Band 39 in is the most specific band for Lyme. It is the inner most part of the bacteria and unlike some of the other bands it is not present in any other Borrelia except Borrelia Burgdorferi. Most...
iSpot only works for very recent infections....
A note on the C6 test. According to the Ember monkey trials if you every have taken doxycycline you will test negative by C6 100% of the time. Also, according to Embers the C6 is positive only 60% of...
The following are all by CDC/IDSA standards 1. NEVER use Quest Diagnostics. Kaiser tested me 3 times and all times no more than one positive band. I strongly suspect that they don't spin (spinning...
CD 57 are low with Lyme. CD57 is high with Neurological disorders like MS or cancers. The 41 band can also be positive in Syphilis. The 39 is concerning for Lyme as it is VERY specific to Lyme. I...
IgM 1/3, IgG 4/10 You don't have Lyme. IgM 1/3, IgG 7/10 You may or may not have had Lyme, we can't tell, but you self cured and don't have it anymore. IgM 2/3, IgG 4/10 You don't have Lyme. Igm 3/3,...
Johnson from the CDC on August 19 wrote a paper sayings Sapi's study of the Advanced Laboratory Services Blood Culture working was due to contamination. Doctors have been using Johnson's paper to say...
You can email them and ask when they plan to respond to Johnson at their web site www.advanced-lab.com/ I told them how there failure to respond for the last 5 weeks has hurt me, perhaps more should...
NEVER take a Western Blot earlier than 6 weeks AFTER FINISHING a course of antibiotics. Tetracycline and macrolide antibiotics STOP ANTIGEN PRODUCTION (the bands the Lyme Western Blot tests for) or...
Band 41 also cross reacts with syphilis. Any decent doctor should know this and test you for syphilis....