littlebird6180
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Here are my numbers:
NK cell enumeration: 3.74% LOW (normal mean 8%) 61/cumm (normal mean 177/cumm).
NK cell activity: 4.82% LOW (normal mean 28.1%) I fall in the less than 10th percentile with 12/74% being the 10th percentile.
Does this mean I'm more likely to get cancer since NK cells are cancer eating cells? How often do doctors typically re-measure this and has anyone here seen a measurable difference? If yes, what helped?
I've been sick for almost 20 years. Ever since I got mono at age 15. I had issues before then but when mono and puberty happened in the same year, all my symptoms began. I hate the notion that anyone gets "used" to feeling sick but to me, after this much time, I don't know anything else. I have found a way to function but its' sad because I just don't know who I am outside of this illness. I am aware of my limitations every day. But it wasn't until a few months ago that I actually got a formal diagnosis. What surprised me is that according to my blood work, my body is sicker than even I feel. I'm not in a constant state of emotional stress about my health--not after 20 years but the doctor said that based on my blood work (cortisol levels, depleted vit d + b, immune function, cytokines...etc), my body is in an extreme state of stress. It was sort of a wake up call to me to see it on paper. That I really have to address this. When you look at the number, my health problems that seem to elude everyone (including myself) are suddenly not vague at all.
Anyway, that's a little context for my questions. Thanks in advance!
NK cell enumeration: 3.74% LOW (normal mean 8%) 61/cumm (normal mean 177/cumm).
NK cell activity: 4.82% LOW (normal mean 28.1%) I fall in the less than 10th percentile with 12/74% being the 10th percentile.
Does this mean I'm more likely to get cancer since NK cells are cancer eating cells? How often do doctors typically re-measure this and has anyone here seen a measurable difference? If yes, what helped?
I've been sick for almost 20 years. Ever since I got mono at age 15. I had issues before then but when mono and puberty happened in the same year, all my symptoms began. I hate the notion that anyone gets "used" to feeling sick but to me, after this much time, I don't know anything else. I have found a way to function but its' sad because I just don't know who I am outside of this illness. I am aware of my limitations every day. But it wasn't until a few months ago that I actually got a formal diagnosis. What surprised me is that according to my blood work, my body is sicker than even I feel. I'm not in a constant state of emotional stress about my health--not after 20 years but the doctor said that based on my blood work (cortisol levels, depleted vit d + b, immune function, cytokines...etc), my body is in an extreme state of stress. It was sort of a wake up call to me to see it on paper. That I really have to address this. When you look at the number, my health problems that seem to elude everyone (including myself) are suddenly not vague at all.
Anyway, that's a little context for my questions. Thanks in advance!