ASO question

[stacestar]

I've been on here just a couple of times before, and thanks to all who have chimed in with info to my other questions.

 

Now I'm wondering about strep titers.

 

In a nutshell: my son, who is four, has been clinically dx with lyme by an llmd

new doctor also wanted to check his strep titers

 

from what I understand often in lyme patients they are high.

I saw an online interview with Dr. C from MO, who treats lyme, and he said that 48% of his lyme patients have high strep titers, antibodies (however you would say it. This is all on the new side to me.)

 

Anyway, the doctor emailed my son's lab results to me, but the nurse said the doctor will go over the results with me next Thursday at our appt.

 

I can make sense of most of the results on the test, but not the strep

 

So next to the ASO it says "results" and my son's results are <13

 

 

next to results it says "Reference Range- units" and under that it says <100 IU/ml

 

 

I have no idea. That sounds low to me? but I don't know anything about the levels, etc, so maybe it's not.

 

Any ideas from anyone?

 

Thanks!

Edited April 24, 2014 by stacestar

[stacestar]

Well, with a little research I think I've found my answer. The Mayo Clinic website has a page with normal ranges for what seems like must be every test. According to them anything < or = 70 is normal. So if I'm understanding it correctly, my son's <13 are within normal range.