bloods

[wishforchange]

Anyone notice a trend here?

Bloods mostly normal but anaemic, as always, just looking at borderline values i.e. normal but just in the range.  Anybody able to contribute?

Apart from anaemia:

HCT low
MCH low
MCHC low
Platelets High, but they always are with me
Neutrophils low
Lymphocytes high
Eosonophils low
Basophils low
Neutrophil abs low
Basophols abs low
Sodium high
Estimated GFR 80
Bilirubin low
Alk.Phos low
Albumin high

All within normal ranges but ones I've listed here are at right at the boundaries of normal.  Haven't listed other results.  To my rusty memory looks like I was plain old run down, but any pattern jumps out at you here from you wonderful scientists?  Doctors don't look at trends, just at flagged results, I'm just seeing if there is a trend here.  Any suggestions?  The anaemia was definitely flagged, but is pretty mild, I take iron most days.  May take results to eye hospital tomorrow.  Why won't anyone look at my MRIs properly?  Such a waste of an opportunity and resource?  Can't bring myself to apologize to my neurologist.  Tried and ended up just ranting again.  They are wasting their own money!  Of course the muscles or nerves in my eyes are inflamed.  Whether they saw it or not.  There is nerve compression going on in my back, whether they bother to report on it or not.  Here is my arrogance, I am NEVER proven wrong in my eventual diagnoses.  I am not a genius, just like us all live with the problems day in and out.  Nobody ever tells me something is fine when it isn't, not if they want to go home not in tears.  He'll dump me.  But I'll get my diagnosis before he does, and get cracking on treatment, then he can go rot for all I care.  I already pay his salary.

Such a smiley cheerful person :))))

The world of medicine doesn't know what's going to hit it next week, or it does and I'll be sent packing by occupational health with my pirate image of the wooden leg and the eye patch.  I mean walking stick and squint.  Put the patient from hell in the profession and they'll be tears before bedtime.  If I haven't made at least one doctor upset every day I won't be doing my job.  It's all I'm in it for.  All right, gone too far.  Will be nice now.

Thanks boffins

wish

[wishforchange]

Wow, and...wow.....cor!

Are you a professor of haematology on the quiet.  That was BRILLIANT!

Never, ever, been given such a great analysis, and I trained as a nurse!

In answer to your question yes my GFR is 80.  It's been as low as 64 at times.  I'm not happy with it.

I actually had a deep vein thrombosis many years back whilst taking the contraceptive pill.  Being young and naive I couldn't be bothered with treatment and waiting around in hospital and went home.  Was lucky to have survived, or not to have lost my leg.  Seems the clot dispersed on its own eventually.  I was at that age where you think you are immortal.

Finally, I have got one of my doctors to refer me onto a lupus unit.  Hope to god I don't have it, but my history and current symptoms are not promising.  If they give me the all clear (if they see me) will never worry about it again.  If they find it....well, will deal with that if it happens.  

About to post on another thread some interesting (for me anyway) stuff about my eyes.  You are a star for analyzing this.  Doctors never read blood test, just look for flagged items, when I was nursing I liked to read the test, see what was going on with the person, even if all was in normal ranges.  You've picked up what I was thinking, there may be some reaction to chronic infection (autoimmune?) aka the low neutrophils, the high platelets, actually the lowest they've been in any test to date, are a bit out of character with my tendency to bleed lots and bruise easily, but also show I could be at risk of clotting.

Never had a dsDNA test.  Had an ANA screen and that came back negative.  

Thanks for doing all that, my brain is too rusty to do it any more.  

Will be thinking of you all evening now and what a nice thing you've done!

Hope you're doing okay

wish

[slightlybroken]

HCT low
MCH low
MCHC low .....These 3 test are directly effect by the anemia. The HCT test measures the amount of space (volume) red blood cells take up in the blood. The MCH (mean corpuscular hemoglobin) value is the amount of hemoglobin in an average red blood cell and the MCHC measures the concentration of hemoglobin in an average red blood cell. If you are anemic these number values will be decreased or on the low end.

Platelets high....Platelets are what stop you from bleeding. I know you said that it is the norm for your platelets to be high but if they get too high, it raises your chances of forming a blood clot in the blood vessel. If your platelet count was low, it could mean uncontrolled bleeding.

Neutrophils low ...A neutrophil is the most common type of white blood cell, the cells that protect the body against infection by destroying bacteria. If your count gets too low, it puts you at risk for infection.

Lymphocytes high ..This is another common type of white blood cell that protects the body. If it gets too high, it could mean infection, autoimmune, etc...

Eosinophil low..... is a blood test that measures the number of white blood cells called eosinophils. Eosinophils become active when you have certain allergic diseases, infections, and autoimmune disease.

Basophils low...They are white blood cells and the number of basophils also increases during infection. Basophils leave the blood and accumulate at the site of infection or other inflammation.

Sodium high...Sodium is important in how nerves and muscles work. It's both an electrolyte and a mineral. Too much sodium can cause swelling and water retention. Too little sodium can be from diarrhea or medications. If you have underlying health conditions like high blood pressure or heart failure..too much sodium is a big no no.

Estimated GFR (glomerular filtration rate)... checks on your kidney function. They come up with an estimate due to your age, body size, and gender. This helps confirm whether or not you have kidney damage or low functioning kidneys. I do have one question. IS your score 80?

Bilirubin low...It is good that your Biliribin is low. If it was high it would indicate liver disease.

Alk.Phos low....This is a liver enzymes (alkaline phosphatase). If it was high it could indicate that an obstruction to the biliary system, either within the liver or in the larger bile channels outside the liver.

Albumin high ... Albumin is produced by the liver. If it is too low, it could indicate something wrong with the liver. If levels are too high, it usually means dehydration.


I hope this helps...The one disease that comes to mind that I think they are checking you for that could cause all these problems is Lupus. Lupus definitely causes anemia and over time can cause problems with the liver and kidneys. Have they ever done a ds-DNA test on you? It is a specific test for Lupus. Unlike other test, this test is only positive for Lupus. Lupus is also known for causing blood clots. In the early stages of the disease, your blood levels will fluctuate.