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649926 tn?1297657780

Help Reading Blood Test Results Please

Hi everyone. Some of you know that I went for a second opinion to a new neuro this week and she ordered a ton of blood work (24 vials!) Well the hospital sends me results as they come back for my own records and a few came today. I tried to research but got confused here they are - if anyone knows what they mean or have had these results please chime in. I don't see the doctor until March 9th

MCV -                       High
Chloride                     High
Glom Filt Rate            Mild Decrease
SGPT                        High
Alkaline Phos.            High
Bilirubin                      Low
Vitamin B12                High
Methylmalonic Acid  Low    (this is where I got lost because I think this is Vitamin B12 too so how can one  
                                              be too high and one be too low?)

Thanks for reading & for your input

Erin :)
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333672 tn?1273792789
The site in the post above is a great one for finding about tests.

I did have the B12 and related tests (methylmalonic acid and homocysteine). The methylmalonic acid and homocysteine levels in the blood are related to B12 and are apparently more sensitive measure of B12 deficiency/problems. The body normally uses B12 to turn them into something else, but when there isn't enough B12, the body can't do that so there's too much methylmalonic acid and homocysteine left over in the blood.

As far as I understand it, at least as regards B12, methylmalonic acid and homocysteine are bad when they are high. I had low homocysteine, but the neuro didn't seem to think anything of it and as far as I could tell from googling it doesn't seem to be harmful.

See http://www.aafp.org/afp/20030301/979.html for more info.

Hopefully, your doctor will be able to tell you more clearly what all this stuff means.

sho
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751951 tn?1406632863
Check this out:

http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/mma/test.html
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195469 tn?1388322888
Erin,

I don't know the answer to this question, but I will bump it up to the top, so hopefully someone with more knowledge about blood work can see this and answer it.

Heather
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