blood test results from February
2010-Mar-02, Tuesday 10:34 amI'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.
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*
Component | Latest Reference Range | 2010 February 02 |
ESR | 0 - 15 mm/h | 4 |
Albumin fraction | 3.7 - 5.1 g/dL | 4.4 |
Alpha 1 fraction | 0.2 - 0.4 g/dL | 0.2 |
Alpha 2 fraction | 0.5 - 0.9 g/dL | 0.5 |
Beta fraction | 0.6 - 1.0 g/dL | 0.7 |
Gamma fraction | 0.7 - 1.6 g/dL | 0.8 |
Monoclonal Peak | Low: 0.0 g/dL | 0.0 |
ELP interpretation | Essentially normal electrophoretic pattern. No monoclonal protein seen. | |
Copper | 77 | |
Zinc | 76 | |
Thyroid | 0.4 - 5.0 mU/L | 1.87 |
CK, total | 45 - 300 U/L | 51 |
Folate, serum | Low: >3.3 ng/mL | 16.5 |
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 | |
FANA | 0 - 1.0 | < 1.0 |
Neut Cytoplas ABY | < 1:20 | |
Gliadin antibody IgA | 0.0 - 4.9 U/mL | 1.0 |
Gliadin antibody IgG | 0.0 - 14.9 U/mL | 1.9 |
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*