I just want a place to summarise people's results on the IL-8 test from Redlabs.
So far 12/12 cases have IL-8 elevated.
If you have any results, please let me know!
Here are the IL-8 results I've seen (Person 1-Person 4 I should keep anonymous):
Person 1
IL-8 2391 (0-15)
IL-8 1156 (0-15)
Person 2
IL-8 30 (0,00 - 70,00)
IL-8 mRNA 151 (0-70)
Person 3
IL-8S 11505 (0,00-15,00 pg/ml)
Person 4
IL-8 7610 ( 0,00 - 15,00 pg/ml)
@Thinktank 's results
IL-8 = 20051 (ref. range 0 to15)
@justy 's results
IL-8 Serum = 2394 reference range 0.00 - 15.00
@acer2000
"My own IL-8 is one of the most consistently elevated markers"
@Valentijn
IL-8, which is 727 pg/mL (0 - 15)
and "New inflammatory and Lyme-related results from 2 months ago (after 3 months of treatment":
IL-8 178 (0-15)
@dga5000
Referenced here
IL-8 S 8192 (0-15)
@msf
Referenced here
IL-8 100 (presumably 0-15 since it is Redlabs)
@Helen (Referenced in the KDM Patients group on this forum)
IL-8S IL- 8 serum 1317 0,00-15,00 pg/ml
@Vitalic (referenced here)
7353 pg/mL (reference 0-15)
All of them raised. (and all performed I think by RedLabs).
Known causes of raised IL-8 include:
Mold (see eg. this study and this study)
Borrelia (see eg. this study).
Prostatitis / Chronic Pelvic Pain (see this study).
Interesting that I do suffer from Chronic Pelvic Pain.
It's also raised in Fibromyalgia, see eg.:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19158539
http://www.researchgate.net/publica...pain_biomarkers_in_fibromyalgia_a_pilot_study
Obviously it wouldn't be a unique marker for CFS, but I wonder if it could give a clue as to the underlying cause?
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I've also found 2 normal readings from labs other than RedLabs:
http://forums.phoenixrising.me/index.php?threads/results-of-cytokine-multiplex-18-report.23929/
http://forums.phoenixrising.me/inde...il-8-and-il-6-are-fine-with-genova-labs.8175/
In Judy Mikovits' book Plague, she says they found that IL-8 was the inflammatory marker that most strongly correlated with XMRV-like retroviruses.
So far 12/12 cases have IL-8 elevated.
If you have any results, please let me know!
Here are the IL-8 results I've seen (Person 1-Person 4 I should keep anonymous):
Person 1
IL-8 2391 (0-15)
IL-8 1156 (0-15)
Person 2
IL-8 30 (0,00 - 70,00)
IL-8 mRNA 151 (0-70)
Person 3
IL-8S 11505 (0,00-15,00 pg/ml)
Person 4
IL-8 7610 ( 0,00 - 15,00 pg/ml)
@Thinktank 's results
IL-8 = 20051 (ref. range 0 to15)
@justy 's results
IL-8 Serum = 2394 reference range 0.00 - 15.00
@acer2000
"My own IL-8 is one of the most consistently elevated markers"
@Valentijn
IL-8, which is 727 pg/mL (0 - 15)
and "New inflammatory and Lyme-related results from 2 months ago (after 3 months of treatment":
IL-8 178 (0-15)
@dga5000
Referenced here
IL-8 S 8192 (0-15)
@msf
Referenced here
IL-8 100 (presumably 0-15 since it is Redlabs)
@Helen (Referenced in the KDM Patients group on this forum)
IL-8S IL- 8 serum 1317 0,00-15,00 pg/ml
@Vitalic (referenced here)
7353 pg/mL (reference 0-15)
All of them raised. (and all performed I think by RedLabs).
Known causes of raised IL-8 include:
Mold (see eg. this study and this study)
Borrelia (see eg. this study).
Prostatitis / Chronic Pelvic Pain (see this study).
Interesting that I do suffer from Chronic Pelvic Pain.
It's also raised in Fibromyalgia, see eg.:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19158539
http://www.researchgate.net/publica...pain_biomarkers_in_fibromyalgia_a_pilot_study
Obviously it wouldn't be a unique marker for CFS, but I wonder if it could give a clue as to the underlying cause?
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I've also found 2 normal readings from labs other than RedLabs:
http://forums.phoenixrising.me/index.php?threads/results-of-cytokine-multiplex-18-report.23929/
http://forums.phoenixrising.me/inde...il-8-and-il-6-are-fine-with-genova-labs.8175/
In Judy Mikovits' book Plague, she says they found that IL-8 was the inflammatory marker that most strongly correlated with XMRV-like retroviruses.