Hashimoto’s

The Immune System

The immune system is composed of white blood cells, which are then differentiated into five types of immune cells. One of those is a group of cells called lymphocytes. Lymphocytes are then broken down even further into B cells, as well as T cells, which have their own subset of cells called T Helper cells, T Regulatory cells, Cytotoxic T cells and T Suppressor cells. 

But here’s what you really need to know: 

1. The initial T cell response is called a “Th1 response”. 

2. The secondary B cell antibody response is called a “Th2 response”. 

In a healthy body, there is balance between the Th1 (T cell) and Th2 (B cell) parts of our immune system.