How high can serum copper get?

[flutterby8244]

The "safe" levels that I have been told are :
12 - 22 umol/L
or
76 - 140 ug/dl

My levels are

23.2 umol/L October 2009 (148 ug/dl)
49.2 umol/L January 2010 (313 ug/dl)
43 umol/L February 2010 (274 ug/dl)
46.1 and 45 umol/L March 2010 (294 and 287 ug/dl)

My question is how high can Serum Copper get?

Also on a scale of "meh..." to "wholly freaking cow, Batman!!!", where do I sit? How worried should I be?

Keep in mind that my high copper by itself is not the only reason why I am asking this or having my copper tested monthly. I have not worked for 8 months.

My GP says it's the highest level of copper she has ever seen, but then again I live in a small rural town... so...she may not have been exposed to as many cases of copper toxicity as doctors in the cities.

[Abhijeet Ghosh]

I am sorry that you didn't understood my answer.
The disorder, which you are talking about,is linked to copper metabolism.
And i have asked you to visit the specialist, not the GP.

I will not be the correct person to answer about the metabolic disorders.

Your question was  "My question is how high can Serum Copper get? "

Regards.....

[flutterby8244]

I'm sorry.... Did I just pay $5 for you to tell me to see a GP?

[flutterby8244]

I put my question in the neurology experts forum.... because I am having neurological problems, and I was trying to limit what I was asking for to a small amount of information that a neurologist (who knows about copper) might know off the top of his head, instead of dumping my life history in a question, because that would never be completely read or answered for $5.

[Abhijeet Ghosh]

Dear Friend,
This is  a case of Metabolic diseases.
I would prefer you to contact a specialist who deals with "Body Metabolism", rather than a G.P.

Regards...

[flutterby8244]

A little bit more information

January 2010
0.96 g/L (0.25 - 0.63) - caeurloplasmin
___96 mg/dL (25 - 63) - caeurloplasmin
49.2 µmol/L (12 - 22) - copper
___313 µg/dL (76 - 140) - copper

February 2010
1.01 g/L (0.25 - 0.63) - caeurloplasmin
___101 mg/dL (25 - 63) - caeurloplasmin
43 µmol/L (12 - 22) - copper
___274 µg/dL (76 - 140) - copper

March 2010
0.62 g/L (0.24 - 0.58) - caeurloplasmin
___62 mg/dL (24 - 58) - caeurloplasmin
46.1 µmol/L (12 - 22) - copper
___294 µg/dL (76 - 140) - copper

March 2010
0.614 g/L (0.20 - 0.60) - caeurloplasmin
___61.4 mg/dL (20 - 60) - caeurloplasmin
45 µmol/L (12 - 22) - copper
___287 µg/dL (76 - 140) - copper

Using the formula:

Free copper (µmol/L) = Total Cu (µmol/L) - n(µmol/mg) x caeurloplasmin (mg/L)
using 0.0472 µmol/mg for n

Date ______Total Cu___Caeurloplasmin___Free Copper
__________(µmol/L)___(mg/L)___________(µmol/L)

Jan, 2010__49.2_______960_____________3.888
Feb, 2010__43________1010____________-4.672
Mar, 2010__46.1_______620____________16.836
Mar, 2010__45________614_____________16.019