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Old 01-08-2012, 01:53 PM
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IgM may be high temporarily from an acute infection.

If after a few months pass and it remains high, then it points to
MGUS... monoclonal gammanopathy of unknown source.

This is when antibodies go haywire in the bone marrow and start proliferating and getting into the blood stream.

MGUS has a progression in some, and not in others.
The progression can ultimately lead to multiple myeloma.

The gammonopathy starts to thicken the blood, and make for peripheral neuropathies over time. In the beginning, it can be symptomless.

I have a good link somewhere...I'll find it and post it here for you in a while --later today.
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