Elevated prolactin levels

[kmom]

I'm usually on the PANDAS/PITAND forum but after some thinking had some questions for the Lyme parents. Do any of you know if elevated prolactin level is a symptom of Lyme? Also, if child was on abx for 6+ months for PANDAS dx, would Igenex results cause a false negative?

[PacificMama]

I can't speak to elevation particularly, but yes, lyme/other will certainly affect hormone levels.

 

As to false negative on Igenex, are you talking about western blot? or pcr? I believe in most instances you can be on abx when blood is drawn for western blot. But I believe for pcr they do want you to be off abx for a certain amount of time before doing the test. As to false negative, that is just generally the caveat with lyme testing. In that it is still a test that will produce a lot of false negatives due to insensitivity of the testing. Igenex is better than the rest. But still, a "negative" test does NOT mean that there is no lyme. That is why testing must be done in conjunction with a very thorough exam/history taking by a practitioner that knows what they are doing.

 

hope that helps.

Mary

[NancyD]

I don't know about Lyme but definitely antipsychotics like Risperdal can increase prolactin levels.