Monday, September 27, 2010

Low Dose Naltrexone for Hepatitis C September 2010 Lab Work

I got back my full September lab results the other day.  I have been on 3 mg. LDN since March of 2009 for my Hepatitis C - I also test positive for Sjogren's and RA, though with few symptoms.  I have/had an IGA partial deficiency and in these labs, it is normal for the first time.  My doctor ( Dr. Kashi Rai) believes that my limited but strict gluten/dairy free diet has been the reason for the result.

I am thrilled that my HCV viral load is still quite low as are my liver enzymes - and that most of my other tests are pretty darn good!  After the hellish time I've had of it these past few months, along with Panda's illness and death on October 4th (St. Francis Blessing of the Animals day), and enormous, unrelenting financial and emotional stress, I was prepared for the tests to be terrible.   Oh, the power of LDN and DIET!

My liver enzymes are still all within normal levels with ALT (6-40)  at 24 from a pre-LDN level of 174  - AST (10-35)  at 31 from pre-LDN of 99


HCV viral load went up a tad from the 11,600 it was on my last labs to it's current 14,679.  Still a far cry from the pre-LDN 1,280,000 level!

I was also pleased with the overall Lymphocytes - which have all increased.

 
 
 
October 2010 LAB RESULTS





 Tests                          09/10            01/09

C-Reactive Protein                   0.10              0.10

Platelet (140-400)                     171               163

Glucose (65-99)                         84                84

BUN (7-25)                               10                 5

Creatinine (.060-1.10)              0.73              0.70

Sodium (135-146)                    138                135

Potassium (3.5-5.3)                   4.3                4.6

Protein total (6.2-8.3)               7.9                 8.9

Albumin (3.6-5.1)                     4.9                 5.2

Globulin (2.2-3.9)                     3.0                 3.7

 Bilirubin Total                          1.1                 1.1

Alk. Phos (33-130)                   59                 72

AST (10-35)                             31                 99

ALT (6-40)                               24                174

Cytomegalovirus IGG              2.60                2.36

CMV - IGM                          0.79                0.67

DHEA Sulfate (15-170)          106                  92


Epstein-Barr IGG                  1:320                1.320


Estradiol                                  19                   31


Ferritin (10-232)                      53                  115


HCV RNA -                       14,679                 1,280,000

Herpesvirus 6 IGG                1:10                   1.80

HHV6 IGM                          1.20                    1:20

IGF I - ECL                          185

IGF -I                                                            139

Immunoglobulin A (81-463)    95                    72


Immunoglobulin G (694-1618) 1377              1932


Immunoglobulin M (48-271)     93                 135


Lymphocytes

CD3 (Mature T cells) ( 57-85)   78                   77


Absolute CD3+ Cells (840-3060)  1441        1008


%CD4 (Helper Cells) (30-61)       57                 52


Absolute CD4+ cells (490-1740) 1067             720


%CD8 (Suppressor T Cells) (12-42)  22            22


Absolute CD8+ cells (180-1170)    405             333


Helper/Suppressor ratio (0.86-5.00)  2.59           2.17

%CD16+CD56 (4-25)                        6               10
(Natural Killer Cells)


Absolute NK Cells (70-760)              102            128
(CD16+CD56 Cells)


%CD19 (B cells) (6-29)                      15             12


Absolute CD19+ Cells) (110-660)     277             189

Absolute Lymphocytes (850-3900)    1857          1577


Progesterone                                         0.5             0.5


Rheumatoid Factor (<14)                      18           31


Sjogren's Antibody(SS-A) (<1.0)          2.8         4.5



T3, FREE (230-420)                              330             337


T4, FREE (0.8-1.8)                                1.0             1.3


TSH, 3RD GENERATION (0.40-4.50)  2.67        1.97


Testosterone Total                                    60            63

Vitamin D, 25-OH Total                            83           62



Also, I wanted to mention that the new 2010 edition of the free LDN book 'Those Who Suffer Much, Know Much' is now available via PDF. My Hepatitis C story is included in this year's edition as well as Joyce's HBV positive daughter's. Also has much more info about using LDN in other disorders as well as more about LDN in general:



2 comments:

George D. Henderson said...

Great stuff, good ALT and Ferritin especially. Do you do anything to reduce iron uptake (for example, take calcium with meals?). Or is the low Ferritin just related to low inflammation?
In the research of Nanji et al. (key words: dietary saturated fats...alcoholic liver disease) the consumption of highly saturated fats reverses alcoholic fibrosis and halves liver ferritin.
Consider this: HCV is completed by DGAT (which makes TAG, triglycerides), expressed with VLDL, and re-enters cells on LDL receptors.
Where do liver-expressed TAG and VLDL mostly come from? From dietary carbohydrate. A very low carb (high fat) diet halves expression of TAG and VLDL - and also minimizes C-reactive protein, TNF-a, Nf-kappaB, etc. etc. (Volek et al.)

Nola Chris said...

I've been taking IP-6 for a couple of years to help keep ferritin levels down. I take two 500 mg. capsules once or twice a day away from other supplements and food.

There have been a few studies on the effect of saturated fats on the liver - pretty interesting.

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