Re: What does ELEVATED T lympohcytes and B lymphoctes mean?

December 1, 2008

Hi ,

my son has elevated T's and B's and is also immune deficient (CVID).

He has concurrent autoimmune diseases along with his immune deficiency,

has been diagnosed with ALPS (autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome),

autoimmune enteritis and colitis. The doctors call the whole

shebang 'global immune dysregulation' if we want a term that covers it

all. one doctor gave me a helpful analogy - he compared my son's

problems with a big apartment building whose heating-cooling system is

off. some apartments are so hot you have to keep the windows open in

january and others are stone cold. This has helped me to understand

how someone can be immune deficient and autoimmune at the same time.

hope some of this helps! Kate

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- In , May <kmay77@...> wrote:

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> Does anyone know the significance when T lymphocytes and B

lymphocytes are ELEVATED, rather than deficient? Someone told me it

was more indicative of autoimmune than immune deficiency......but I

can't find much on this. Kim

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