GP gave my a months supply Folic acid, a months supply of Vit D and said if you want more to buy. Getting fuddled trying to understand what's what, HELP
Sorry to hear you are confused.. I’m afraid I have no knowledge of the tests listed, but have you tried Googling the reference ranges (ie what is normal) for each of the tests listed? At least you would know then if any were abnormally low or abnormally high (or normal), then possibly Dr Google again for any that do seem to be outside of the normal ranges to see what it means, and to help you get together some informed questions that you can then take to your GP? Good luck with it, and hope you get some resolution / reassurance soon..
Yes I did try to google, think that's added to the confusion. Can't seem to find things listed in the same units of measurement, ug/L's, mmol/L's, nmol/L's, pmol/L's, g/L, umol/L, ng/L , so finding it bit of a mystery 🙃
My document (which is primarily intended for thyroid patients but has lots that is relevant to many others), has a small section on calculators for converting units. There are several links - all without charge.
Hope it might help.
helvella - Vade Mecum for Thyroid
The term vade mecum means:
1. A referential book such as a handbook or manual.
2. A useful object, constantly carried on one’s person.
Please don't get put off by the number of pages!
In particular, it is not intended that you sit and read the document. Just that you download it and know you can look things up.
Not everything is in this one document - my major medicines document is still separate!
Do you mean the NHS app? You just download the app to your phone or device, through PlayStore for Android devices, through iStore for iPad or iPhone and, I guess, Apple Mac. Then you log your personal details on it and you can access your medical info. I choose not to access much, but I do have the app, and it also shows the dates you had any covid jabs. It's a very personal.thing what people choose to use it for. My GP actually urged me initially, a few years ago now, to have it so that I could check my blood test results. Please bear in mind, as helvella pointed out, that the capability of the app is not the same throughout the whole UK. You'll be able to read up all about it on t'internet, I'm sure.
when they realised and got in touch with me to say I was vit D deficient , 3 or so weeks after telling me all was fine there was no discussion, just pick up prescription and when it's finished you'll have to buy. Not even sure you can buy mega dose vit D? Even though have My GP on phone it's a bit sketchy , not all that interesting, and has me down as a 20 a day smoker, I am not.
If your result was 10 then that is deficient and you should have been prescribed loading doses if tolerated. You can check out VitD Treatment on the CCG website in your area.
Thanks for info, the spray says it is D3, doesn't have Mg in , have been supplementing just ran out of Mg tabs but there appears to be some in some of the other stuff I am taking, looking at results apparently have probably been needing to supplement for at least 5 years as according to GP was developing a problem with insulin resistance , never mentioned this to me. I mean they could see up to 5 years ago there was an issue and then they announce just before Christmas I am now type 2 , and organised various diabetic specific appointments, in January walked into appointment with Practice Nurse who announced "right we are starting you on Metformin" erm jog on , think not. Can you tell I wasn't impressed.
It's difficult to comment on your results without reference ranges, because for some tests they can vary quite considerably. When the results were reported, they will (or should) have been issued with reference ranges for each analyte. If you were able to upload screen shots from your GP's system, suitably anonymised, it would help folks on here to share their experiences. Personally, I would not look to Google for reference ranges as they can vary considerably between providers, and for very good reasons.
The units can be confusing but it's relatively simple; it's just scientific conventions. If it's got g/L then it's expressed as mass concentration, whereas if it's mol/L it's molar concentration. To use molar concentration, we need to know what the molecular weight is. Sometimes that's easier than others.
Conversion from one to the other is something best avoided.
The prefix of u [actually should be lower case Greek letter Mu, 'μ'] is particularly confusing as it's not on the keyboard. There is a thousand-fold difference between the prefix letters.
m=Milli, a thousandth.
μ=Micro, a millionth.
n=Nano, a thousand-millionth.
p=Pico, a million-millionth.
f=Femto, a thousand-million-millionth.
a=Atto, a million-million-millionth.
I realise I probably haven't helped much here. Good luck.
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