Posted By: Leary Sink
Recheck of titer after RMSF? - 07/10/19 02:32 AM
Two to three years ago I was diagnosed with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. When my blood test results came back my titer was 670, I had first started feeling bad around the end of September. Being the rocket scientist that I am, I didn’t go to the doctor until June. By then, one minute I was afraid I was going to die, the next I was afraid I wasn’t.
After being diagnosed, I went 30 days of doxycycline then 14 days more because I had the disease for so long and my titer was so high. Since then I have been on doses for two weeks twice for reactions to tick bites.
Couple weeks ago I was at my new doctor for a follow up physical and she drew blood to check all the usual things, A1c, cholesterol,, etc. Since I had RMSF in the past she wanted to check my titer to see what it was just for giggles.
My titer came back at 256; the titer level of more than 64 is suggestive for past or possible current infection.
Even though the CDC says you only get RMSF once as opposed to Lyme’s Disease which you can get multiple times, she started me on a two week round of doxycycline just in case. She drew more blood samples to start the elimination process to see if I have any other tick related nasties.
Any of you that have ever has RMSF before, have you ever had your titer checked to see what the level was after treatment?
I can not find anything in my research to see if this is within normal limits, or am I an overachiever?
After being diagnosed, I went 30 days of doxycycline then 14 days more because I had the disease for so long and my titer was so high. Since then I have been on doses for two weeks twice for reactions to tick bites.
Couple weeks ago I was at my new doctor for a follow up physical and she drew blood to check all the usual things, A1c, cholesterol,, etc. Since I had RMSF in the past she wanted to check my titer to see what it was just for giggles.
My titer came back at 256; the titer level of more than 64 is suggestive for past or possible current infection.
Even though the CDC says you only get RMSF once as opposed to Lyme’s Disease which you can get multiple times, she started me on a two week round of doxycycline just in case. She drew more blood samples to start the elimination process to see if I have any other tick related nasties.
Any of you that have ever has RMSF before, have you ever had your titer checked to see what the level was after treatment?
I can not find anything in my research to see if this is within normal limits, or am I an overachiever?