Lyme Disease Support Group
Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease in the Northern Hemisphere. It is now one of the fastest growing infectious diseases in the U.S. Lyme disease is caused by infection with the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria, and is primarily transmitted to humans as well as dogs, horses and other domesticated animals by the bite of infected ticks.
Does anyone know if Igenex is trying to get accepted as an qualified and accepted lab for diagnoses? The infectious disease doctors use the Elise test which everyone knows is not reliable. Every doctor Ive been to except my LLMD think Igenex is a scam.
I think me testing positive from Igenex is the correct diagnoses. Like many others I have been to so many doctors with no other answers.. If Igenex got accredited wouldnt we get more support from insurance and other disability issues? Wouldnt the insurance then have to pay for our test and that in turn would bring huge revenues to Igenex.
Igenex has been in business for years, if they are as good as they claim how come they dont get accredited?
I think me testing positive from Igenex is the correct diagnoses. Like many others I have been to so many doctors with no other answers.. If Igenex got accredited wouldnt we get more support from insurance and other disability issues? Wouldnt the insurance then have to pay for our test and that in turn would bring huge revenues to Igenex.
Igenex has been in business for years, if they are as good as they claim how come they dont get accredited?
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988
"Testing for tick-borne illnesses can be complicated, and disease must not be ruled out solely on the basis of a negative test result. However, LymeInfo considers IGeneX, Inc. (800.832.3200) and Medical Diagnostic Lab (877.269.0090) to be the top two labs in the country when it comes to testing for these diseases."
From http://www.lymeinfo.net/patients.html
And while you're at that site please get acquainted with Lyme disease by a woman/site that only posts reliable information. (grin)
Read here (copy/paste not allowed) at the Igenex site.
http://igenex.com/files/QA.pdf
Better yet---- call Nick Harris and ask him. He's VERY accessible to all and if he is in the office he'll be glad to talk to you. Many people including myself have been able to get our questions answered by talking to him directly. His 800 number is on the Igenex site.
wont get reimbursed. But to feel better and get treatment it is a small amount of money to pay. Check out the movie documentary "Under our Skin, the Truth about Lyme Disease". It explains why insurance companies don't want labs like IGenex to survive because then they will have more claims. It is a movie with a bunch of interviews of Lyme specialist, shocking actually.
There are many sites that have it available "free" for streaming. I'm not familiar with any of them and there may be hitches in the 'free' part.
Netflix has it to Save. No idea when it will be available there.
Amazon has it available.------- Again, you'd have to explore that possibility yourself. Every so often a PBS station will show it. That also comes and goes.
Anyway, here is a cut and paste:
"Story at-a-glance
Chronic Lyme disease is called the "great imitator" because it is often misdiagnosed as another condition such as Multiple Sclerosis, Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, ALS, Alzheimers disease, or anxiety. Misdiagnosis is a common experience for patients with chronic Lyme disease and treatments that work for these other illnesses are not appropriate for treating Lyme disease
The award-winning documentary Under Our Skin exposes the hidden story of Lyme disease, one of the most serious and controversial epidemics of our time; the film exposes a troubling picture of a health care system that is far too willing to put profits ahead of patients
Lyme disease rates are climbing across the U.S. and internationally, and have reached epidemic levels in many areas; the disease is caused by the spirochete bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted to humans and animals by ticks and possibly mosquitoes, spiders and mites
Borrelia burgdorferi, a cousin to the bacteria causing syphilis, has become very adept at hiding and surviving in human tissues, in part due to its corkscrew shape allowing it to burrow into tissues, and its ability to take on different forms, such as cysts, in order to escape the immune system, evade antibiotics, and hide from detection by blood tests
People suffering from chronic Lyme disease struggle to get help because some government agencies, insurance companies and powerful medical associations organizations have united to destroy physicians credibility and practice when they try to help sick patients and expose the truth"
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/10/13/under-our-skin-documentary.aspx?e_cid=20121013_DNL_art_1