[chadntx]

First Post! I've had some trouble finding information regarding OCB's.
To give you a brief history, I was first suspected of MS over 15 years ago (numbness and tingling). Scans reveled at that time that there were several lesions. Over the following years I have had other sets of scans done on my Brain and Spinal area reveling other lesions.
Recently I had a lumbar puncture done and the results were that I had 16 bands that were unique to the CSF (none in the serum / blood). IgG index was elevated as well. I do have a Dx for MS and Copaxone is being started in the next few days.
My question: what does the number of unique band mean? Is it of any prognostic value? - from what I've been able to research, 16 unique OCB's is alot!
Kinda worried about that information. Thanks in advance for your thoughts.