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Why do Horowitz and other LLMDs recommend Labcorps for co infections?

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Posted 11/13/2015 12:15 AM (GMT 0)
My tests were all negative for cos, but I'm one big walking BABs.

And other stuff.

Bart rashes, this that and the other.
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Posted 11/13/2015 8:23 PM (GMT 0)
I just got my labs back and actually got a high (positive?) on mycoplasma and a positive for Chlamydia Pneumoniae Igg. The Bart and Babs test came back negative, but Dr F told me that taking the OLE could suppress them so that they would test negative even though I have all the symptoms.
Posted 11/13/2015 11:04 PM (GMT 0)
It actually makes no sense to be at all, unless they figure that most people usually have insurance that would cover testing from Labcorp and at least some of them would get a positive test result?? But for those that get a negative, it will work against them time and time again. So it still makes no sense. I'd LOVE to ask them though!!!
Posted 11/14/2015 1:00 PM (GMT 0)
We literally just did the co-infections tests with Labcorp and they all came back negative. My son has classic red stretch mark like lines on his back, that have been increasing for the last few months, which our dr said is bart. It is very frustrating when the labs do not support the symptoms.
Posted 11/14/2015 1:41 PM (GMT 0)
Makes no sense to me either.

The difference between local labs such as Lapcorp and IgeneX is this:

Local labs make there lyme probes using rabbit antigens from 2 strains of Lyme.

IgeneX uses samples from human lyme patients from all over the United States and Europe and from patients who had early, middle and late stage lyme.

Also, when a western blot is done there is an acidic gel that is used to separate out the bands. Most labs use a 10% gel. IgeneX uses a 12.5% gel so they get better separation of the bands.

Denise
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