high lymps in CSF

[CheyTag]

Hi its me again... sorry to keep bugging you guys...

Anyone know of high lymphs in CSF??

I just got access to my records online and saw the report from my CSF from my very first ever attack in 2011...

It was abnormal for lymphs and mononuclear cells... They are both supposed to be zero... my lymps were 77 and mononuc. Were 5... O bands were not tested for.

Of course I looked online and tgere seems to be a correlation bw lymphs and MS... but why wouldn't tgey tell me I had two abnormal tests in my CSF while I was there and have me follow up with someone??? Ughhhhh this is the same thing when I found out my VEP was abnormal in Feb after eye pain and bilateral leg paralysis for five days....  I only found out bc I got my records!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, venting now.... :(

[CheyTag]

Thanks JJ... you always have great answers:)

[supermum_ms]

I just did a quick search and what i found was that "Normal CSF contains 0-5 mononuclear cells" so wouldn't that mean your mononuclear of '5' was within normal range?

"Increased protein: In bacterial meningitis, CSF protein may rise to 500 mg/dl. A more moderate increase (150-200 mg/dl) occurs in inflammatory diseases of meninges (meningitis, encephalitis), intracranial tumors, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and cerebral infarction. A more severe increase occurs in the Guillain-Barré syndrome and acoustic and spinal schwannoma. In multiple sclerosis, CSF protein is normal or mildly increased, but there is often an elevation of IgG in CSF, but not in serum, expressed as an elevation of the CSF IgG/albumin index (normally 10:1). In addition, 90% of MS patients have oligoclonal IgG bands in the CSF. Oligoclonal bands are also seen occasionally in some chronic CNS infections. The type of oligoclonal bands is constant for each MS patient throughout the course of the disease. Oligoclonal bands occur in the CSF only (not in the serum). These quantitative and qualitative CSF changes indicate that in MS, there is intrathecal immunoglobulin production. In addition, the CSF in MS often contains myelin fragments and myelin basic protein (MBP). MBP can be detected by radioimmunoassay. MBP is not specific for MS. It can appear in any condition causing brain necrosis, including infarcts"

http://neuropathology-web.org/chapter14/chapter14CSF.html

Its very late over here in OZ so i'll try to get back to finish what i've found that may explain those results but i;ve just remembered we do have a health page
on the meaning of the LP that you should look at.

cheers..........JJ