August is National Immunization Awareness Month. Beyond the vaccine conversation, immune health is a foundational system that most women have never seen assessed beyond an occasional CBC (complete blood count). The immune markers that reveal chronic depletion, infection history, and inflammatory patterns are increasingly available, and they matter more in midlife than at any prior point in life.
This session covers immune function as a measurable system. We’ll walk through what a standard CBC actually reveals about immune health, the emerging markers that provide much richer information about immune resilience, and the specific connections between hormone status, stress, and immune function. If you’ve been sick more often than seems reasonable, take longer to recover, or have autoimmune concerns, this session provides the framework for a deeper conversation.
Standard of care markers we’ll cover include CBC with differential, standard antibody titers for immunization status, and ANA (antinuclear antibody) as a general autoimmune screen. Emerging markers include comprehensive immune subset panels (CD4, CD8, NK cells, B cells), specific antibody titers for viral reactivation (EBV, CMV, HHV-6), autoimmune expanded panels, immunoglobulin subclasses (IgA, IgM, IgG with subclass analysis), and specific inflammatory patterns that predict immune dysfunction.
You’ll leave with an understanding of immune function beyond a simple white blood cell count, the specific tests to request if you have chronic infection concerns or autoimmune symptoms, and the framework for a genuinely informed immune health conversation.
