indeterminate igenix

Hi my mums got ind igenix
31 +
39 ind
41++

Some treat on 41 alone..should we do more testing, what do you think?

Agreeing with Girlie. Band 31 and 39 are Lyme specific.

A "Lyme specific band" means specific for Borrelia Burgdorferi, sensu stricto - Lyme disease in the strictest sense. There are only two on the over 300 known strains of Lyme that is considered Bb, ss. Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia mayonii. Nothing else will turn a Lyme specific band positive other than Lyme disease - - even though there are over 100 different strains of Borrelia in the US that cause human illness.

For some reason, there has been a lot of controversy surrounding if Band 31 is really Lyme specific or not, which makes no sense at all, especially knowing that we have articles like these that show that it is:
Band 31:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1520966


www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9440203


www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8406878


www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8005219


www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10030131


And more references can be found here:
www.reocities.com/HotSprings/Oasis/6455/western-blot.txt

Is she willing to go with herbal treatments? If so, you can start those right away.

Can you find a LLMD that will take her with those results if she wishes to use abx? I'm not sure where you are located, but we can look to see if there are many options near her.

This is from the "New to Lyme... " thread:

9 cross-reactive for Borrellia
12 specific for Bb
18 unknown
20 cross-reactive for Borrellia
21 unknown
22 cross reactive with other spirochetes/bacteria
23-25 outer surface protein C (OspC), specific for Bb(Lyme)
28 outer surface protein D (OspD), specific for Bb
30 outer surface protein A (OspA) (common in European and
one California strain?)
31 outer surface protein A (OspA), specific for Bb
34 outer surface protein B (OspB); specific for Bb
35 specific for Bb
37 specific for Bb
38
39 Bacterial membrane protein A (BmpA); specific for Bb
41 flagellin protein of all spirochetes; this is usually the first to appear after a Bb infection and is specific for all Borrellia
45 cross-reactive for all Borellia (sometimes people with Lyme who have
this band positive also have the co-infection Ehrlichiosis)
50 cross-reactive for all Borrellia
55 cross-reactive for all Borrellia
57 cross-reactive for all Borrellia
58 unknown but may be a heat-shock Bb protein
60 cross reactive for all Borrellia
66 cross-reactive for all Borrelia, common in all bacteria
83 specific antigen for the Lyme bacterium, probably a cytoplasmic membrane- specific for Bb
93 an immunodominant protoplasmic cylinder antigen associated with the flagellin. Specific to Bb.