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Originally Posted by NicoAvA
Hi madisongirl ! Thank you for the advice.
How did it go for the woman you are talking about? Did she recover? Was she treated for Lyme and co-infections?
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This happened very recently for this woman. It was very similar to a Guillian Barre/ascending paralysis reaction, so she still has a lot of nerve pain and is currently in treatment for Lyme. I can't remember if they gave her IVIG or not.
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Originally Posted by NicoAvA
My blood tests suggest that I did have a recent infection (high IgM) but my IgG were negative so it would mean no prior infection...
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Most infections work like this - an IgM response is mounted to a new infection and after 3 months is replaced by an IgG response. This is what conventional doctors are taught. Lyme disease is the exception to this rule. People get strange antibody responses, so normal assumptions can't be attached to IgM and IgG for this disease.
Chronic Lyme patients will have an IgM response, but not always an IgG response. This is especially seen in the sickest patients. IgM antibodies can remain positive indefinitely.
LymeMD: The IgM question: Is it chronic Lyme disease?
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