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A 38-year old male asked:
My B12 is at 114 as if 02/2021. My parietal cell antibody screen was 49.3 2 days ago. The range given for the antibody was >25 is high/positive. Is 49.3 the same as being positive at 27 or 28 or is 49.3 more concerning? What am I positive for? Thanks?
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A 53-year old female asked:
I tested positive for if antibodies, however no parietal cell antibodies, I am not anemic so GP says I do not have PA.Will IF suppl help absorb b 12?
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A 38-year old male asked:
How concerning is it if your HGB drops .6 g/dl in 2 months from 13.7 to 13.1? My parietal cell antibody screen came back positive. RDW is high at 14.7 HCT is barely normal at 39.3. Appreciate any specific thoughts on these results. Thanks?
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A 22-year old female asked:
My daughter 2 years old lost all of her hair in february since then she has elevated transaminases that go up to 800,her bipsy showed interface hepatitis, she has elevated lkm1 antibodies but not positive, anti parietal cell antibodies positive,high ?
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A 41-year old female asked:
Every time i eat i get a stomach upset . Is this normal ? My blood test showed positive gastric parietal cell antibody
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A 38-year old male asked:
B12 levels at 114. Parietal cell antibody results just in at 49.3. Likely pernicious anemia and atrophic gastritis or just pernicious anemia? Also, what should I ask my dr when we review the results? More tests? Other diagnoses? Thank you?
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A 39-year old male asked:
How can autoimmune atrophic gastritis exist in the stomach with normal gastrin levels? My parietal cell antibody is positive. Intrinsic factor is equivocal. My gastric is normal yet I have advanced AAG, in just 2 years of having this disease?
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A 39-year old female asked:
Off and on extreme fatigue for several years. I tested positive for gastric Parietal Cell antibodies. Negative for intrinsic factor. B12 is 274. Should I be worried about pernicious anemia? Should I see a hematologist or gastroenterologist?
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A 49-year old female asked:
Recent positive parietal cell ab titer (1:160),positive hashimoto's antibodies(10 yrs) , high b12 levels (1860), normal iron levels, normal gastrin and crp (.5). Please advice if this points to atrophic gastritis? Very worried about having it?
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A member asked:
Does the DNA/RNA store antigen/antibody information? or is this only on the outside of the cell (exterior)?
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A 29-year old male asked:
Is it possible an immune system attack can occur with specific cells, without causing antibodies and with out causing inflammation?
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A 46-year old female asked:
For the pathologists, when testing for antibodies, if there is a perinuclear staining of some cells of a human pituitary, what could this indicate?
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A 34-year old male asked:
If you received the two shots of pfizer and after some time lets say a year, does that mean It's like never being vaccinated at all? They say that the antibodies disapear or something, what about these B and T cells that I have been hearing about?
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A 38-year old asked:
Can you tell me how are b-cells and antibodies presented with antigen?
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A 41-year old asked:
Rehsus blood red cell antibodies, what are these?
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A member asked:
What's the difference on Antibodies/Antigens on the exterior of the cell vs the interior while testing and worried about the sensitivity/accuracy?
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A 32-year old male asked:
Since antibodies wane over time after COVID-19 vaccination will the B-cells produce more antibodies?
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A 41-year old female asked:
I had covid in Dec w/ mild symptoms (no smell or taste)I had an antibody test that showed no antibodies yesterday.Can I will get it again? If so will it be mild or will it be worse?I can not receive the vax due to health issues.Will T cells remember?
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A 33-year old male asked:
Does your T cells produce more antibodies when antibodies wane from COVID-19 vaccination?
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A 42-year old female asked:
What does "Anti-galactose antibodies on endothilial cell activation" mean? My bloodwork revealed antibodies pre-op, and this phrase appears in records
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A 18-year old female asked:
What does it mean to be positive for red blood cells antibodies (protein)?
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A 23-year old male asked:
How long does it take antibodies to clear the rabies virus from infected cells?
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A 30-year old male asked:
Can certain cells of the immune system attack without causing auto antibodies but still cause an autoimmune disease and what cells can do this?
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A 33-year old asked:
What can you tell me about the treponemal tests (e.g. fta-abs test for antinclear antibodies, rheumatoid factor, and hypergammaglobulineia and le cell test)?
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A 46-year old female asked:
Fifteen years after receiving the gardasil9 vaccine, if the antibody levels will have dropp, but will the T cells still have the immune memory for another 10 years?
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A 45-year old female asked:
Some research suggests patients with cushings can have positive anti-pituitary antibodies targeting acth producing cells and this autoimmunity can stimulate acth adenoma formation. Is this correct?
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A 25-year old male asked:
Are memory B cells and plasma cells responsible for persistent production of treponemal antibodies even after disease cure? Why do they continue to produce antibodies? Do these immune cells behave similarly in other cured infections also?
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A 34-year old male asked:
For pathologist, Paraneoplastic Evaluation Tissue Observation: Staining of HEp2 cells suggests nuclear non-neuronal specific antibodies are present. No fluorescence observed on neuronal tissue. Anything to this finding? Is this normal?
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A 20-year old female asked:
After receiving multiple doses of an inactive vaccine. How fast do memory B-cells identify the presence of the pathogen and bind antibodies to destroy the pathogen? Is this a fast process like within minutes hours/days or does it take weeks?
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A 30-year old female asked:
My antibodies are fighting with my good cells and is destroying them in my thyroid area and my breast and in my uterus?
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