2010-Mar-02, Tuesday

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I've had these results for a while, but I guess I should get them recorded somewhere that I can find them later if needed.  These are the tests that they had to draw 8 vials of blood for examination.

ComponentLatest Reference Range2010 February 02
ESR0 - 15 mm/h4
Albumin fraction3.7 - 5.1 g/dL4.4
Alpha 1 fraction0.2 - 0.4 g/dL0.2
Alpha 2 fraction0.5 - 0.9 g/dL0.5
Beta fraction0.6 - 1.0 g/dL0.7
Gamma fraction0.7 - 1.6 g/dL0.8
Monoclonal PeakLow: 0.0 g/dL0.0
ELP interpretation Essentially normal electrophoretic pattern.  No monoclonal protein seen.
Copper 77
Zinc 76
Thyroid0.4 - 5.0 mU/L1.87
CK, total45 - 300 U/L51
Folate, serumLow: >3.3 ng/mL16.5
specimen description Serum
B. burgdorferi AB screen Test value: > or = 1.00.... Interpretation: Positive.... Specimen submitted to ...
SSB(La) ABY, IgG 0
SSA(Ro) ABY, IgG 1
FANA0 - 1.0< 1.0
Neut Cytoplas ABY < 1:20
Gliadin antibody IgA0.0 - 4.9 U/mL1.0
Gliadin antibody IgG0.0 - 14.9 U/mL1.9
Lyme confirm IgG WB Negative
Lyme confirm IgM WB Negative

IANAN (i am not a neurologist), but here's my interpretation anyway:

metals: normal.  Both Zinc and Copper are within reference ranges, although they are both on the low end of normal.

Thyroid function: normal.  Expected, but still amusing.  I've had my thyroid tested more times than I can remember.  I had it tested even back when I was a teenager.  I wonder what condition always looks like thryoid malfunction but isn't?

Lyme disease: negative.  The western blot tests for Borrelia burgdorferi antibodies came back negative.  That's good news.  (Did you know that B. burgdorferi has replaced all of its Iron-containing enzymes with Manganese instead?  Cool.)

Celiac disease: negative.  The tests for gliadin antibody response were normal.  I do not, apparently, have a gluten sensitivity.  That's surprising news to me, actually.  I do not have gluten-sensitive neuropathy.

Sjogren's syndrome: negative?  They used weird numbers for posting their lab results.  It seems to be just binary instead of units AU/mL. The more-specific SSB test was negative.  That's good news.  The less-specific SSA test, however, seems to say that there is nevertheless some kind of autoimmune dysfunction.  Could be Sjogren's, could be sclerosis, could be Lupus, could be something else.

*ignorant shrug*  Two more weeks until I meet with the neurologist again.  I'm not sure if we have enough information yet to make any conclusive diagnosis.  I'm hoping that zhey doesn't order a spinal tap to test for sclerosis.  *shudder*

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