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Old 03-11-2011, 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by daisy.girl View Post
I have always heard that the blood had to be drawn on the same day as the LP for the test for the O Bands to be accurate. Anyone else ever heard this??
I have not myself, but they did my blood work + LP the same day by consequence (I had put off the blood work - in denial - no I was scared actually). They found the O-bands clear as mud in my spinal fluid.

I have heard the bands may not be present out of a flare/inflammatory period, though I don't know if there's truth to that. The way my neurologist explained them, he made O-bands sound like age rings in a tree section.
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