Need help reading lab results

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jay_naguit

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Hi, I am having a hard time trying to figure out what is going on with me....I am 28 and I have had triplets in the last 1 and not I have no energy, I am tired all the time and I can't sleep or stay asleep....my docter thinks that it is all because I have more than one baby and I just don't feel like that is wha it is. Also no matte what I try I can't loose weight, I had some labs done and the numbers seem high to me but I wanted to see if some one could help me try to understand them, I was fasting for this test....the second set of numbers are the normal ranges on the results

Glucose 91 [74-106]
BUN 16 [6-20]
creatinine 0.7 [0.4-1.1]
sodium 143 [136-145]
potassium 4.5 [3.4-5.1]
chloride 107 [98-107]
co2 28 [20-31]
calcium 9.5 [8.7-10.4]
est gfr >60 [>60]


free t4 1.14 [0.89-1.76]

wbc 8.4 [4.0-10.4]
rbc 4.67 [3.90-5.0]
hgb 14.3 [11.6-14.9]
hct 42.5 [38.0-48.0]
mcv 91.0 [81.0-98.0]
mch 30.6 [27.0-33.0]
mchc 33.6 [33.0-37.0]
rdwcv 12.5 [11.5-14.5]
rdw-sd 41.7 [35.0-42.0]
plt 447 [130-400]
mpv 9.8 [7.4-10.4]

neut 64.4 [42.2-75.2]
lymph 27.7 [20.5-51.1]
mono 5.9 [1.7-9.3]
eo 1.4 [1.0-3.0]
baso 0.6 [0.0-2.0]
abs neut 5.4 [1.7-8.3]
abs lymph 2.3 [0.8-5.0]
abs mono 0.5 [0.1-1.0]
abs eo 0.1 [0.0-0.3]
abs baso 0.1 [0.0-0.2]

If any one has any suggestions or any insight it would be wonderful

Thanks
 
Personally, I would go back and edit your post putting in all the normal ranges as they differ from place to place. Then my guess is that someone who is knowledgable with blood work will give some imput.

tup
 
Postpartum Thyroiditis can cause hyperthyroidism that suddenly switches to hypothyroidism with symptoms like fatigue, difficulty losing weight and feeling chilly all the time.

I see they tested your Free T4 but not your TSH. You kinda need one to read the other. You might want to ask your doc about PPthyroid and a TSH bloodtest. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/MEDLINEPLUS/ency/article/003684.htm


plt 447 [130-400] Your platelets are slightly high but that's seldom diagnostic of anything, an increase in platelets can happen post partum.

chloride 107 [98-107] sodium 143 [136-145] Your chloride and sodium are just within range. It may indicate mild dehydration.


{Just a disclaimer: I'm not a doc, nurse or lab tech. I'm just another patient with time on her hands :wave: Always check with your doctor}
 
You seemed concerned about your weight. I imagine your diet has changed dramatically from the time before you had your babies to now. How is your diet? Are you exercising? Has your lifestyle changed a lot?
 
Sounds very much as if you're hypothyroid. Your free T4 level is too low to be that of an average, thyroid-healthy individual. You should insist on more testing, nothing less than the following: TSH, (a second) free T4, free T3 and thyroid antibodies - both TPO and Tg.

Hypothyroidism, either the temporary kind or the permanent autoimmune type, frequently rears its head in the postpartum period. Doctors can be very stubborn about doing the right tests (or enough of them), and they frequently don't know how to interpret them if they do agree to the tests. If you cannot convince yours to run more tests, seek enough other opinions to get your diagnosis.

When you get the results, come visit the Thyroid Disorders board for more advice about getting it treated.
 
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