Re: Immunity and inflammation

[Guest guest]

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> Dear friends,

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> What blood tests can I use to follow my immunity (or lack of)? Low

> WBC would be one indicator. Are there other tests I could use? With

> my poor immunity simple infections are fairly serious matters and if I

> can follow my progress with tests I would have a way of deciding how

> much money to spend on expensive immunity boosting supplements.

I know nothing about tests. And you're probably already doing this,

but I'll pass along that Megson told me some dramatic stories of

improvements with AIDS patients when they took cod liver oil -- their

viral loads dropped way way down without the use of meds.

Do you lean towards getting bacterial infections, viral infections, or

both?

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> What blood tests indicate inflammation?

Doesn't C-reactive protein measure this?

Nell

[Guest guest]

Have you checked for H. pylori as a cause for your ulcerative

colitis?

This is a very common and overlooked cause of that and easily

treatable. Mastic gum is helpful for digestive ails including this.

Immunity to what? Antibodies testing maybe, but most immunity

testing is not all that reliable. Inflammation where? It's hard to

just test randomly for things without having a specific thing in

mind that you are looking for.

Immune boosting supplements are usually not a waste if you know you

have poor immune function. EpiCor is a good one. We also use

colostrum, lots of vitamins and Immuno Aid in our house. Vitamin C,

Zinc, and rotations of echinacea are helpful.

With chelation you cannot adjust the timing and dosing in relation

to any potential inflammation in your gut. The dosing must be fairly

consistent. You can however do rounds such as once a month, so as

not to overstress your gut.

Have you begun probiotics, and taken care of gut yeast? Gut yeast

will cause inflammation as will allergies like eating dairy. As will

infections with things like H. Pylori.

>

>

>

> Dear friends,

>

> What blood tests can I use to follow my immunity (or lack of)? Low

> WBC would be one indicator. Are there other tests I could use?

With

> my poor immunity simple infections are fairly serious matters and

if I

> can follow my progress with tests I would have a way of deciding

how

> much money to spend on expensive immunity boosting supplements.

>

> What blood tests indicate inflammation? I recently got an

ulcerative

> colitis diagnosis and am using the SCD to control the symptoms.

I'd

> like to think of a way to monitor my progress because I don't want

to

[Guest guest]

Have you checked for H. pylori as a cause for your ulcerative

colitis?

This is a very common and overlooked cause of that and easily

treatable. Mastic gum is helpful for digestive ails including this.

Immunity to what? Antibodies testing maybe, but most immunity

testing is not all that reliable. Inflammation where? It's hard to

just test randomly for things without having a specific thing in

mind that you are looking for.

Immune boosting supplements are usually not a waste if you know you

have poor immune function. EpiCor is a good one. We also use

colostrum, lots of vitamins and Immuno Aid in our house. Vitamin C,

Zinc, and rotations of echinacea are helpful.

With chelation you cannot adjust the timing and dosing in relation

to any potential inflammation in your gut. The dosing must be fairly

consistent. You can however do rounds such as once a month, so as

not to overstress your gut.

Have you begun probiotics, and taken care of gut yeast? Gut yeast

will cause inflammation as will allergies like eating dairy. As will

infections with things like H. Pylori.

>

>

>

> Dear friends,

>

> What blood tests can I use to follow my immunity (or lack of)? Low

> WBC would be one indicator. Are there other tests I could use?

With

> my poor immunity simple infections are fairly serious matters and

if I

> can follow my progress with tests I would have a way of deciding

how

> much money to spend on expensive immunity boosting supplements.

>

> What blood tests indicate inflammation? I recently got an

ulcerative

> colitis diagnosis and am using the SCD to control the symptoms.

I'd

> like to think of a way to monitor my progress because I don't want

to