Guest guest Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 Lab work does not stand alone. It must be taken into context with the history(and that includes family history) and the physical. Lab work only reflects the time that it was taken not what the levels were historically. on New member Qn Hi folks.. I did the panel of tests recommended by Dr G in the website for my son with high functioning autism. None of the markers were abnormal, except for the CD8 cells higher than ref range, and so the CD4/CD8 ratio is is low. He didn't have any high titres except for coxsackieB4 which was 1:80. His gliadin Igg antibody was high (31) and he has several food sensitivites based on the Igg panel; so he is on a restricted diet. Rest of all the tests were in ref range. In light of this, does this mean that immunemodulation/antiviral therapy etc as per the approach may not be useful for him? Logistically, it is very hard for us to travel anywhere, esp to Dr G across the country will be extremely hard, so I wonder what to do. Does Dr G do review of lab tests and then determine if the kid is a candidate or is it automatically assumed that if the kid has asd, then nids trt is required even if the lab tests are not indicating that direction. Thanks a bunch for any advise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 Thanks! So I am assuming what you are saying is that Dr G would likely treat using the approach even if the labwork was not abnormal, if the history of the patient indicates signs of immune dysfunction. Am I understanding it right? > > > Lab work does not stand alone. It must be taken into context with the history(and that includes family history) and the physical. Lab work only reflects the time that it was taken not what the levels were historically. > on > > > > > > > New member Qn > > > > > Hi folks.. > I did the panel of tests recommended by Dr G in the website for my son with high functioning autism. None of the markers were abnormal, except for the CD8 cells higher than ref range, and so the CD4/CD8 ratio is is low. He didn't have any high titres except for coxsackieB4 which was 1:80. His gliadin Igg antibody was high (31) and he has several food sensitivites based on the Igg panel; so he is on a restricted diet. Rest of all the tests were in ref range. > In light of this, does this mean that immunemodulation/antiviral therapy etc as per the approach may not be useful for him? Logistically, it is very hard for us to travel anywhere, esp to Dr G across the country will be extremely hard, so I wonder what to do. Does Dr G do review of lab tests and then determine if the kid is a candidate or is it automatically assumed that if the kid has asd, then nids trt is required even if the lab tests are not indicating that direction. Thanks a bunch for any advise! > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 As Bill said, many of the kids has the viral titers in the normal range in the beginning, it happens to almost all of my friends (not my daughter, si was 1.320 in the beginning). We live in Peru, and we visit Dr. G only once a year, the rest are weekly updates and 1 phone consultation per month. > > > > > > > > > Lab work does not stand alone. It must be taken into context with the history(and that includes family history) and the physical. Lab work only reflects the time that it was taken not what the levels were historically. > > > on > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > New member Qn > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi folks.. > > > I did the panel of tests recommended by Dr G in the website for my son with high functioning autism. None of the markers were abnormal, except for the CD8 cells higher than ref range, and so the CD4/CD8 ratio is is low. He didn't have any high titres except for coxsackieB4 which was 1:80. His gliadin Igg antibody was high (31) and he has several food sensitivites based on the Igg panel; so he is on a restricted diet. Rest of all the tests were in ref range. > > > In light of this, does this mean that immunemodulation/antiviral therapy etc as per the approach may not be useful for him? Logistically, it is very hard for us to travel anywhere, esp to Dr G across the country will be extremely hard, so I wonder what to do. Does Dr G do review of lab tests and then determine if the kid is a candidate or is it automatically assumed that if the kid has asd, then nids trt is required even if the lab tests are not indicating that direction. Thanks a bunch for any advise! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 Thanks a lot, and Bill. It is encouraging to know that there is still hope if the viral titres are not high! So it looks like a similar situation that they describe for lyme patients, that they have to be on antibiotics for few mths before the immune system actually begin to produce antibodies to fight the bacteria, and that's when you see them in the blood. Am I understanding right that it's the same concept with the viruses as well? One of the several things that I am struggling to understand also is that I read valtrex mainly has activity against herpes, and not effective against measles or HHV6, which are mainly implicated in autism. So if a child has immune issues due to measles or hhv6, are there antiviral drugs that are available to be used? Can something be done then? Thanks again. > > > > > > > > > Lab work does not stand alone. It must be taken into context with the history(and that includes family history) and the physical. Lab work only reflects the time that it was taken not what the levels were historically. > > > on > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > New member Qn > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi folks.. > > > I did the panel of tests recommended by Dr G in the website for my son with high functioning autism. None of the markers were abnormal, except for the CD8 cells higher than ref range, and so the CD4/CD8 ratio is is low. He didn't have any high titres except for coxsackieB4 which was 1:80. His gliadin Igg antibody was high (31) and he has several food sensitivites based on the Igg panel; so he is on a restricted diet. Rest of all the tests were in ref range. > > > In light of this, does this mean that immunemodulation/antiviral therapy etc as per the approach may not be useful for him? Logistically, it is very hard for us to travel anywhere, esp to Dr G across the country will be extremely hard, so I wonder what to do. Does Dr G do review of lab tests and then determine if the kid is a candidate or is it automatically assumed that if the kid has asd, then nids trt is required even if the lab tests are not indicating that direction. Thanks a bunch for any advise! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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