Canadian researchers found that a small percentage of MS patients tested positive for Lyme Disease.
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From Canada, New Brunswick researchers presenting at the ACTRIMS Forum in New Orleans reported on their findings of how many of the region’s MS patients had Lyme Disease. Of the 90 patients in the study, 7.8% were positive for Lyme. “Among this MS cohort in Atlantic Canada, a low percentage of patients had a reactive Lyme EIA and all Western blots were negative,” the team concluded.
Given the fact that the tests are insensitive, if half the patients were falsely negative, nearly 16% may have had Lyme.
If you also factor in the fact that people with neurologic Lyme are more likely to test negative on Lyme antibody tests, even more had it.
If you also factor in the fact that people with neurologic Lyme are more likely to test negative on Lyme antibody tests, even more had it.
