Band 31?

My LLMD told me that people can heal from Lyme and still test positive on the Western Blot. Remember: the Western Blot test is an antibody test. Antibodies can stay in the bloodstream after an infection is healed.

And, I remember reading a post on here by another member who shared that his/her spouse (I'm maintaining member privacy here) tested positive for Lyme but has no symptoms whatsoever and has opted out of treatment.

Just because someone has antibodies for Lyme does not mean they have active disease.

Lyme continues to come back to a clinical diagnosis....

I honestly don't understand all the IgG and IgM stuff. I should probably ask my LLMD about band 31 at my appt today.

Thanks for those explanations, everyone!!! My brain goes to bed just before sunset right now!! LOL!

While I do agree that if Igenex is saying that Band 31 is significant in late Lyme that they have good reason, but now I have to go find out why!! LOL! I really don't like that part of me sometimes. but it's that part of me that got the information that I needed to heal that first time around, several years ago now.

From what I understand, Lyme can go chronic (Late Lyme) in as little as 3 days for someone who has very little immune function and the body is battling too many other things. Although for many it's at least weeks/months or even years before Lyme will 'go chronic'.

But what we truly need is to find the studies that these LLMD's are getting this info from, otherwise it's really no better than 'hearsay', we have to take their word for it. And no matter how much I trust a doctor, their opinions get in the way too often.

My understanding about the IgG and IgM is that the IgG represents a later response by the body, and an IgM represents an infection being currently fought by the body - but that may be old information and more up to date info could be out there. I honestly don't have time to spend searching for information any longer, I have to wait for it to come to me, so I find myself behind times more now. Sorry!!

Utahgal...did you bring up this point with your doc today?