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Posted 10/13/2020 1:01 PM (GMT -5)
Hi everyone, today my naturopath told me that my CD4,8 and 57 are all low, I tired to look up what that means but I am having trouble understanding, can someone explain to me what this all means and if I can do anything about it? Also even with supplements she said that my vitamin D and ferratin stay very low And mentioned that I might have leaky gut, is there anything that I could do that would help with that. My white blood cells are also on the lower end. I would really appreciate the help. Thank you!
Posted 10/13/2020 1:21 PM (GMT -5)
Could be celiac disease.

Have you tested the gluten antibodies?

I believe the Tissue Transglutaminase IgA antibody is what my son had a very high count and was diagnosed with it

He had low ferritin too.

I think you posted about low ferritin in another thread?
Posted 10/13/2020 2:15 PM (GMT -5)
Hi girlie, thank you for that advice. I was the one who posted about low ferratin. I have never been tested for celiacs but do avoid gluten. For the low CD57 is that a defiantly caused by Lyme or co infections, i found this online "The CD57 marker is present on natural killer cells (NK) and T lymphocytes, In cases of chronic diseases, including Lyme disease, the number of CD57 NK cells has been shown to be below normal". I tested negative fir Lyme on WB twice and i can not afford the better tests like Igenx but I am wondering if this reading is enough for my regular doctors to see that I really do have Lyme. Also do you or dose anyone else know how to raise T cells. Thank you for your help.

Post Edited (CalmLittleBuddha) : 10/13/2020 2:20:13 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 10/13/2020 4:52 PM (GMT -5)
“avoid gluten”

Do you consume it now and then?

If you have celiac - you have to be totally off gluten.

Wouldn’t hurt to do that one test.
But don’t go off gluten before you test.
Posted 10/13/2020 5:25 PM (GMT -5)
Girlie, I used to eat gluten every now and then but in July I had a hair test done that said I was sensative to wheat so I stopped all gluten since then. I will ask about the BT.
Posted 10/14/2020 12:57 AM (GMT -5)
CLB -

"The CD57 marker is present on natural killer cells (NK) and T lymphocytes, In cases of chronic diseases, including Lyme disease, the number of CD57 NK cells has been shown to be below normal"

I thoroughly explained all this in Running wilds post. Please read my comments.

Low cd57 means part of your immune system is low. Lyme and other things can cause this, but the cause cant 100% be pin-pointed.

https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=4220709#gsc.tab=0

Post Edited (astroman) : 10/14/2020 12:05:05 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 10/14/2020 11:01 AM (GMT -5)
Thank you Astroman, I will go read that post right now!
Posted 10/14/2020 12:19 PM (GMT -5)
I didnt mention on the other thread - CD4, CD8 and Natural Killer cells are all specific T cells (there are others too).

CD57 is a "glimpse average" of T cells. Its an easy test to do without doing the more detailed specific ones. If this is low and you want to know specifics, then you do the individual tests that most DRs never do.

Most likely others beyond these are also low- its opening a can of worms but some people like to know this especially since low immune systems present problems of their own.

Some peoples immune #'s recover..........and some do not; Ive researched this across the web a few years ago and in this forums history.
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