Albion Gap ?

[jfoesq]

Does anyone know the significance of an elevated Albion gap? My labs from today indicate a level 27, Can it be a side effect from ether the Lupron I have been taking for close to 8 years of the Zytiga I re-started about 6 months ago?

[LowT]

I believe you mean 'anion gap', which is a measurement of acid / base balance of the body. Normal being 10-16. Higher levels are indicative of acidosis.

[jfoesq in reply to LowT]

Thx for the correction. Yes- acidosis- I saw that when I googled. But- this came out of nowhere after years of meds. Any ideas as to why?

[LowT in reply to jfoesq]

Without other issues and not otherwise symptomatic how about repeating the test

[Tall_Allen]

Diabetes? Metabolic syndrome? Kidney failure? Unusual diet? What does his doctor say?

[dadzone43]

Anion gap is a mathematical calculation that 99% of the time is not important.