Iga
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Globulin is something else, but if 2.6 is your total globulin level (and the units listed are grams per deciliter (gm/dL), then your level is quite low. A normal range would be 6.0-8.4 gm/dL.
An IgA result could be listed as Immunoglobulin A (that's what they're actually detecting/measuring). But again, if 2.6 is your Immunoglobulin A level, and the units are shown in milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL), then you would have serious selective IgA deficiency, since the normal range is roughly 60–400 mg/dL.
Numbers without units don't mean anything, because some labs report test results in different units, which would be associated with a different "normal" range. IOW, you need to also include the units, in order to specify a test result in meaningful terms.
That H. pylori result simply means that they didn't detect an H. pylori infection (which would be in the lining of your stomach). I'm not sure how reliable that blood test might be. Normally, an H. phlori infection would be analyzed by means of biopsy samples taken from the lining of the stomach during an endoscopy exam.
Tex
An IgA result could be listed as Immunoglobulin A (that's what they're actually detecting/measuring). But again, if 2.6 is your Immunoglobulin A level, and the units are shown in milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL), then you would have serious selective IgA deficiency, since the normal range is roughly 60–400 mg/dL.
Numbers without units don't mean anything, because some labs report test results in different units, which would be associated with a different "normal" range. IOW, you need to also include the units, in order to specify a test result in meaningful terms.
That H. pylori result simply means that they didn't detect an H. pylori infection (which would be in the lining of your stomach). I'm not sure how reliable that blood test might be. Normally, an H. phlori infection would be analyzed by means of biopsy samples taken from the lining of the stomach during an endoscopy exam.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
