Guest guest Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 Maybe I should say allergist visit, because I don't think he's an official immunologist. They do have immunology clinic though. Is that good enough? My son is 5 and has low IgG (upper 300's) and low IgM (just below cut-off). He didn't seem to think these values were too low and supposedly are average for pediatric values. Does that make sense? If your immunoglobin values don't usually change, then wouldn't they be the same when he's an adult too? He mentioned that possibility of a rare condition, intestinal lymphangiectasia, as a reason for his loss of immunoglobins. It's where the lymph in the bowel busts and dumps its contents into the gi tract. So, you get low protein, low lymphocytes and low immunoglobins. My son has significant bowel issues, but I'm not sure this will fit. We are doing tests to evaluate past immunity for pneumococcal vaccine but his tetanus and diptheria are already low/none. We're doing testing for lymphocyte subsets (complete B/T cell) and stool analysis for alpha-1-antitrypsin. Does this sound right or anyone have any insight? Thank you, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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