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2 years ago i had lyme ab screen mildly elevevated but western blot all non reactive. now im testing pos for igm 23 and igm 41. what does this mean?
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Interpret clinically: Lyme is known to be 'tricky'. The first set of tests I would ignore, since the Western blot was totally negative. In the second case, this could indicate an acute exposure since you've got 2 out of 3 IgM bands. You definitely need to talk to the doctor about these- since the lab work needs to be interpreted in the right clinical context. Sometimes lab tests come up as 'false positive'. See ID doc.
Answered 11/27/2017
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