No high IgM

[Padro46]

Have a year and a half journey with no Dx--Lightheaded-back of the head tingling and fatigue/brain fog--Have had many test and scans nothing noted except recent back issues--Blood work has always turned up high IgG numbers for EBV-Parvo19-and others never the high IgM--My docs WILL not treat anything unless it is active any suggestions?

[Garth L Nicolson, PhD]

This is true.  You unfortunately have to go to a specialty lab that can do the PCR testing, and even then you have to be at the right time when the microorganism is being shed into the blood to get a positive test result.  On our website, www.immed.org, is a section on Clinical Testing.  There we suggest some lab that can perform these tests.  I might add that this is a constantly evolving situation, because we have had to drop the recommendations of several labs because of their shoddy work. ProfGN

[PlateletGal]

Which mycoplasma testing did you have done ? I know the standard labs not do the testing that we need.

[Padro46]

I have had that testing as well--and they are Neg as well.  What can I do next

[Garth L Nicolson, PhD]

Often these signs/symptoms are associated with chronic infections.  In fact, in our signs/symptoms work up of several chronic illnesses with the presence of bacterial and viral infections, these symptoms came up over and over.  Unfortunately, the types of chronic infections that are found rarely show high IgM levels, because they are generally chronic and not acute infections (acute infections that commonly stimulate IgM levels).  In addition to the parvovirus-19 your physician should be looking for chronic bacterial infections, such as Mycoplasma species and Chlamydia pneumoniae.  Often these turn up positive in this type of situation, but they are also hard to find using antibody testing. ProfGN

[Padro46]

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