Long-lived plasma cell (LLPC) theory - Similarities between CFS and Lupus?

[Jonathan Edwards]

It's hard to draw everything together without ending up with a huge post. I think the arguments are there in the thread - and in the Qeios paper, which has a thread.

It might be antibody related, but I think other possibilities deserve serious thought.

 

[Kitty]

?

Possibly Cover Your Ass, though it could have a much more sciency-related meaning!

 

[ryanc97]

Might be off topic but I have managed to get my NK cells from 49/μL (2nd Aug) to 92/μl (2nd Sep) with a protocol of blueberries, zinc, vit D/C/E, high dose melatonin. I hope it keeps going up.

Next test on 17th Sep Wed. Results take 2W.

 

[Jaybee00]

blueberries

Like how much blueberries?
500g/day? I could probably eat that much no problem.

 

[ryanc97]

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22111516/ is the reference study. I think it was 300 to 600 in healthy athletes over a few months of 250g blueberry equivalent (in powder)

I'm doing 125g a day because they arent cheap in Singapore, it would be $3 USD for a 125g tiny box.

 

[DHagen]

Might be off topic but I have managed to get my NK cells from 49/μL (2nd Aug) to 92/μl (2nd Sep) with a protocol of blueberries, zinc, vit D/C/E, high dose melatonin. I hope it keeps going up.

Next test on 17th Sep Wed. Results take 2W.

May I ask the reasoning behind this? I assume that this is related to dara (please correct me if I am wrong) - is your thinking that the difference between responders and non-responders lies in the NK cells themselves, rather than in some upstream process, so you want to get your NK cells as high as possible? Or is there some other reason for wanting high NK cells?

I had never paid much attention to my own NK cells until recently; looked at last test results and noted that I am at 283/μL Ab NK (CD56/16) and 21.8% NK cells (interestingly, t-cells are apparently slightly low?).