I have a Cat, I'm getting married next month & we'll try to conceive immediately. I've done the Toxoplasmosis test & got a result of 339. Does it mean I have it now or in past? Shall I do more tests?
Is this value you're providing an IgM or an IgG level? I await your reply. Meanwhile here's some info on Toxoplasma antibodies:
When someone is exposed to Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii), their immune system responds by producing antibodies; 2 types of Toxoplasma antibodies may exist in the blood: IgM and IgG.
1. IgM antibodies are the 1st to appear in response to a Toxoplasma infection. They are present in most individuals within a week or two after the initial exposure. IgM antibody production rises for a short time period and declines. Eventually, sometimes months after the initial infection, the level (titer) of Toxoplasma IgM antibody falls below detectable levels in most people. Additional IgM may also be produced when dormant T. gondii is reactivated and/or when a person has a chronic infection.
2. IgG antibodies are produced several weeks after the initial infection to provide long-term protection. Levels of IgG rise during the active infection, then stabilize as the Toxoplasma infection resolves and the parasite becomes inactive. Once a person has been exposed to T. gondii, they will have some measurable amount of IgG antibody in their blood for the rest of their life. T. gondii IgG antibody testing can be used, along with IgM testing, to help confirm the presence of a recent or previous Toxoplasma infection.
if this is the result of the igG test then igG is elevated and this is an indication of current or previous Toxoplasma infection.and you need to make the igM antibody test that interpret a new onset of toxoplama infection and you can repeat the igG test after 2-3 weeks if the levels are increasing then you are in an active infection if the results are not much different then it is a past infection
if the results show a recent infection by toxoplasmosis then you have to wait for 6 month before conceiving (getting pregnant)
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