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confused about tests for Lyme. Help please?

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charles shepherd

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duncan said:
@charles shepherd , if I get tested using the tests you highly advise, and I test negative, what does that tell me?

If I test positive using the types of tests you are highly advising, what do those positive tests tell me?
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If I was tested positive using the HPA testing, and I had an illness that fitted the clinical picture of Lyme Disease, then I would be fairly confident that I had Lyme Disease

If I tested positive with a commercial test but negative with the HPA testing I would be seriously questioning the diagnosis before embarking on antibiotic treatment
 
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duncan

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Thank you for your response, but you did not answer either of my questions. I asked what the test results would tell you, not how they would leave you feeling.

Hint: See my reply to Valentijn.
 
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