Guest guest Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 As many of you know, I was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis in 1978. I had been at summer camp. At that time, Lyme disease was not very well known. My aunt has it, and after years of pleading, we finally went to see her doctor. I liked the doc very much. A bunch of tests were ordered and here are the results. Can anybody explain them to me? Can these tests be positive in RA as well? I did have an actual case of Lyme in 2001 which was cleared up. Could the test be positive because of that? What does #3 mean? I have been ANA positive since 1980, but do not have full-blown SLE. Any insight welcome. Obviously, I need to talk with this doc more, but thought I’d see if anybody here had insight. 1. You definitely have Lyme disease. Both your ELISA and Western Blot are positive 2. You are allergic to peanuts but none of the other food tested 3. You have a positive DS DNA and anti-histone antibodies This is common in Lyme. You have both evidence of the infection and auto-immune disease as well. Please check exactly what your reactio0n to plaquenil was in the past. The best combo for you would be Biaxin and Plaquenil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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