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ciderman
12th Nov 2015, 16:29
Just had notification that "routine" blood test for a skin rash 6 months ago has shown up "high serum alkaline phosphatase" (114u/l) and low "serum sodium" (134u/l). Are these connected and do I worry about them? Am feeling fine, age 68. Much indebted to any learned friends out there for any information.
gingernut
12th Nov 2015, 18:33
Off the top of my head, they don't seem too far away from the mark.
A lot depends on how the lab define their range of "normal" and "abnormal."
You may wish to talk to your doc about the significance of the results. I suspect that there is no significance.
gingernut
12th Nov 2015, 18:35
PS, haven't still got my head around "routine" blood tests.
ciderman
12th Nov 2015, 20:02
Gingernut,
For some reason a dermatologist has asked for them as a follow up to a skin rash I had in the summer. No wiser than that but it is opening a can of worms!
gingernut
12th Nov 2015, 20:07
they sound okay so far, check the "reference range" for your lab and doc, suspect nothing more needs to be done.
Radgirl
12th Nov 2015, 20:29
Gingernut is correct. If you are otherwise well these numbers mean nothing.
Like Gingernut I hate 'routine bloods' almost as much as 'routine operations'. Playing devil's advocate, your dermatologist:
1 had a duty to inform you why he was taking blood, and
2 to convey the results and their significance to you.
Didn't he do so when he saw you for your follow up appointment??
you could always ring up his secretary demanding an explanation......
gingernut
13th Nov 2015, 10:33
H1 & H2 Receptors
Histamine Histamine Histamine
Check your DAO, Tg, IgA, IgE levels!!!
http://jasn.asnjournals.org/content/10/5/1090.full.pdf
Effect of histamine H2-receptor antagonist on the phosphorus-binding abilities of calcium carbonate and calcium lactate in hemodialysis patients. - PubMed - NCBI
Someone, somewhere, is missing something.
Please tell me it's not me ? :ugh:
ciderman
14th Nov 2015, 13:03
Someone, somewhere, is missing something.
Please tell me it's not me ?
I can't understand a word of it either!
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gingernut
15th Nov 2015, 17:12
I'm a little puzzled about why a small scale descriptive study about Histamine has anything to do with your question.