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Avindra Nath finds T-cell exhaustion in ME/CFS, which weakens immunity, and is possibly caused by the persistent remnants of a viral infection

BrightCandle

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My IFN-y is very elevated but my T-cells are still low.

guess i always have to have to more weird pattern going on then everyone else. damn.
I have seen studies every which way on this. Sometimes low, sometimes high. All I really gather is odd things are happening with the immune system and different studies are finding different things often in the opposite directions. I don't know why its so messed up but I wouldn't assume its you that is different.