IGa levels for children/chart

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Does anybody have a website that shows the normal IGa range for children based

on age categories.

On top of my other problems with Dr. Demuth, she says my daughters IGa is

normal. It had previously in 2005 been not deficient but low, more than two

standard deviations from her age group. She is 14 and her Iga is 56 now.

Previously when she was 11 it was 28 and they said the normal range on the lab

report was between 64 and 246mg/dl. I have the old lab report they sent it to

me and the doctor I think by accident.

Jerri

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jerri dangerfield wrote:

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Jerri, I hate to post this because I don't have the URL of where I got

it. The levels vary a little bit from lab to lab, and I know I got this

off a reputable site -- but still. I don't want to sanction just

trusting anybody off the web. I should have kept the information and I

didn't. So.... here's the range I use -- but I don't remember where I

got it.

Age IgG (g/L) IgA (g/L) IgM (g/L)

newborn 7.98-11.82 0.01-0.05 0.06-0.15

1-3 mo 2.99-5.27 0.08-0.34 0.18-0.39

4-6 mo 2.31-5.89 0.10-0.46 0.25-0.57

7-12 mo 4.24-8.45 0.19-0.54 0.29-0.73

1-2 yrs 5.31-9.32 0.26-0.73 0.33-0.77

2-3 yrs 6.81-10.32 0.34-1.07 0.40-0.76

3-5 yrs 6.73-11.11 0.65-1.18 0.36-0.70

6-8 yrs 7.68-17.28 0.77-1.67 0.57-2.66

9-11 yrs 7.68-17.28 0.70-1.89 0.57-2.66

12-16yrs 7.68-17.28 0.84-2.09 0.57-2.66

Adults 7.68-17.28 0.89-4.46 0.57-2.66

I'm just thinking aloud about the recent report on your daughter --

saying that now she's building pneumococcal response. I'm wondering if

that's because of her recent pneumonia?????? A lot of our kids build a

response but it's just temporary. I would certainly have it retested in

6 months if nothing else.

I'm sorry that I can't keep up with everyones diagnosis and history,

etc. But make sure that you have a doctor you trust. I don't know

anything about your doctor -- but I know that they can make mistakes and

not take in the whole picture. So... if you have questions (and it

sounds like you do), I would certainly go back to him/her and request an

audience. Ask your questions and fight for the welfare of your child.

Is he recommending stopping IgG? That's a pretty serious step -- and

you have the right to question that and request a second opinion.

If you find you can't work with this doctor (he won't explain his

reasoning in a way that makes sense to you or you don't feel you can

trust him with your child's well-being), then find a doctor that you can.

Hope that helps. God gave children parents for a reason. I don't

recommend doctor hopping -- but I also don't recommend just blithely

trusting a doctor when every signal in your body is saying " Something's

fishy here. " It is our job to go back to them and ask a 2nd time and

clarify their answers.

In His service,

dale