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Btw, I was dx'd with lyme almost 3 months ago. Being treated for babesia and bartonella too.
What kind of test are you having done? What kind of doc are you seeing?
Hope you find some answers soon. :)
Thanks a lot. My family doctor told me that I have to wait for 6 weeks to get a lyme screen test as IgG and IgA won't develop until 6 weeks later. So I am still waiting. He gave me 1 week antibiotics. Not sure that is enough. I felt tired, I guess that is consistent with elevated TSH.
Thanks again for the explanation and hope you recover completely.
Yo311245
My oldest son was dx with Lyme's years ago. Since then, he needs stronger & longer antibiotics any time he gets a bacterial infection.
4 weeks of antibiotic treatment is standard.... and that's if you've just gotten bitten. And then there's the problem of co-infections such as babesia and bartonella. Both have to be treated with different antibiotics than lyme. In spite of what most GPs say, babs and bart are NOT rare. Just the opposite. It's rare to find someone with JUST lyme.
I assume your doc's running an ELISA test. Since you were just bitten, if you have lyme, it should be positive. If it isn't, ask for a Western Blot, just to make sure. Better safe than sorry.
Fatigue is a huge part of lyme and co-infections. If the fatigue continues, I'd suggest seeing a lyme-literate doctor.
Here are some links - please read them.
http://www.ilads.org/guidelines.html - These are treatment guidelines. It might be a good idea to print them out and show them to your doc.
http://www.truthaboutlymedisease.com/ - this is a good intro to lyme
http://www.cassia.org/essay.htm - Excellent essay, although long. When to suspect Lyme Disease.
http://www.lyme.org/otherdis/ld_symptoms.html - Fairly comprehensive list of lyme symptoms.
I hope this helps.
http://www.columbia-lyme.org/flatp/lymeoverview.html
http://www.lymesite.com/children.htm <--- this site has waaay too much information, i.e. lotsa links. Still, definitely worth going through.
http://www.canlyme.com/pediatric.html <--- excellent children's symptoms list
If these sound like your son, please get him to a lyme-literate doc. There's an excellent doctor near Lancaster PA who treats children. She has a waiting list, but is definitely worth it. I have her # and can PM you if you're interested.
Thanks again for your invaluable help.
Yo311245
Unfortunately, like the lyme tests, there isn't a single one that's 100% conclusive - or even close. That's why these are all clinical diagnoses (diagnosed by symptoms).
If you can afford it, Igenex is really the best lab for lyme and co-infection testing. They don't take insurance tho (except for medicaid). It runs a little under $200 to get the IgG and IgM Western Blots done. Co-infection testing is a lot more. It ran me about $500 total for both WBs and babs and bart testing. And you need a dr to order the blood testing and recieve the results. Might be something to think about.
Good luck and wishing you negative results all the way around! And no further symptoms! :)