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A member asked:
Are lyme tests elisa & western blot actually unreliable half the time like holistic/naturopath doctors or llmd's say?
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Not true: Naturopaths spend a great deal of time and effort promoting themselves by debunking conventional medicine. But who do you think they go to when they are sick? The tests you mention are mostly reliable but there is a small margin of error for any tests. To say these are unreliable at the 50% level is marketing and untrue.
Answered 1/14/2015
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