The SELFCHECK Lyme Disease Test is a simple self-test screening kit to detect anti-Borrelia immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies as an indicator of infection with Lyme disease. Whether you have a positive or negative self-test result, you must ask for an urgent GP appointment If you have symptoms of Lyme disease and think you may have been bitten by a tick.
Lyme disease is a bacterial infection spread to humans by ticks, which are tiny spider-like creatures often found in UK woodlands, parks and gardens.
It can take the body two to four weeks to produce detectable levels of antibodies after a bite. IgM antibodies are produced first, which increase to a maximum level after about six weeks, but then begin to decline.
If diagnosis and treatment is delayed, some people may develop more severe symptoms months or years after being infected.
This is a simple and reliable finger-prick blood test that provides you with a result in 10 minutes at home.
- 89% accuracy compared to laboratory tests for detection of IgM antibodies
- safe and easy to use
- results in 10 minutes
- Contains 1 test.