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Posted 6/16/2021 8:11 PM (GMT -5)
IHT Technology hair test. Galvanic skin response.

Would you consider this to be an accurate test for Lyme, co-infections, and Candida?

General thoughts on the test? Thanks.
Posted 6/16/2021 10:02 PM (GMT -5)
No, I wouldn’t test there Unless it’s free.

Go with the tried and true labs - like Igenex and Armin Labs
Unless you have already tested there and are wanting a second or third option?

I did try an unknown lab about two years after a positive lyme WB from Igenex.
It was inexpensive and showed Bartonella via pcr
Posted 6/17/2021 8:36 AM (GMT -5)
Thank you.

It's not for me. It's for my niece. She had what appeared to be a bite. The bite had a rash around it. Then she had other like round rashes come up on her body. She had a high fever that would fluctuate, and she just overall didn't seem to feel well. Started on Amoxicillin from doctor and is responding very well. Her parents had already been doing some natural things like essential oils and silver, but she did make rapid improvement once the ABX was started. Fever left and about five days after starting ABX, skin symptoms are about 75% better. The doctor who prescribed the ABX didn't do a blood test but said 90% chance it was Lyme.

Parents sent a hair sample to a guy who uses that hair test. He says according to test that she doesn't have Lyme, but he says that Mycoplasma and Candida showed up and wants to do a protocol for them saying she should make good progress in 2-3 months.

What do you make of this?
Posted 6/17/2021 6:02 PM (GMT -5)

JMF84 said...
Thank you.

It's not for me. It's for my niece. She had what appeared to be a bite. The bite had a rash around it. Then she had other like round rashes come up on her body. She had a high fever that would fluctuate, and she just overall didn't seem to feel well. Started on Amoxicillin from doctor and is responding very well. Her parents had already been doing some natural things like essential oils and silver, but she did make rapid improvement once the ABX was started. Fever left and about five days after starting ABX, skin symptoms are about 75% better. The doctor who prescribed the ABX didn't do a blood test but said 90% chance it was Lyme.

Parents sent a hair sample to a guy who uses that hair test. He says according to test that she doesn't have Lyme, but he says that Mycoplasma and Candida showed up and wants to do a protocol for them saying she should make good progress in 2-3 months.

What do you make of this?

She has caught it early - and its much more treatable than chronic Lyme. She needs to stay on the abx until ALL symptoms are gone PLUS a few more weeks.

And get the abx before she runs out of the ones she has.
Not a good idea to have several weeks break in treatment.

If the Dr won’t prescribe the antibiotics - then she should get her to a LLMD ASAP.

Chronic Lyme is NOT where she wants to go!

Sorry to be so emphatic - but chronic Lyme takes a long time to treat - could take years.

A tick bite with a red ring IS Lyme disease.
Posted 6/17/2021 7:54 PM (GMT -5)
That is helpful. The doctor has called in 30 days of ABX so that's a good thing. Thanks.
Posted 6/17/2021 10:07 PM (GMT -5)

JMF84 said...
That is helpful. The doctor has called in 30 days of ABX so that's a good thing. Thanks.

Yes! That is good!

Hope her symptoms completely clear up in the next couple weeks.
She has responded well so far .
Posted 6/18/2021 7:08 AM (GMT -5)
IHT looks like complete bunkum to me - i would avoid anything that claims to evaluate the bodies "energetic systems"

there are far more established, tried and tested methods of evaluating disease states.
in the real world each of these has its own issues to do with the limits of science at this point in time - but the game plan should in my view be to use what we have that is fact based - whilst understanding its limitations - rather than give up on rational fact based science all together.
Posted 6/18/2021 9:30 AM (GMT -5)
Thank you, Garzie.
Posted 6/24/2021 8:12 AM (GMT -5)
My niece has been on Amoxicillin for about 1 1/2 weeks now. Fever had left and red blotches faded, but the fever came back last night while I'm quite sure she is still on the ABX. Is this common? Could this indicate possibly Mycoplasma or another infection present? Thanks.
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