Sorry about all my posts but people on this forum seem to know the most about Lyme disease. Here is my new question.

I have four year old twins, I just got their results and they both have band 41 but my sicker twin has 45 and 66. I had band 41 and 18. I know they got Lyme disease in utero from me, as my daughter did but does anyone know why we have different bands show up? They all have very low cd57 numbers.

Also, anyone have young kids with Lyme disease? What symptoms do you see? They don't verbalized the same as adults but we have had sooo many behavior problems with my daughter but now I am wondering if it's all from the Lyme disease.

It's all dependent on their immune systems I'd say. The test is based on if your body makes antibodies to that specific band (part of the bacteria). Also, if this is with a lab like labcorp I wouldn't trust results much. My daughter had positive Elisa and then bands 41 & 66 on blot. They then re-ran the blot using the same blood sample and came back with just 41. And then tried to charge me for two western blots.

k07 said...
It's all dependent on their immune systems I'd say. The test is based on if your body makes antibodies to that specific band (part of the bacteria). Also, if this is with a lab like labcorp I wouldn't trust results much. My daughter had positive Elisa and then bands 41 & 66 on blot. They then re-ran the blot using the same blood sample and came back with just 41. And then tried to charge me for two western blots.

That's strange. Why would they re-run it in the first place? Same blood sample?