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Originally Posted by Neuroproblem
I actually emailed igenex, and they sent me thier test list, and cost, for different panels, they were very expensive, hundreds to more than a thousand.
tHE REASON why a non-llmd pcp/specialist, because the tests is not widely accepted, and igenex is a private lab, and thier motivation is to make pure profit, and the tests itself are not recognized by them. Most experimentation of science are done in peer-review journals, like new england of medicine journal, or something like nature or science magazines, these are technical data on experiments that have been done and verified. igenex or chronic lyme disease tests dont have this, there are sites out there claiming they can see lyme in multiple forums, but those are anecdotl, they dont show any evidence.
I had to ask the question: "why is igenex the only one, testing lyme and coinfections, and why a significant portion of thier tests are always positives?
-just another note, chronic lyme believers dont even believe in the accuracy of the test, they use, and instead believe that they have lyme, because thier llmd said so.
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Did you get tested through Igenex?
I am in the middle of trying to set up appointments with some LLMD's. The basic Lyme test is around $200. I just want reassurance that I am negative for Lyme. Not sure how I will proceed if it comes back positive though. Last thing I want to do is take tons of abx and make myself sicker.
It just surprises me that lots of people still get clinically diagnosed even with negative results. Some get better, and some don't. The only reason I am doing this is because when I had onset of my pn, i had night sweats and swollen glands which usually signifiy some type of infection. Also, my test results through labcorp showed equivocal result, and positive 41 IGG. I basically just want to test again to reaffirm I am negative so I can check it off my list.