I tested positive for Lyme once because it was one of those "first line" inaccurate tests that can get thrown off by the presence of unrelated inflammation. I k

I tested positive for Lyme once because it was one of those "first line" inaccurate tests that can get thrown off by the presence of unrelated inflammation. I knew it was a false positive because I'd never stepped foot in territory with Lyme-carrying ticks, but a doctor insisted on testing me anyway, and then the false positive sent me to an infectious disease specialist who did a more reliable test and concluded that the first one was wrong. Had I been less skeptical, it would've been very easy to conclude that I had "chronic Lyme". Thankfully I knew better than to take the first test at face value and kept pushing for answers to find out what was behind the results-warping inflammation. But there have to be too many people out there with very real symptoms and problems who are misled into clinging to bullshit answers.