Guest guest Posted June 16, 2010 Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 Hi friends, My 22 year old daughter who just got home from a semester of studying in Israel, just showed me a picture of a bullseye rash she had at the end of last August!! I had just been getting my first chance to tell her much about lyme and she had saved this picture. I already thought all of my five children may have been exposed during pregnancy since I was pretty sick before any of them and then she shows me this. She had been hiking a few days before up in Chicago. Before this happened she'd had fatigue, low adrenals on a saliva test, lower than avg. body temp, so I had been planning to have her and many other family members tested. She is now wanting to be tested, which is one hurdle crossed. I think whatever treatment she starts will provoke a better WB results. Very fortunately, she hasn't had a major drop in health this last 10 months since this rash. but I didn't think she was that strong to begin with..... I have a protocol from my doc at Dr. K's clinic with strong rizol oils and buhner herbs to do for 6 weeks to provoke a response. Since this was 10 months ago, does anyone think another type treatment would be better than this? She isn't totally convinced she has lyme even with the rash, though of course I know better, and really wants the test. Thanks friends, for any advice! Debbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 Hi Debbie, I am sure sorry to hear about your daughter and possibly your other children... As you may know, most Lyme tests do present faulty results and seldom can be trusted, especially when symptoms are present and the test is negative. The WB looks for antibody's the body produces to fight disease, if the body has recently produced antibody's for Lyme, the test would be positive, if not, then negative. I have seen all kinds of crazy results on these tests, some have used abx before the test, some nothing and often the results were not as hoped. A positive test means the medical community will take her symptoms more seriously. And a bullseye rash is 100% Lyme, good she has a picture of it, this may be enough to convince some docs she has Lyme. This may help understand why tests are so faulty: http://www.king5.com/health/Why-doctors-dont-agree-how-to-test-treat-lyme-diseas\ e-96259649.html You may have a few options that may be better than the WB test... This is a new DNA test for Lyme, I know absolutely nothing about it other than what is in this news release. http://www.ctbulletin.com/articles/2010/04/13/news/doc4bbe0b4ec284a866871319.txt The Central Florida Research Lab actually tests for parts of the pathogen, now that is a novel idea... No antibody's here... The downside is not all doctors may accept their results, so check with your doctor. http://centralfloridaresearch.com/antigen-test-flow-cytometry http://centralfloridaresearch.com/ I hope this is helpful, Jim > > Hi friends, > > My 22 year old daughter who just got home from a semester of studying in Israel, just showed me a picture of a bullseye rash she had at the end of last August!! I had just been getting my first chance to tell her much about lyme and she had saved this picture. I already thought all of my five children may have been exposed during pregnancy since I was pretty sick before any of them and then she shows me this. She had been hiking a few days before up in Chicago. > > > Before this happened she'd had fatigue, low adrenals on a saliva test, lower than avg. body temp, so I had been planning to have her and many other family members tested. She is now wanting to be tested, which is one hurdle crossed. I think whatever treatment she starts will provoke a better WB results. Very fortunately, she hasn't had a major drop in health this last 10 months since this rash. but I didn't think she was that strong to begin with..... > > I have a protocol from my doc at Dr. K's clinic with strong rizol oils and buhner herbs to do for 6 weeks to provoke a response. Since this was 10 months ago, does anyone think another type treatment would be better than this? She isn't totally convinced she has lyme even with the rash, though of course I know better, and really wants the test. > > Thanks friends, for any advice! > > Debbie > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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