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my mother aged about 78 Yrs severely ill.g

Sir, My mother aged approx 78 Yrs, suffering HTN, DM TYPE-2, IHD, HYPOTHYROIDISM, PERKINSONS DISEASE & other age related problems since last 17 yrs to till date. Now she loose her body weight almost 14/15 kgs since last 9/10 months. Earlier in 1997, when my father expired at that time she suffered Tuberculosis. Now our family physician advised me to do Blood for serum 08:00 am Cortisol and repots today i receive it shows 19.31(AM) ug/dl. Is it within normal limit ? Should i worred about that report? Kindly gives me your valuable openion. Please help me as soon as possible
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This website will help you a lot, from the Mayo Clinic:  
http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/cortisol-14668?page=2
The page also mentions how TB can affect the adrenals.  Just as an aside, seems like I recall they're using some newer drugs to help with Parkinson's.
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Sadly every lab in every country differs so it would have to be on the lab slip.

There is no way I can guess.
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