Postive by Igenex; negative by CDC

[adkmom]

So, what does it mean when your child tests positive for Lyme by Igenex criteria but not by CDC?

 

Will he then be rejected for coverage by insurance companies? Does he still have Lyme?

 

thanks.

 

[MichaelTampa]

Diagnosis is clinical, meaning it should be made by a doctor who is educated on lyme, based on symptoms while considering test results. That said, most people who test positive via IGeneX will have lyme.

 

CDC uses certain criteria to track prevalence of the disease and imposed very strict criteria to be tracked, very likely to understate the prevalence of the disease. The CDC criteria (and therefore CDC results) are not anything to take seriously, or give even a second of consideration to.

 

It is possible that not testing positive via CDC criteria will ultimately make it difficult to get insurance coverage for various treatments. But, plenty do get coverage without testing CDC positive.