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I would like some kind of verification by an independent party if I were going to pay for this test. Speculative testing gets very expensive anyway. I just spent about over $1300 to be told I don't have amyloidosis.Not sure if I would spend my money on Armin Labs. They are using many undocumented tests like Tickplex. Uncertain how one would deal with the result. Would you try antibiotics? IV antibiotics? long term? Worth the risk? And who would give it to you?
Not sure if I would spend my money on Armin Labs. They are using many undocumented tests like Tickplex. Uncertain how one would deal with the result. Would you try antibiotics? IV antibiotics? long term? Worth the risk? And who would give it to you?
Has this been published?@deleder2k This is the only study I found online. They describe the test fairly comprehensively and have done validation with 1002 patients. I don't have enough knowledge to comment on the details, but in any case this test will detect more Borrelia species and according to the paper should improve the sensitivity as well. That isn't saying that the test is fully accurate, but should in any case be better than the 50/80% sensitivity at which the current tests manage to detect early/late Lyme disease.
@JES no one benefits from not being skeptical. ArminLabs are making big money from selling undocumented tests. Some would call it unethical.
Earlier, I was excited about the Tickplex test, but recently I learned that it is the Dutch company Innatoss that got a grant from the EU to developing a reliable Lyme test. I wish I had more updated information.
https://www.innatoss.com/en/lyme-disease/tests/
Serological research looks at the formation of antibodies. In case of a Borrelia infection, the IgM antibodies are, generally speaking, formed first, and the production of IgG follows later. However, a number of characteristics of the body’s antibody response can influence this process:
Cross-reactivity: Syphilis, viral infections and collagen vascular diseases, like rheumatoid arthritis and SLE, can cause a cross-reactivity in antibody tests, especially when testing for IgM antibodies. This causes a false positive result.