Getting spouse tested help please!

My wife was bit by a tick about 6 mos ago. She developed no rash and received a negative test a few months ago.. Now she is complaining about headaches, neckaches and being tired all the time..

 I want her to get tested again and be tested for other tick born infections. Do you think she should be retested again? If she takes Doxy will that cause the antibodies to show if present? 

 Any help is appreciated..

 

Why not just take her with you to your next appt with your LLMD? See if s/he will evaluate your wife! Testing is still not reliable. There are at least 100 strains of Lyme in the U.S. alone, and only 3 or 4 strains are on even the best of tests! It's no wonder why so many test negative even though they are infected!

The other horrible truth is that studies have proven spirochetes can be found in - uhm - excuse me - male 'fluids'. It doesn't take a tick to pass these infections around the family. A woman can pass this infections to her unborn children through the placenta and again through breast milk.

So sorry for not getting back to you sooner, Inhim - things got busy around my house!
Here is where I got my information from:
http://www.anapsid.org/lyme/bach.html

Kind of a scary thought, but we need to know how this is spread without the bite of a tick as well!

WWJD
That same article states: ".... the male sexual partner of a Lyme infected female patient were positive approximately 40% of the time. "

Hope this helps!

I'm having real trouble with links lately, so I'm afraid that you will have to copy and paste that link. Sorry!

I'm really sorry, Inhim, as I said at the bottom of my last post - I have been having a lot of trouble getting links to work for me for some reason - try copying and pasting the link into your browser window. I'm still trying to figure out what' s going on with my computer though!

How is your LLMD about diagnosing clinically? That and past exposure is how the CDC says a diagnosis supposed to be made - with tests to only "confirm diagnosis".

Start writing down your questions. Don't try to remember everything on your own. I would also suggest that you take notes at your wife's appt. It's quite possible that your wife will not have the exact same treatment or routine, so if she is supposed to do something similar to what you are doing, but not quite the same, then you would have your notes to refer back to.

I would suggest that the two of you sit down together and go over the different symptom lists for each different infection - sometimes the person with they symptoms doesn't realize how much or even that they have certain symptoms. I like to use drjoneskids.com as well as the symptom lists that we have in our "New to Lyme?" thread. That way the two of you can ask about the different infections that she might have.

I would also highly suggest that you have a look at the thread titled "questions to ask LLMD's" - several members posted some really good questions! www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=2209117&p=2