Wellness

[SilleeMee]

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@Bri36 wrote:

You really should be talking to your doctor about this.

Telling you that blood glucose above 100 is considered pre-diabetic should be something your doctor tells you, not someone on a shopping board.

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Not necessarily. It depends on the lab's normal ranges. Like I said earlier, it's important to refer to the normal ranges of the lab where you got tested. Glucose of 100 can be within normal range by some lab standards.

[Bri36]

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@SilleeMee wrote:

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@Bri36 wrote:

You really should be talking to your doctor about this.

Telling you that blood glucose above 100 is considered pre-diabetic should be something your doctor tells you, not someone on a shopping board.

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Not necessarily. It depends on the lab's normal ranges. Like I said earlier, it's important to refer to the normal ranges of the lab where you got tested. Glucose of 100 can be within normal range by some lab standards.

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That's why she should talk to her doctor 

[jackthebear]

why getting yr lab reports in the mail doesn't mean much unless there is someone to interpret them for you 

[jackthebear]

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@Plaid Pants2 wrote:

Today in the mail I got my lab results, but I don't know what it all means.

Sodium  -  137   mmol/L

Potassium. -  3.9  mmol/L

Chloride  -  101  mmol/L

Carbon Dioxide  -  27  mmol/L

Calcium  - 9.9  mg/dL

BUN  - 16  mg/dL

Creatinine  -  0.8  mg/dL

GFR Estimated (MDRD)  -  >60  mL/min/1.73m^2

Glucose  -  105  mg/dL

Alkaline Phosphatase  -  70  U/L

Bilirubin, Total  -  0.5  mg/dL

AST  -  17  U/L

ALT  -  21  U/L

Total Protein  -  7.7  Gm/dL

Globulin  3.2  Gm/dL

Albumin/Globulin Ratio  -  1.4  Gm/dL

What I need to work on is getting my cholesterol numbers down.

I won't share all of those numbers, but I will share my HDL number of 61, and my cholesterol/HDL ratio of 4.1

So, what do all of these things mean?

Anyone care to explain to a dummy like me?

TIA!

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call yr Dr. and ask him to explain and discuss with you

[LTT1]

@Plaid Pants2

I can't believe they sent you those without normals. That is just not right.

I have a website I will give you that came through my doctor's portal. The message said these are your blood test results (there were normal ranges printed beside each value).

At the end of the message, it said something to the effect if you would like to have more information concerning each test value, you can visit this site:

https://labtestsonline.org/map/aindex/

[ID2]

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@Plaid Pants2 wrote:

Today in the mail I got my lab results, but I don't know what it all means.

Sodium  -  137   mmol/L

Potassium. -  3.9  mmol/L

Chloride  -  101  mmol/L

Carbon Dioxide  -  27  mmol/L

Calcium  - 9.9  mg/dL

BUN  - 16  mg/dL

Creatinine  -  0.8  mg/dL

GFR Estimated (MDRD)  -  >60  mL/min/1.73m^2

Glucose  -  105  mg/dL

Alkaline Phosphatase  -  70  U/L

Bilirubin, Total  -  0.5  mg/dL

AST  -  17  U/L

ALT  -  21  U/L

Total Protein  -  7.7  Gm/dL

Globulin  3.2  Gm/dL

Albumin/Globulin Ratio  -  1.4  Gm/dL

What I need to work on is getting my cholesterol numbers down.

I won't share all of those numbers, but I will share my HDL number of 61, and my cholesterol/HDL ratio of 4.1

So, what do all of these things mean?

Anyone care to explain to a dummy like me?

TIA!

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I would just Google these results to get the answers I need. 

[Moonchilde]

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@jackthebear wrote:

why getting yr lab reports in the mail doesn't mean much unless there is someone to interpret them for you 

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I have never, ever been provided my lab results without the normal ranges being printed right next to my results. I've never heard of a result able to be printed any other way. There is no point. 

[AuntG]

My lab has the normal ranges off to the side, and prints questionable numbers in red.  My glucose matched yours, but my doctor thought it was acceptable even though the lab marked it as out of range.

[151949]

The value of lab numbers vary from patient to patient, and have to be intrepreted by the doctor on an individual basis.The person's medical history , their medications and lifestyle all come in to play.It is much more complicated than this number is good and that number is bad. Heck - things like gender, race and ethnicity all play a role.

For instance the GFR - which measures kidney function will usually give 2 results - one is for if you are a black person and the other is if you are any other race. I don't know why it is different but it certainly is  - and doctors have to interrupt those results for people of mixed race.

[Cakers3]

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@151949 wrote:

The value of lab numbers vary from patient to patient, and have to be intrepreted by the doctor on an individual basis.The person's medical history , their medications and lifestyle all come in to play.It is much more complicated than this number is good and that number is bad. Heck - things like gender, race and ethnicity all play a role.

For instance the GFR - which measures kidney function will usually give 2 results - one is for if you are a black person and the other is if you are any other race. I don't know why it is different but it certainly is  - and doctors have to interrupt those results for people of mixed race.

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@151949  Thank you.  I was just about to post roughly the same thing.  That is why a medical history is taken. 

The doctor should be determining if a patient needs something addressed; the lab is only providing the info with which the PCP will work from.