Greetings,
My son is 14 years old, and he’s certainly had his fair share of medical hurdles—chickenpox, scarlet fever, mono, pneumonia... he even spent some time in the hospital due to these bizarre fevers, headaches, and
dizziness about two years ago. To top it all off, he dealt with shingles, and then, as if that wasn't enough, last year he was diagnosed with Steven Johansov syndrome, which the doctors believe was triggered by the shingles. (Thankfully, he's doing fine now; all that's left are just some lingering spots on his skin where the rashes used to be.)
Over the last two years, *Mycoplasma pneumoniae* keeps popping up in his lab results. Following the Steven J. diagnosis, his *Myco*. test shows:
IgM...negative
IgM.... 17 U positive / Ref 0-11.5 U
Could someone please make sense of this for me?
Additionally, the shingles test result says "equivocal"—does anyone know what that actually means in plain English?
Thanks!
My son is 14 years old, and he’s certainly had his fair share of medical hurdles—chickenpox, scarlet fever, mono, pneumonia... he even spent some time in the hospital due to these bizarre fevers, headaches, and
dizziness about two years ago. To top it all off, he dealt with shingles, and then, as if that wasn't enough, last year he was diagnosed with Steven Johansov syndrome, which the doctors believe was triggered by the shingles. (Thankfully, he's doing fine now; all that's left are just some lingering spots on his skin where the rashes used to be.)
Over the last two years, *Mycoplasma pneumoniae* keeps popping up in his lab results. Following the Steven J. diagnosis, his *Myco*. test shows:
IgM...negative
IgM.... 17 U positive / Ref 0-11.5 U
Could someone please make sense of this for me?
Additionally, the shingles test result says "equivocal"—does anyone know what that actually means in plain English?
Thanks!