Experiences with

Immunoglobulin

Hello! I have APS (diagnosed as primary obstetric), hashimotos & coeliac disease, also fibromyalgia. I'm not currently under the care of a consultant for my APS. My gastroenterologist, for my yearly coeliac check up, orders loads of bloods. Some of them are not specifically coeliac related but autoimmune

1Department of Clinical Immunology, JIPMER, 605006 Puducherry, India 2Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AlB, Canada T2N 4N1 Received 13 January 2014; Accepted 3 March 2014; Published 3 April 2014 Academic Editor: Michael Mahler Copyright © 2014 Sonal

Hi, Please could someone help me understand my recent blood results! I've just got a copy as have been advised to keep copies from now on ( only recently diagnosed!). I'm aware that alkaline phosphatase and alanine transaminase are expected to be raised. My IGG and IGM is also raised. Is this to be expected

Hi, this thyroid protocols are going to get me crazy. I not only turned out having Hashis, adrenal problems, but also Pituitary problems. And the last strow my lyme D gave reactive in the lab. What can I do? Are the L.D having my low T4, or high antibodies? Labs Collected: 05/03/2016 09:34 = *THYROGLOBULIN

Hi My mother is in ICU post PE, Her Cardiolipin IgM is very high. She has had 3 miscarriages, severe migraines with aura and sister who also had a PE.  I am a GP and insisted on a DDimer on admission, which after a circulatory collapse in High Care lead to prompt intervention, thank God. Her work up

First of all, he said that with CVID patients, a positive antibody test doesn't clinch it...because we have the antibodies of thousands of people in our blood stream if we are on immunoglobulin therapy. (Each weekly infusion is a synthesis of 1000's of plasma donations).

I have been to every site on treating Cll naturally. I work full time and my part time job is spending time researching everything to stay healthy during Wait and Watch. I am near treatment per my Oncologist seeing him every month. My ALC is 51.4 , RBC is 3.88 and Platelets 127. A few months ago my ALC

Hi I was referred to a rheumatology due to a marker been down on my last two blood test. Can anyone make any sense of this please?  See is 28 eosinophil is 0.4 lymphocytes is 2.3, crp is 8.6, corrected calcium 2.26, and had normal lft's. She is AnA and rheumatoid factor negative and her complements were

Hi folks  I've had a chest infection for the last four weeks and I'm now on my fifth lot of anti biotics this year.  I spent 7 days in bed recently and I was also feverish.  Reading on here it seems that some of you folks have been put on IVIG when you have had similar experiences.  ( note: I have already

Dear fellow lupies(alike), Like you know I have since 2 years a diagnosis of UCTD (undifferentiated connective tissue disease). My rheumatologist prescribed Plaquenil 200mg per day. Some of my symptoms are reduced, but for over a year I have increasingly suffered from muscle weakness, muscle atrophy

Hi.  I'm grateful to be able to ask a question here and hope I can get some understanding.  I had a positive anticardiolipin IGM test and then 6 months later it was negative.  Not sure what that really means.  Any help is appreciated.  Thank you! 

I have been going to specialist after specialist for months. I haven't gotten any answers. However most recently my labs came back slightly abnormal. My IgG was 571 mg/dL(LOW) ref rang - 700 mg/dL-1600 mg/dL, my IgM was 78mg/dL which is low but still in the ref range, my IgA is 93 mg/dL which is also

I am wondering if anyone here with SS has been treated with IVIG? If so, what sort of benefit did you derive from it.....such as, did you have an improvement in symptoms, reduction in your pain levels, slowed progression of the extraglandular manifestations? Were you seeing a Rheumatologist at a large

I saw my new DR at the Yale NewHaven clinic in CT last week. She ran all the tests to confirm all my dx's. She ran some other tests also. I just received a message to make an appt to come back in, so will call tomorrow. These were her results: Beta2 Glycoprotein 1 IGM 46.9 cu Anticardiolipin IGM 43.7

Quite a story finding asbestos fibres being engulfed by antibodies macrophage 's LIKE where do I start .. Guess will start from asbestos fibbers I coughed up. Picture on left of screen is what I believe to be asbestos I coughed up as you can see this blob at top of fibber "looks like jelly" well that

I just came to get support I'm very lost and anxious with all of this. My 4 month old was diagnosed with ITP his platelets were at 7,000 and now up to 214,000. He got ivig a week ago and now the petechiae is back and I'm scared his platelets are going down again.

Yesterday, I went to my neuro and it seems the IVIg has cleared up my weird antibody issue ( thought to bring on the ataxia), and I no longer get long-term hives (another symptom), but the ataxia remained and is advancing. My neuro thinks some antibodies are still around. They are going on that. Nevertheless

I had few breathing issues and tad of a rank cough TaLK about look after you lungs. If only my previous employers had told me about ASBESTOS and risk ... Eh anyway getting back to my rank cough ... Think mine was down to something rank from previous occupation LUKY me eh ... I managed to cough it up

Hi all I'm new to this page I'm looking for information on giant cell hepatitis if anyone has any I would be very great full, my son is two year old and has giant cell hepatitis and autoimmune haemolytic anaemia I no to have both them together its very rare, he went into full liver failure 11 months

Hi, we are coming up on two years since my husband finished a 6 month treatment with fcr. We had been told he had a "complete response with incomplete recovery of the bone marrow." His blood counts improve some then dwindle some; currently neutropenic again barely above 500. His onco has been insisting