Posted by bleauberry on March 20, 2009, at 20:29:26
In reply to Re: Back after hospitalization » bleauberry, posted by greywolf on March 20, 2009, at 9:13:01
Well, like I said, do not...repeat...DO NOT rely on a test to tell you if you have Lyme or not. It has been clinically laboratory proven that a whopping 50% of people definitely infected test NEGATIVE on the Elisa test and the Western Blot test combined.
It is a CLINICAL diagnosis. If the doc isn't completely schooled on symptoms of Lyme, and how it mimics so many other diseases, you will have a painful road ahead of you.
No time or space or place to do it here. But to keep a very long instruction manual real short...a blind diagnostic trial of an anti-Lyme antibiotic will tell you all you need to know. Healthy people basically get a little bit of heartburn and that's about it. Infected people feel a lot more than that.
> Yes, I live in a wooded area with ticks. Never thought of getting tested for Lyme disease. Will check that out with my primary. Thanks for the idea.
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