blood-panel
What Markers Are Better for Tracking Protocols?
If you want to track whether your protocol is doing something meaningful, these are more stable:
🔥 hs-CRP
Reflects systemic inflammation more reliably than TNF.
🩸 CBC with differential
Tracks immune shifts (eosinophils, neutrophils).
📊 Ferritin
Can act as inflammatory marker.
🧬 Fecal calprotectin (if gut involvement suspected)
More directly reflects gut inflammation.
My results:
- High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (hs-CRP):
Present and measured. Your most recent value (2026-01-22) is 0.2 mg/L, which is within the lab reference range (≤1 mg/L) and suggests low systemic inflammation per your bloodwork. 2. Complete Blood Count (CBC) with Differential:
Present and measured. Your lab includes neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, and their percentages. All specific counts provided (neutrophils: 3210 cells/uL, eosinophils: 354 cells/uL, basophils: 48 cells/uL) are within their respective lab reference ranges. These values can help track immune shifts. 3. Ferritin:
Present and measured. Your result is 85 ng/mL (reference range: 38–380 ng/mL; measured on 2026-01-22). This is within the lab reference range and not suggestive of inflammation when interpreted together with your low hs-CRP.
🧪 Your Results Interpreted
🔥 hs-CRP = 0.2 mg/L
(Very low)
C-reactive protein
This suggests: • No significant systemic inflammatory burden • Low cardiovascular inflammatory risk (important in psoriasis) • No active systemic inflammatory flare at time of testing
For context: • <1.0 mg/L = low inflammation • 1–3 = moderate • 3 = high
Yours is extremely low.
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🩸 CBC with Differential
All within range. • Neutrophils normal • Eosinophils normal (354 cells/µL — toward mid-range) • Basophils normal
This suggests: • No active infection • No strong allergic/eosinophilic flare • No obvious immune skew detectable in blood
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🧲 Ferritin = 85 ng/mL
Normal, and not elevated.
Ferritin can act as: • Iron storage marker • Acute phase reactant (rises in inflammation)
Since CRP is low and ferritin is normal: → No hidden systemic inflammatory state.
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🧠 What This Means in Theory
This pattern strongly suggests:
You do not currently have systemic inflammatory activation detectable in blood.
Which leads to an important conclusion:
👉 Your psoriasis/eczema is likely tissue-localized immune dysregulation, not systemic inflammatory overload.
This is very common in psoriasis.
🧱 What About the Gut Theory?
Your labs do not show evidence of: • Systemic inflammation from gut leak • Chronic immune activation from endotoxemia • Hidden inflammatory cascade
That doesn’t 100% rule out gut involvement.
But it makes a severe “leaky gut causing systemic inflammation” model less likely.
If gut permeability were driving systemic immune activation, you would more often see: • Elevated CRP • Elevated ferritin • Mild CBC shifts