- Warning signs of immunodeficiency include:
- Eight or more new ear infections in a year.
- Two or more serious sinus infections in a year.
- Two or more months on antibiotics with little effect.
- Two or more cases of pneumonia within a year.
- Failure of infant to gain weight or grow normally.
- Recurrent, deep skin or organ abscesses.
- Persistent thrush in the mouth or elsewhere on the skin after age one.
- Need for IV antibiotics to clear infections.
- Two or more deep-seated infections.
- A family history of primary immunodeficiency.
- Most common immunodeficiency is IgA deficiency which occurs in 1 out of 500 people.
- Although most primary immunodeficiency is present from birth, combined variable immunodeficiency can occur later in life causing recurrent infections in the adult population.
- Allergists customize treatment after using specialized laboratory testing to diagnose immunodeficiency.
