'approaching'
AIHA or IMHA
For those who
have CFIDS - Per
definition, 'the
fatigue' is
unknown
http://www.valdezlink.com/re/idiopathicanemia.htm
'Civilian gulf
war syndrome' is
Chronic Fatigue
Immune
Dysfunction
Syndrome,
of which
the FATIGUE /
ANEMIA ... is
IMHA or AIHA
To find
the fatigue, ask
your doctor to
ask the lab tech
to take note of
this
information:
LOOK at the red
blood cells
This
fatigue is
caused by
exposure to
2-butoxyethanol
www.valdezlink.com/same.htm
2 pages
only ...
ending with
:
AUTOAGGLUTINATION
In
severe
cases
of
immune
mediated
hemolytic
anemia,
the
immune
destruction
of
red
cells
is
so
blatant
that
the
red
cells
clump
together
(because
their
antibody
coatings
stick
together)
when
a
drop
of
blood
is
placed
on a
microscope
slide.
Imagine
a
drop
of
blood
forming
not
a
red
spot
but
a
yellow
spot
with
a
small
red
clump
inside
it.
This
finding
is
especially
for
boding.
LEUKEMOID
REACTION
Classically,
in
IMHA
the
stimulation
of
the
bone
marrow
is
so
strong
that
even
the
white
blood
cells
lines
(which
have
very
little
to
do
with
this
disease
but
which
also
are
born
and
incubate
in
the
bone
marrow
along
side
the
red
blood
cells)
are
stimulated.
This
leads
to
white
blood
cell
counts
that
are
spectacularly
high.
MORE
TESTS
NEEDED
COOMB'S
TEST
(ALSO
CALLED A
"DIRECT
ANTIBODY
TEST")
This is
a test
designed
to
identify
antibodies
coating
red
blood
cell
surfaces.
This
test is
the
current
state of
the art
for the
diagnosis
of IMHA
but,
unfortunately,
it is
not as
helpful
as it
might
seem.
It can
be
erroneously
positive
in the
presence
of
inflammation
or
infectious
disease
(which
might
lead to
harmless
attachment
of
antibody
to red
cell
surfaces)
or in
the
event of
prior
blood
transfusion
(ultimately
transfused
red
cells
are
removed
from the
immune
system).
The
Coomb's
test can
be
erroneously
negative
for a
number
of
reasons
as well.
If the
clinical
picture
fits
with
IMHA,
often
the
Coomb's
test is
skipped.