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   How accurate are Lyme disease tests?

   • Tests are less accurate for a short period of time after you first become infected. That’s because Lyme disease tests look for proteins created by your immune system to help you fight off infection (antibodies), rather than for the infection itself, and it can take a few weeks for your body to make enough antibodies to cause a positive test.

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   How accurate is a western blot test for Lyme disease?

   • The Western Blot test may provide a more accurate diagnosis of Lyme disease than most of the other available tests, but testing is more valuable for the late acute than chronic illness. In addition, the test is oriented toward diagnosis of Borrelia burgdorferi and not other species of borrelia that may cause Lyme disease.

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   Can lab results help with chronic Lyme disease?

   • The problem of chronic Lyme disease can’t be solved exclusively by looking at lab results, which is something I know from personal experience. In fact, becoming overly obsessed with lab results can sometimes hinder the recovery process. Here’s what I mean:

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2. www.cdc.gov › lyme › diagnosis-testingTesting and Diagnosis for Lyme disease | Lyme Disease | CDC

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   May 15, 2024 · Laboratory testing. CDC recommends the use of FDA-cleared antibody tests for laboratory diagnosis of Lyme disease. As with antibody tests for other infectious diseases, the accuracy of these tests depends upon how long you've been infected.

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   • The First Test: Elisa
   • The Second Test: Western Blot Or A Second Elisa
   • A Possible Drawback of The Two-Step Testing System

   This blood test is for antibodies against the Lyme disease bacteria. Because it can take some time for your body to produce antibodies, this test isn’t always accurate soon after a person is infected.

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   There are two options for the second test. One is called a Western blot, which looks at how your antibodies react to specific parts of the Lyme disease bacteria. The Western blot test has been part of the two-step testing system since 1994 and is more commonly used. The other option is to do a second ELISA test, which measures antibodies to a speci...

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   The CDC testing guidelines recommend a second test only if the first test is positive or unclear. Because the first test may not pick up antibodies soon after possible exposure to the Lyme disease bacteria, that means a person with Lyme disease may never get the second test. So, if your ELISA test is negative, you may want to ask your doctor to rep...

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   Jan 17, 2023 · The Western Blot test may provide a more accurate diagnosis of Lyme disease than most of the other available tests, but testing is more valuable for the late acute than chronic illness.

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   Jan 8, 2024 · Early stage: Within a month of exposure to Lyme disease, during its “localized” phase, testing isn’t generally necessary if Lyme-specific symptoms, such as the rash, are present. Since it takes a couple of weeks for the body to develop antibodies, tests like ELISA are less likely to be accurate in this phase.