Can blood test be false negative for lyme disease? bulls eye bite on 8/16/13 but symptoms much worse since anesthesia from g.b. removal on 10/11/13

YES!!!: A bulls-eye rash is pathognomonic of lyme, meaning it alone generally proves you got it. Blood tests are notoriously unreliable for lyme-only half with lyme have a positive eia & the confirmatory western blot has many false negatives, esp. If not done by igenex, the only lab with a reliable test!ultimately lyme disease is a clinical diagnosis.Treatment requires a comprehensive approach.See comment.

False Negative Commo: It's much more common than most docs realize to get a false negative lyme disease test. Usually test for antibosies is negative until @ least 6 weeks after an infected tick bite. Most peole don't recall a tick bite, or interpreted early flu-like symptoms as something else (like er, the flu). Looking at the history, dev. Of symptoms, and lyme risk factors along w/testing the best bet.