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A 35-year-old female asked:

4 yr.old f rt. leg pain.lyme test igg & igm.results .091.is this negative?why would she have any lyme antibodies?lab error?retest?

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Dr. Bruce Rothschildanswered

Rheumatology 48 years experience

Wrong test: Antibody tests are unreliable for lyme disease. Western blot test should be performed. Also, leg pain not normally a symptom of lyme.

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Dr. Martin Raff

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Dr. Martin Raff commented

Infectious Disease 56 years experience

The antibody tests for Lyme are a screen which is sensitive but not specific. As Dr. Rothschild has indicated the Western Blot is very specific and a confirmatory test.

Jun 18, 2013

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I came up positive on 10 of the 11 IgG and on IgG WB. My IgM is neg. Do these test result show I have had Lymes for an extended period of time?

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A 79-year-old female asked:

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Lyme Doctors only, my IGM western blot positive 2 reactive bands. 23 and 39. I have been on treatment for months but bedridden and several protocols. How accurate is that it's a recent infection with Igg negative. I feel like if new infection by now?

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