Lyme Disease Support Group

I live in North Mississippi where Lyme is "supposedly" not endemic.

How do I report it? To the State Health Department?

I'm thinking I should report it to help get Mississippi on the map as endemic.

Thanks y'all.

can you post your test results?

This is all Greek to me. I've tried to research what all the bands are but just can't wrap my brain around it.

My IgG was negative but here's my IgM results...

IGeneX IgM result POSITIVE

CDC/NYS result POSITIVE

18 kDa +

**23-25 kDa +

28 kDa -

30 kDa -

**31 kDa +++

**34 kDa -

**39 kDa IND

**41 kDa ++

45 kDa -

58 kDa ++

66 kDa +

**83-93 kDa +

sadly, just to let you know I am also NYS/CDC + on IgM, with one IgG +, you would not be positive by CDC standards

again each county (start with health dept) has it's own standards so you might try calling them, not sure which co. you are

usually the reporting process is started by doctor ordering the test

Contracted Lyme in 2001. Also concerned I may have passed it to my 6 year old. I had a miscarriage @ 12 weeks in February...I wonder if Lyme could have caused the loss.

I hope you are okay and your treatment is going well.

God Bless

Welcome to the group, and yes, for sure, Lyme is in your blood. And there is no way to say this lovingly enough, so please bear with me. Lyme does cause a lot of unnecessary miscarriages.

If you were unaware of your condition while being pregnant, also, there is a good chance you passed it along. I did with my 3 girls, and they all are positive and in treatment right now with me.

One major thing to tell you on this is: get her tested. Have an LLMD evaluate your child. If the LLMD/test results point to Lyme, please know that the earlier you treat the better. Once they reach puberty, the hormonal changes, etc., make treating the Lyme exponentially harder.

So please, look into this. My girls are 10, 7, and 5. We are cutting it very close with out 10-yr-old, and I am SO glad I found out the info before it was too close for what little comfort we have left.

Please know that if you have any questions, or would like some info to help you evaluate your child, I have a lot of info on this that came directly from a naturopathic doctor's conference from MArch of this year. I went as a patient advocate and have all of the materials, and a pretty solid working knowledge of this whole mess.

I certainly don't think I know everything, but I can help a lot. (Wow, I seem to be tooting my own horn loudly here! Don't mean to sound like it!!)

Anyway, please check out my welcome letter, if you haven't done so yet. You can find it here:

http://www.mdjunction.com/forums/lyme-disease-support- forums/general-support/10007220-welcome-letter-lyme-101

Lots of love and care for you and your child,

Lauren

I hope I will be able to pay it forward one day by helping someone else. I still have so much to learn.

i still don't get it.

i got bit in penna.

penna called the state i live in.

my state called my county department.

the county called me and asked me a bunch of questions.

since i was seen by a PA, i would not be counted.

why would they want a count on me, when penna had the count?

i didn't get the tick bite here; i got it in penna!!!!!

only to think they wanted to KNOW who it was for maybe my insurance company or whatever they have on THEIR guidelines?????

it made no sense to me whatsoever.