Re: Re: Need urgent answer regarding tick testing

[Guest guest]

Barb, do you think the place in Vermont mostly tests for the species of Lyme found in New England? I live in the Midwest.

I’ve got the tick concealed in a

medicine bottle inside a tight zip lock.

I’ve already drafted a letter to my

daughter’s Pediatrician essentially demanding her treatment. I will

fax it in tomorrow. Several years back, I took her in with a classic

bulls eye rash & fever post tick bite. He walked in & said that

you can’t get Lyme in this part of the country, looked at the rash &

whipped out his Rx. pad. He said he had no choice but to treat it. He

knows I’m not a knee jerk mother & I think he will pacify me once

again with a Rx. for her. I hope.

I’ve been the biggest skeptic all

along about all of this Lyme stuff. This tick was SOOOOOOOO tiny. I

was able to remove it (with a portion of her skin) & I put it on a tissue

& looked at it w/a magnifying glass. Definitely a tick. I can

certainly see why someone would not be aware they were bitten by a tick.

thanks to everyone for their replies.

Patrice

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Re: Need urgent answer regarding tick testing

I've had 3 ticks tested in the past 2 years:

2 in Williston Vermont

http://www.analyticalservices.com/tick_testing/

and 1 at Igenex in Ca.

http://www.igenex.com/

Both places charge about $50.00 per tick.

1 came off me (negative) 1 off my neighbors horse

(negative)

and 1 off a friend of mine (and it'd been on her

at least a day)

and hers was positive - and she tested positive

for Lyme 6 weeks

later, after she'd been on Doxy for 5 weeks.

Place the tick in a plastic baggie & mail it

to either place.

The problem is, it'll be at least a week till you

get the results

maybe 10 days. So if you think the tick's

been feeding over 15

hrs., then I'd be nervous.

Barb

> I know many of you are a lot more literate

about Lyme disease on

this web

> site than I am. I need to know

urgently whether there's some

place I can

> send a tick for testing. I'm starting

to freak out that I'm living

in a

> very tick infested area. Both of my

children have had tick bites

(tiny tiny

> ticks) & developed subsequent rashes

& fevers. They were treated

the

> standard 10 days with AB's (didn't know at

the time this was

probably

> inadequate) but have done well. I have

been bitten by a tick and

am sick as

> hell.

>

>

>

> I pulled yet another tiny tiny tick off of my

daughter tonight.

She wasn't

> even outside tonight, so it's probably been

attached at least 24

hours. I

> saved the tick. Is there somewhere I

can send this for testing?

>

>

>

> I know I need to get her on Abx asap, but my

mainstream

Pediatrician has his

> head stuck in the sand & doesn't believe

Lyme exists in my part of

the

> country.

>

>

>

> Patrice

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[Guest guest]

Barb,

Was the tick that tested positive sent to Igenex and the two that tested neg sent to the other lab, in Vermont? I notice they mention the CDC and the ALDF as useful links (?!)

I happened to be in the middle of writing a mail to our french lyme list re where to have ticks tested. California is a bit far from Europe, MDLs has revamped their website and I am going crazy trying to find the place where they mention their tick testing.

Spring is here and I know we will start getting loads of people pulling ticks off them and nowhere to sent them.

Nelly

[infections] Re: Need urgent answer regarding tick testing

I've had 3 ticks tested in the past 2 years:2 in Williston Vermonthttp://www.analyticalservices.com/tick_testing/ and 1 at Igenex in Ca.http://www.igenex.com/Both places charge about $50.00 per tick.1 came off me (negative) 1 off my neighbors horse (negative)and 1 off a friend of mine (and it'd been on her at least a day)and hers was positive - and she tested positive for Lyme 6 weekslater, after she'd been on Doxy for 5 weeks.Place the tick in a plastic baggie & mail it to either place.The problem is, it'll be at least a week till you get the resultsmaybe 10 days. So if you think the tick's been feeding over 15hrs., then I'd be nervous.Barb

[Guest guest]

Barb,

http://www.analyticalservices.com/tick_testing/

I just had a closer look at what they say re tick testing for Lyme. What do you think can be made of this : "tick testing for the bacterium responsible for Lyme Disease is a screen and will not definitively rule out or confirm the presence of B. burgdorferi" ?

Nelly

[Guest guest]

Thanks Barb,

I have just posted on Eurolyme re: testing ticks in Europe. I am in contact with a vet lab in Madrid (Spain) and the director has just replied that he can and will test ticks (by PCR). He says he can do Borrelia, Babesia, Ehrlichias, iella burnetii and some Rickettsias. He has tested our blood on several occasions and both Jacques (my husband) and myself managed to get one + each for borrelia (out of 3 tests each, at different times).

I don't know why I never thought of him when people ask me where to have ticks tested in Europe and every year quite a few people ask me (or Gill) where to send ticks.

Nelly

[infections] Re: Need urgent answer regarding tick testing

Nelly- I'll ask them- and let you know.Barb> Barb,> > http://www.analyticalservices.com/tick_testing/> > I just had a closer look at what they say re tick testing for Lyme. What do you think can be made of this : "tick testing for the bacterium responsible for Lyme Disease is a screen and will not definitively rule out or confirm the presence of B. burgdorferi" ? > > Nelly

[Guest guest]

Barb,

Here it is

http://es.geocities.com/laboratoriobarba/

http://es.geocities.com/laboratoriobarba/InfPCR.htm

but it's in spanish

Nelly

[infections] Re: Need urgent answer regarding tick testing

Nelly:I'd like the address for the lab you're mentioning.(you can backchannel me if you'd like).Since I think I'm infected with b.afzeliiI just might send some serum or blood FEDX to him in parallel with sending some to Igenex.. maybe for my next test in November.does he do whole blood or serum or both?I'll jump over to EuroLyme.Barb