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When to Suspect Lyme by D. Bleiweiss, MD.

Many patients are told that they have Multiple Sclerosis (MS) because of brain

MRI findings or a spinal tap was positive for oligoclonal bands (OCB) or myelin

basic protein (MBP). The medical literature is quite emphatic that MRI does not

reliably distinguish between MS an LD because there is too much overlap in their

supposedly distinct appearance and location of plaques. Plaques have been

detected with both disorders in the brain and spinal cord. OCB's and MBP are

non-specific markers for demyelination (loss of sheath around nerves) and do not

signify a cause of the demyelination.