Re: what is normal IgG value for peds under 5?

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> Went to immuno again today and he said that Davin's IgG was low at

> just under 500. He said that it wasn't significant like other

> deficiencies but still warranted IVIG. What is normal?

I found this site with our research. It's been very helpful -

http://www.aruplab.com/guides/clt/tests/clt_a13b.jsp

Hope that helps!

Connie - Mommy to (19 1/2 months with low IgG)

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Hi Connie, thanks for the link, I saved it for reference.

mom to - CVID, asthma, GERD

Re: what is normal IgG value for peds under 5?

> Went to immuno again today and he said that Davin's IgG was low at

> just under 500. He said that it wasn't significant like other

> deficiencies but still warranted IVIG. What is normal?

I found this site with our research. It's been very helpful -

http://www.aruplab.com/guides/clt/tests/clt_a13b.jsp<http://www.aruplab.com/guid\

es/clt/tests/clt_a13b.jsp>

Hope that helps!

Connie - Mommy to (19 1/2 months with low IgG)

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When we were confused about whether or not to start on IVIG at about 20

months of age, we had the great opportunity to send all of 's labs and

info to Dr. Hans Ochs at Seattle Childrens. He's a renown PID researcher and a

near- acquaintance of my husband's aunt. He was kind enough to give us an

informal second opinion. At that time, he said at age two he expected 's

IgG

to be around 450. I don't know at what intervals he expected that figure to

change.

Now, keep in mind you can have this number or that number, but if the

function is not there, the IgG's not working anyway. You can have a nice IgG

number,

but if you are not making antibodies, at least some of those nice numbers are

" shooting blanks " , as Ursula or Dale has put it. In our case, may have

been shooting some blanks, but since her antibody def was only for

polysaccharides (other antibodies were fine) and she was responding to abx for

her

infections, they decided not to treat.

I flip-flop on the wisdom of that decision about weekly. When she's well I

think it was the right thing to do, and I think about kids who don't respond to

abx well and am grateful that she does most of the time, and the worst she's

had to do with a regular infection is do an extra course of abx. When she's had

three different infection in the span of two weeks, I wonder if she won't end

up on IVIG anyway and that we might as well have started it back when and

spared her some of what she's gone through.

She's been well for at least two weeks so I'm in an optimistic frame of mind!

Just our experience...

(mom to , age 5-1/2, dairy intolerant-related GERD -- currently

has polysaccharide antibody def, previously had transient IgG, IgA, t-cell &

other defs... and also to Kate, born 9/19/02, dairy intolerant)