What does high complement c4a mean?

What does high complement c4a mean?

It is said that with chronic Lyme usually C3a It’s also elevated not just C4a, so get that tested too.

***The best place for these is a lab in Colorado called national Jewish laboratory. They are apparently the only ones that test this correctly - per some well known Drs. Any hospital can draw blood and send it there (that was pre-covid though) , that’s what I did several times. Lucky for me, insurance payed for it***

In addition to mold having only High C4a can also be candida overgrowth, they are kind of similar so it makes sense to me. That is not mentioned hardly anywhere but That’s what happened in my case.

I tested C4a and candida antibodies together, they were both parallel through the whole journey of my several Candida experiences.

Note: I had C4a of 55,000 one time.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It slowly went back to normal of 1,400 after treating mt worst candida digestive tract infection.

Post Edited (astroman) : 9/8/2022 10:41:04 AM (GMT-7)

I agree with all of the above. It's a non-specific marker. It means something is "off" for you, which you already know, hence running tests!

My c4a was 17,000 when I first started treating, then 11,000 a year later, then 6,000 a year after that, and finally 2,000 two years after that. For me it definitely correlated with my overall condition, but I can't say whether it was related to mold, infections, or something else.

My c3a was always normal, which an LLMD thought indicated mold might be my problem, but I recovered significantly while still living in a moldy house (with no binders, nasal sprays, antifungals, etc.) so I'm not sure that was accurate....