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Best antibiotics that cross blood-brain barrier?

What are the most effective oral antibiotics that cross the BBB and get into the brain and CNS?...

6/26/2018 3:41 PM

Lyme Disease

The question of Lyme-specific bands in Western blot

Don't worry; I'm sure the HealingWell web server can easily accomodate the few threads I've started. No, she didn't. In fact, the only one who attempted to answer my original question in this thread...

2/4/2017 10:08 PM

Lyme Disease

The question of Lyme-specific bands in Western blot

The author (Doherty) begins by summarizing all the WB bands mentioned in "medical literature"; I'll take his word for it. He lists the following as Bb specific. In other words, you should assume...

2/4/2017 9:23 PM

Lyme Disease

The Lyme spirochete does not produce neurotoxins

The point is that since it seems very likely that Bb does not produce neurotoxins, those patients who are ingesting supplements to "detox" are wasting their money and possibly taking a health risk....

2/2/2017 12:02 PM

Lyme Disease

The question of Lyme-specific bands in Western blot

I have to ask you to provide some evidence to back your claim. So what you're saying is that although the CDC claims that five of ten IgG bands have to show as reactive before a diagnosis, IGeneX...

2/2/2017 11:50 AM

Lyme Disease

The Lyme spirochete does not produce neurotoxins

The point is: if you or any other poster have credible evidence to show that Bb produces neurotoxins, please post it. Alternative viewpoints should not be confused with instigation. Where...

2/2/2017 11:09 AM

Lyme Disease

The Lyme spirochete does not produce neurotoxins

Bacteria produce only two types of toxins: endotoxins, which are non-secreted lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) that make up a large part of the cell wall of gram-negative bacteria; and, exotoxins that are...

2/1/2017 10:16 PM

Lyme Disease

The question of Lyme-specific bands in Western blot

I suppose I am questioning both. Let me explain why. Yes, as you say I tested "indeterminate" for band 39 IgM with IGeneX. Regarding IgM bands the Mayo Clinic has this to say: Now, my symptoms...

1/29/2017 4:50 PM

Lyme Disease

The question of Lyme-specific bands in Western blot

That link is the first page I have seen in which some kind of evidence is provided as to why certain bands are Lyme-specific. I don't like how it hasn't been updated since 2001, but it's better than...

1/29/2017 4:18 PM

Lyme Disease

The question of Lyme-specific bands in Western blot

I am curious what your Quest/LabCorp Western blot results were compared to your IGeneX results. Did your LLMD diagnose you because there were some "Lyme-specific" bands showing as positive in your...

1/29/2017 3:56 PM

Lyme Disease

The question of Lyme-specific bands in Western blot

I do recall the AIDS epidemic very well. However, it took place in the 80s and early 90s which was less than 10 years after AIDS/HIV was discovered in 1981. The medical establishment has known about...

1/29/2017 3:50 PM

Lyme Disease

The question of Lyme-specific bands in Western blot

That would be true if Lyme was responsible for relatively few, distinct symptoms. However, there are 1,001 symptoms that are attributed to infection by B. burdorferri (rightly or wrongly), and as...

1/29/2017 3:39 PM

Lyme Disease

The question of Lyme-specific bands in Western blot

So the standard CDC tests for reactivity on these bands: IgM 24, 39 and 41 and IgG 18, 21, 28, 30, 39, 41, 45, 58, 66, and 93. As we know, the CDC recommends that two of the three IgM and five of the...

1/27/2017 7:32 PM

Lyme Disease

Only IgG 41 reactive, but feeling some Lyme symptoms

Hi guys, I got my IGeneX results yesterday. :cry: IGeneX IGM Result: Negative CDC/NYS Results: Negative 18 kDa: + 23-25 kDa: - 28 kDa: - 30 kDa: - 31 kDa: - 34 kDa: - 39 kDa: IND 41 kDa: + 45 kDa: -...

8/24/2016 10:16 AM

Lyme Disease

Only IgG 41 reactive, but feeling some Lyme symptoms

Any guesses as to why my ELISA score went up from .53 to .62 in a few months? March 2016: EIA W/RFL WB, .53 July 2016: EIA W/RFL WB, .62...

8/9/2016 11:28 AM

Lyme Disease

Only IgG 41 reactive, but feeling some Lyme symptoms

But since I had only IGG 41 in June 2015 and then again in July 2016, shouldn't enough Lyme antibodies have been produced in 13 months for a more positive detection?...

8/9/2016 11:12 AM

Lyme Disease

Only IgG 41 reactive, but feeling some Lyme symptoms

Are you sure? Everywhere else I've read that 41 is the band that is not specific to Lyme. The lab that did my testing was Quest Diagnostics in New Jersey. I have already made an appointment with an...

8/9/2016 10:19 AM

Lyme Disease

Only IgG 41 reactive, but feeling some Lyme symptoms

Hi everyone, Back in the summer of 2015 I started feeling the following symptoms: lightheaded, pressure in my head, and vision which I can only describe as "not normal". I had a Western Blot test...

8/9/2016 7:44 AM

Lyme Disease