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Can a 2 week severe bought with influenza slightly increase the FLC ratio to 1.85? This is minimally outside of normal, and my platelets (379), phospholipid IGM (150), CRP (5.3), Monoclonal Aloha 2 Globulin (1.1). All other antibody and other bloodwork were normal (20 tubes)!! I’m rarely if ever sick. I’ve been reading that all of these slightly above normal results can be the result of a mobilized immune system fighting a virus or infection. I was so sick for almost 14 days with fever, chills, joint pain, sore throat, head ache, and bronchitis that kept me up with coughing fits for more than a week. Because of these blood test results, they are ordered many more while I’m still on the healing end of the flu. Shouldn’t we wait u til I’m completely recovered and retest then?

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@michellecr, sounds like you had a terrible bout of the the flu. I hope you are fully recovered now. How were the results of the repeat testing? How are you doing?