cd57 result meaning

Dr. Stryker originally use this and treating lyme as a way of showing immune system healing but it doesn’t always work that way. Sometimes peoples immune cells go down and never come back up to what is said to be normal levels, but this measures volume or amount of levels. It does not measure the strength which is different and you cannot measure that.

But……The CD 57 test does have some significance. people who say it is not accurate do not know what they’re talking about.

Why they say it’s not accurate is : because it is an average of several immune cells- I think it was T cells and natural killer cells. Those are a form of white blood cells, you’re immune defense.

There are many types of immune cells under the white blood cells. So I would not say the CD 57 is not accurate however, it certainly isn’t very specific since it measures a group of averages.

What is your white blood cell count?

Google types of white blood cells, and you’ll see many types. Most importantly would be monocytes, and then lymphocytes, which are T cells and B cells. If those are low, it might be good to check Immunoglobulin levels as well. There are also four different immunoglobulins.

If anyone is going to use this test, it does not necessarily mean they have an active infection. It just means that they are low but it’s hard to tell if they’re ever normal at one time. That said, it could also mean you still have an infection.

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I mysteriously still have some low immune cells. Even though Lyme seems to be mostly gone, for about seven years now. This is also Not uncommon with autoimmune conditions. In a nutshell, It’s really not very well understood.

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Well that’s interesting that your white blood cells are high….Even though your CD57 is low. Going one step further on the white blood cell test the next step under it will tell you/show you new groupings of white blood cells, and which ones of those are creating elevation of your average.

Have you looked at your Globulin protein level? They are generally tested on a regular blood panel. That is the protein that makes your immunoglobulins which is different in the protein that goes into your muscle.

Hi there - I don’t think you’ve been welcomed to the forum !

Unless it’s a recent infection - several months of doxy isn’t enough.

Thank you for the welcome!
I found a bullseye on my leg and went to the DR. I was having early symptoms of Lyme, so my doctor treated me with 2 weeks of Doxy. That was almost 2 years ago now.

as above

although the mainstream doctors paradigm is that 2 weeks of doxy is enough to treat the disease successfully - there is ample published research showing anywhere from 10 to 60% of people continue to have life limiting symptoms after a 2-4 weeks course of antibiotics.

the mainstream approach is non-sensical as it says that despite having all the same symptoms as acute Lyme disease - people who have had 2 weeks of doxycycline after a lyme diagnosis who continue to have symptoms of lyme disease - now have a different disease - called Post Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome ( PTLDS)

no other infectious disease in history is treated this way.

meanwhile there are dozens of studies in humans and animals that show without any doubt at all that lyme persists in the host after 2-4 weeks of standard antibiotics.

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as astroman says - getting any conventional doctor to treat a person for chronic lyme disease - is extremely difficult - if not impossible ( i know because i have tried ) - as they have been mis-educated to disbelieve the condition even exists

its a travesty

that is where LLMD's come in - as they believe in the persistent infection - and have experience treating it