not thyroids just wondered for any professional advice on my blood test

[raine-wager]

any advice appreciated thanks

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

raine-wager

I just want to point out that you can't get any professional advice on this forum. This is purely a patient to patient forum to share experiences of what has worked for us as individuals and offer suggestions. Interpretation of blood test results will only be opinion.

You can see from this post about forum guidelines

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

that

This is a patient to patient forum and no one, including the Admin team, on this community should be assumed to have medical training of any sort.

Everyone is only speaking from their own experience, that of friends/family or other people they may have spoken to.

and from forum guidelines:

2. This is a Patient to Patient support community. Advice from members openly claiming to be medically qualified is not permitted.

You can check out information about blood tests and what their results can mean by visiting

labtestsonline.org.uk/

It might help members to respond if you can say what led to these blood tests. Your white blood cells are slightly raised and my understanding is that infection can raise white blood cells. Your ferritin is also raised and again my understanding is that infection or inflammation can cause raised ferritin level.

[raine-wager in reply to SeasideSusie]

Sorry I just wanted some input, also my crp and creatinine . I had the blood tests for shoulder pain but I think there’s more going on than that..

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to raine-wager]

The raised CRP is noted on the report as not unexpected so perhaps you know why? Creatinine is to do with kidneys. Perhaps you should discuss wifh your GP.

[raine-wager in reply to SeasideSusie]

they are intimating it’s to do with my shoulder impingement, and I have a call from the physio, I’m also slightly deficient in potassium which I have history of. I don’t think they look at the whole picture and it’s impossible to get a Dr appointment..

[beh1 in reply to SeasideSusie]

well, you’ve got some inflammation going on (raised crp and ferritin) which he’s putting down to rheumatic problems (shoulder presumably).

They’ve let the other slightly out of range things go, I presume they’re near enough? Sometimes I get a raised creatinine level if I’ve taken certain antibiotics for bladder infection, so I wonder if you’re taking anything that might have raised the level. Doc seems not concerned. 🤷‍♀️

[raine-wager in reply to beh1]

I’m not on antibiotics just Levo aspirin and coamilofruse. Tom they only take notice of what they want to I have a history of low potassium which looks like it’s on the decrease again, some of the results I think can also have implications for the heart, I have a pacemaker yet they are sending me back to the physio and not a dr. It is impossible to see a dr at my surgery. And as was said I could have an infection which I presume I should be on antibiotics they haven’t even asked if I have any other symptoms which I do. I am so disappointed with my Drs ….

[SlowDragon Administrator]

GFR is very poor (kidney function)

previous post shows slightly low Ft4 and lower Ft3

Low Ft3 is linked to low GFR

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

The GFR is reversibly reduced (by about 40%) in more than 55% of adults with hypothyroidism[40] due to several reasons

Hypothyroidism results in a reversible elevation in serum creatinine due to the reduction in GFR as well as possible myopathy and rhabdomyolysis. There is a reduction in serum cystatin C levels in hypothyroidism due to reduced production, consequent to reduced cellular metabolism.[30] Both these changes are reversible with treatment of hypothyroidism.

bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.co....

[Litatamon]

Just want to note that I had severe shoulder pain for over a year, to the point that if I held a grocery bag on that side it was agonizing.

It disappeared with finding my b12 deficiency, and loading doses. Along with 80% of my thirty-plus symptoms (It is such a public health scandal).

Not saying your shoulder issue is due to b12 deficiency, but definitely saying you should cross it out. (My apologies no glasses on so could not see if you have a reading)

I was not alone with shoulder issues on the PAS section here, and I had a friend who was b12 deficient due to celiac & had the same thing.

All the best to you.

[buddy99]

My GFR was below range at 46 (bottom normal 60) when my FT3 was at low range or below. Since taking Liothyronine it has gone up to 70 and into normal range. Creatinine was also high and has come down. CRP went to 0 (this I don't know whether it's due to T3). Why your potassium levels are chronically low, baffles me, since I was under the impression that with lower kidney function potassium levels can rise (?). I hope you can get a hold of a doctor who will take the time to go over your results step by step to see what is going on and to alleviate your concerns.

P.s.: I found this at the National Kidney Foundation website: "People with kidney disease are also at risk for low potassium, especially during earlier stages of kidney disease." kidney.org/atoz/content/abo....

So it looks like potassium can go high or low with kidney problems.

[raine-wager in reply to buddy99]

thankyou