CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND MY LP FINDINGS/

[cdvzfr]

CSF OF 56PROTEIN 42, RED BLOOD CELSS 11,NUCLEATED CELLS OF 2 WITH IGG BANDS, OLIGOCLONAL BANDS PENDING
CRPM OF < 0.3, VIT. b12 439, hdl 35, ldl 97, TRIGLYCERI=DES 339, ESR 4.

CSF O- BANDS
2 TUBE
CSF TOTAL PROTEI 42
CSFIGG (O BAND) 6.0
CSFIGG ( OBAND) 2.50
2 TUBE

Can anyone help? What is Normal? What is an IGG reading that is considers MS?
RaeAnne

[cdvzfr]

OK THANKS

[needanswers54]

Everyone above gave you great advice.  

As an added input, I manage to get my lab results from medical records at the facility.  Hope this helps.

[sllowe]

I usually get mine from the source, unless there was blood drawn.  In that case, I get copies from the Dr that ordered it.  

- Films and reports from the facility you had them in - (Radiology)

- LP results, from the hospital (facility) that you had it done in

In all these cases though, your probably going to have to make a day of it and go pick them all up.  LP's results, and films and reports, they usually make you sign for them.

Even though they will send all of these reports to the Dr that ordered them, it might take longer to get copies from them, depending on how speedy the office workers are. . . .

Hope you can get ahold of them all for your new Neuro. .. it will be important for sure. . .

SL

[cdvzfr]

How do you get the final report? I requested a copy of all my records from everywhere to bring to my new neuro in Jan.  God, I hope I have everything they need.
Rae

[sllowe]

Hi Rae,

Just to add on to the other's posts, typically, the ranges will be included on the report in addition to the numbers.  Each tube will have it's own findings (even if they didn't use it for one reason or another), and then there will be one complete detailed report, that would have protein, OB's, etc. . . .

Be well,

SL

[Heather3418]

This is a perfect example of just part of the ENORMOUS amount of information a doctor must learn and interpret, to even become a physician.  Just overwhelming.  This is why I never entered the medical field, although I would have loved to be a nurse on the maternity floor.  I have this thing about seeing new life come into the world.  It can be such a happy place to work, but as in all areas of medicine it can have it's down sides also.

[Quixotic1]

Hi, there.  I'm sorry, but the results as you posted them are not interpretable by me.  There isn't enough information.  Many labs have their own high/low limits.  These results are too preliminary and the calcualtions aren't done yet.  You are going to have to wait until the serum IgG and O-Bands are done.  There is no specific IgG level that indicates MS.  It is a comparison of the amount and type of IgG being produced in the CSF against the amount and type of IgG being produced in the peripheral blood.

The spinal tap did not have much blood in it, meaning it wasn't a traumatic tap.  And there were only two white cells meaning no indication of infection.  Protein is normal.

The CRP and ESR from the blood indicate no excessive inflammation (for example as there would be in Lupus).  B12 is normal.

Sorry, I can't tell you much.  We need the final report.  Quix