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May I ask some questions: Your white cell counts were indicative of viral infection? PCR was positive, indicating infection? Do you supplement zinc, C, B6, m

May I ask some questions: Your white cell counts were indicative of viral infection? PCR was positive, indicating infection? Do you supplement zinc, C, B6, magnesium?

gambiting 3y ago
For 1 and 2 I don't know, I assume so, they never showed me any stats at the hospital. And yes I do, all of those + vitamin D.
1letterunixname 3y ago
Be careful with supplementation of transition metal trace elements. Absorption of one is usually competitive to others such that it cause toxicity in one and deficiency in another. A multivitamin is a safer source but having blood levels checked regularly would allow for calibrated intake. For example, as a poor absorber of Vitamin D3 I require 12k IU / day (with all of its cofactors) to stay within the established blood range. It would be inadvisable and reckless for anyone to consume this amount of a fat soluble vitamin without monitoring blood levels. I'm also prone to iron deficiency anemia of unknown etiology (cause), but that's another problem suggesting either poor absorption (most likely), cancer, or unexplained bleeding.
- DoreenMichele 3y ago
  I'm also prone to iron deficiency anemia of unknown etiology (cause), but that's another problem suggesting either poor absorption (most likely), cancer, or unexplained bleeding. Or undiagnosed parasitic infection. They scavenge iron and some hide from the immune system by changing their protein markers. I don't know where you are, but American doctors tend to not test for them. "Third World Problem. Nothing we need to worry about." And we don't keep stats on them because "Third World Problem. Nothing we need to worry about." so we don't actually know how prevalent they are.
  - Cthulhu_ 3y ago
    And yet, there was a huge interest in anti-parasite medication during the panny-D, lol. That said, these "third-world problems" - by which I think you mean things like parasites, curable / preventable / vaccinatable diseases, "tropical" diseases, and mosquito-borne diseases - are becoming more and more prevalent in the US and Europe because of climate change and other factors - I'm thinking poor health care, aging infrastructure (think Flint), shortcuts (think the UK dumping sewage into the sea because their infrastructure can't handle processing), but also evolution, things like parasites being able to survive better.
_a_a_a_ 3y ago
May I ask why you'd want to know about zinc, C, B6, magnesium specifically?
- CatWChainsaw 3y ago
  Probably for their contributions to the immune system.
  - _a_a_a_ 3y ago
    Do these actually contribute to the immune system at a significantly higher level than any other nutrient/micronutrient, or is this just a repetition of what appears in advertising, whose purpose is profit rather than facts?
    - CatWChainsaw 3y ago
      If you're using significantly in the statistical sense I can't answer without doing a deep dive, but from my reading of (admittedly) mouse models, it's more difficult to induce diseases unless a zinc deficiency is created first.

May I ask some questions: Your white cell counts were indicative of viral infection? PCR was positive, indicating infection? Do you supplement zinc, C, B6, magnesium?

gambiting 3y ago

For 1 and 2 I don't know, I assume so, they never showed me any stats at the hospital. And yes I do, all of those + vitamin D.

1letterunixname 3y ago

Be careful with supplementation of transition metal trace elements. Absorption of one is usually competitive to others such that it cause toxicity in one and deficiency in another. A multivitamin is a safer source but having blood levels checked regularly would allow for calibrated intake. For example, as a poor absorber of Vitamin D3 I require 12k IU / day (with all of its cofactors) to stay within the established blood range. It would be inadvisable and reckless for anyone to consume this amount of a fat soluble vitamin without monitoring blood levels. I'm also prone to iron deficiency anemia of unknown etiology (cause), but that's another problem suggesting either poor absorption (most likely), cancer, or unexplained bleeding.

DoreenMichele 3y ago
I'm also prone to iron deficiency anemia of unknown etiology (cause), but that's another problem suggesting either poor absorption (most likely), cancer, or unexplained bleeding. Or undiagnosed parasitic infection. They scavenge iron and some hide from the immune system by changing their protein markers. I don't know where you are, but American doctors tend to not test for them. "Third World Problem. Nothing we need to worry about." And we don't keep stats on them because "Third World Problem. Nothing we need to worry about." so we don't actually know how prevalent they are.
- Cthulhu_ 3y ago
  And yet, there was a huge interest in anti-parasite medication during the panny-D, lol. That said, these "third-world problems" - by which I think you mean things like parasites, curable / preventable / vaccinatable diseases, "tropical" diseases, and mosquito-borne diseases - are becoming more and more prevalent in the US and Europe because of climate change and other factors - I'm thinking poor health care, aging infrastructure (think Flint), shortcuts (think the UK dumping sewage into the sea because their infrastructure can't handle processing), but also evolution, things like parasites being able to survive better.

_a_a_a_ 3y ago

May I ask why you'd want to know about zinc, C, B6, magnesium specifically?

CatWChainsaw 3y ago
Probably for their contributions to the immune system.
- _a_a_a_ 3y ago
  Do these actually contribute to the immune system at a significantly higher level than any other nutrient/micronutrient, or is this just a repetition of what appears in advertising, whose purpose is profit rather than facts?
  - CatWChainsaw 3y ago
    If you're using significantly in the statistical sense I can't answer without doing a deep dive, but from my reading of (admittedly) mouse models, it's more difficult to induce diseases unless a zinc deficiency is created first.