The organizations and powers that be have officially named this disease Lyme. Not plural. If you have a doc who calls it Lymes, that's a good indicator that s/he is not knowledgeable and should be avoided. It's named after the community in CT where s

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The organizations and powers that be have officially named this disease Lyme. Not plural. If you have a doc who calls it Lymes, that's a good indicator that s/he is not knowledgeable and should be avoided. It's named after the community in CT where some alert, observant moms put two and two together about their children's baffling illnesses, and closer scrutiny and study brought it to medical and then public attention. Yes, there are plural co-infections, but many of us call that Lyme & Coinfections, or, Lyme & Co. For those of us who have been battling all the misinformation about this disease for years, 'Lymes' is as irritating as hearing folks speak of 'arthuritis', or 'gull-bladder', although this disease by any other name is just as lousy. :-PBe well,Léna I know that Lymes can move into many different forms which may make it difficult to detect with Antigen/Antibody testing. (IGeneX test) After antibiotic treatment... The (lymes bacteria) spirochetes may avoid the immune response by decreasing expression of surface proteins that are targeted by antibodies, antigenic variation of the VlsE surface protein, inactivating key immune components such as complement, and hiding in the extracellular matrix, which may interfere with the function of immune factors.[58][59] Thus if the body does not detect the hidden bacteria, no antibody would be requested within the body. This would result in a false postive test for Lymes Antibodies. (IgB IgG, i believe) Lymes can also go into a hybernation, or a spore like egg state where it is dormate for many years, and also invulnurable to immune systems and antibiotics. (note: antibiotics kill both good and bad bacteria within the body, which can lead to the promotion of other conditions) There is a relitively new test you may consider where the sample is cultured and lymes spirochetes are tested. See this link for more details... http://lymedisease.org/news/lymepolicywonk/811.html I'm not a doctor, just a guy that likes to read Wikipedia a lot. Good luck, Bob > > > Dear Lyme and Rife yahoo group: > > I tested positive for Lyme Disease with the ELISA in the Autumn of > 2010 and then was tested for the typical Western Blot in September 2010 > - both I tested positive for Lyme Disease. But, I am somewhat confused > now. I was tested in January 2012 for Babesia and Bartonella, but the > test came with testing for Lyme Disease again (which was not my > preference, it just came with the other two tests with IGeneX, > Laboratory). What I do not understand for sure about is that the tests > with IGeneX, Laboratory came bath negative for everything - despite the > fact that I have yet to be treated for the late-stage Lyme Disease > (which I have most of the symptoms for) and I am sure (based on my > symptoms) that I have more than one of the related c0-infections. I was > also able to get tested for heavy metal toxicity - which I tested toxic > for about five or so heavy metals. I am assuming that I tested negative > for at least the Lyme Disease because it is now more in my tissues > versus my blood (or some other factors). This is maybe going to make it > even more difficult for my family to listen to what is going on with me > (though IGeneX Laboratory does indicate on their testing results sheets > that the test results are not the only thing to look at in considering > whether one has Lyme Disease or not). I think I likely got the Lyme > Disease (and probably some of the related c0-infections) in November > 2007, but did not find out I had it until the Autumn of 2010. > > I would appreciate any helpful thoughts regarding testing positive > at one point (definitely) for Lyme Disease and now testing negative. > > Thank you. > > > Sincerely, in Christ Jesus the Lord, > > > >