Re: Co-infections only?

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> My wife tested positive for Lyme disease recently, but has probably had it for

several

> years, gauging from the symptoms. She's also tested positive for Bartonella,

Babesia,

> Ehrlichia, Rickettsia and two forms of Mycoplasma. The Lyme came up on a

Western Blot,

> and the others on a bio-meridian energy test.

did the western blot have positive (specific ) IgG and IgM bands, or just IgG?

With just a few IgG bands you can't be sure of active infection.

I don't believe in 'energy tests', 'biophotons' etc. The science behind all

these devices is bogus. If the test results are correct it is probably because

the practitioner has questioned the patient before testing and has made an

educated guess (symptoms, history of tick byt etc.) as to what could be wrong.

Often they diagnose multiple infections, because that way you can spend a load

of money on treatment and still feel ill because 'one of the infections is still

not eradicated'. Having so many coinfections at the same time seems pretty

unlikely to me, unless one lives in the middel of tick country and is bitten

frequently.

> I was tested recently (bio-meridian) and only came up positive for Ehrlichia

and Babesia.

> ELISA and Western Blot came up negative (no bars) for Lyme. Is this possible?

Or is it

> more likely that the ELISA/WB tests were just done at the right (well, wrong)

point in

> the life cycle? Any ideas why only the Ehr and Babs would show up in the

energy test?

regarding your own lyme test:

There is always a chance that the Western Blot or will provide a false

negative result (i.e. is says negative while you do have Borrelia infection).

The chance of a false negative with is often over 50%, with a good western

blot usually below 25% but it depends on the exact test that is used and the lab

that performs the test.

I don't think this falst-negative risk is influenced by timing of the test.

However, many factors influence the test outcome e.g. use of steroids or

antibiotics will usually increase the chance of a false negative. If you have a

very weak immune system you may not have an immune reaction at all so the tests

find nothing. On the other hand, if you have a high Borrelia load and a good

immune reaction all antibodies are complexed and the tests will not measure them

either.

theoretically of course it is possible that you get Ehr and Babs from a tick,

and not Bb.