 IND

41 +++

IGG:

IGENEX POSITIVE

CDC/NYS NEGATIVE

28+

39+

41+++

58+

IFA RESULT BURGDORFERI: 40 [EQUIVOCAL]

BARTONELLA FISH RNA: NEGATIVE

BABESIA FISH RNA: POSITIVE

E. CHAFEENSIS IGM: <20

E. CHAFEENSIS IGG: 160

B. MICROTI IGG: <40

B. MICROTI IGM: 40

BERGDORFERI PCR: NEGATIVE

Ok guys hopefully you can help me make sense of this. We did have a tick infection in our home in August 2013 and I got flu like symptoms 2 weeks later after we treated the house. I don't remember a bite or rash though.

Around that time I also started waking up after 1-2 hrs of sleep, which has never happened before. I am asthmatic and take an inhaled corticosteroid, but my asthma is very mild. When I stopped taking Advair, I always had sleep disturbance, and when I went back on the Advair, no more sleep disturbance.

In the summer of 2014 I went off Advair again and got the mid-night awakeneings again followed by H Pylori and Gut Dysbiosis after treating the H Pylori with antibiotics. I'm a mess ever since.

In November 2014, after taking Tetracycline and Metronidazole for H Pylori, I developed a nonstop muscle twitch in my bicep. That lasted for 3 days then went away. In January 2015, after going back on Advair to help me sleep again, I developed muscle twitches in my legs and arms that come and go every 10-20 seconds when the muscle is at rest.

I also got the Spectracell Micronutrient Test at the White Blood Cell level and I am low in B12, B5, Folate and Choline. All else is normal.

Help! Do I need to be treated for Lyme and Babesia?? My only symptoms at this point are the sleep disturbance and muscle twitches. I suspect I was infected back in August 2013 but cant be sure.

Thx for the reply. I'm very scared. Are these infections treatable? Is my E. Chafeensis curable? I've heard people can die or go blind. Is it of any benefit that I caught this 18 months after probably exposure? Need some re-assurance here!!

Try not to worry! It will be okay! With the right treatment, people do get better and live normal lives. Try not to let all the severe cases scare you.

It is better to catch it early. It can make it easier to treat. It is important you see a Lyme Literate doctor who can diagnose and treat you. Regular doctors don't know how to properly treat Lyme. If they will even treat it, a lot of doctors think throwing a couple weeks of doxy your way is a sure fire way to treat Lyme -that it is hard to get and easy to treat. It is not. It is complicated.

We can help you find a doctor to get you on your way! I know you feel overwhelmed and scared. Try not to be scared. You have found the right place for help.

Thx guys I'm calmer now. I scheduled an appointment with a LLMD near me earlier today actually.

I read this on another site:

With proper treatment, Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum can be completely eliminated from the body. In fact, even without antibiotic treatment, the disease typically clears within one month in patients with healthy immune systems (Note: this is unlikely if the person also has Lyme Disease and other co-infections). The body does retain antibodies against Ehrlichia after the infection is gone. While the antibodies aren’t very helpful at preventing a second infection, they may influence subsequent tests.

Look at my IGM- its less than 20 for Chafeensis, and 160 for IGG.

I do remember bad flu like symptom 2 weeks after exposure; then I felt great! In fact I did bodybuilding with cardio and weights for a year after that and felt fine the entire time! Is it possible my immune system quickly destroyed the infection in 2-3 days and the high IGG is simply the past antibodies from 2013?

Hi Ram,
Welcome to our community!! I see that you have been given lots of good information so far, so I mainly wanted to just stop by and say welcome!!

As has been said, please continue to ask questions and to read and learn more - we are here to help you through this!!!