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Look up copper deficiency in bariatric surgery. It's associated with zinc

deficiency and immune function- maybe serum proteins, too?

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Zinc Deficiency

I have a 30 year post op jejunal intestinal bypass patient with major

malabsorption issues. He weighed 400# 30 years ago prior to the surgery and

maintaine his wt at 190# with no real problemsHe is now on dialysis for 6 years

and i have been working with him for 4 years.  He seems to have declined in the

past year and can't seem to get his albumin above 2.0. He has been on IDPN for

8months receiving 112 grams protein per treatment with extra MVI and trace

elements added yet he continues to be deficient in Zinc, magnesium.  He has had

times when he had night blindness and was supplemented with IV VIt A.   He

currently takes TWO Diatx ZN oral vitamins as well so his folate is great.  He

is receiving 25 mg zinc oxide in each tablet and 5 mcg folic acid.. He also gets

5 mg zinc in his IDPN. He eats greater than 3500calories and 150 grams of

protein in his diet but prealbumin is now at 18 as well.

 

His alkaline phosphatase is very elevated so we drew a fractionated alkaline

phosphatase to determine if it is bone turnover or if it is liver.  BOTH  bone

isoenzyme and liver isoenzyme were elevated but liver isoenyme was at 435

(reference range is 13-92)

 

I was wondering if  any of you have had experience with this type of patient and

if you have had the hypoalbuminemia such as this?  Do any of you have any

suggestions for any further interventions?

 

on, RD, LD

Renal Dietitian

Houston, TX

charrisonrd@...

netters56 <J@...> wrote: We are getting ready to start the

Lap Bands at our hospital and I am

looking for Post-op Diet Guidelines & Vitamin/Mineral recommendations

that I can provide to our patients. Anything you can provide is great

appreciated!

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Have any of you ever experienced this? I did a search on white spots on

fingernails and it said it could be related to to Zinc Deficiency. I also

read that allergies could increase under this influence. Is Zinc a good

supplement for Type O's?

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Zinc is a good supplement if you are deficient and need some.

Things to watch for is not taking too high a dose or taking it for an

extended length of time.

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 9:07 AM, Debra <mermaideeee@...> wrote:

> Have any of you ever experienced this? I did a search on white spots on

> fingernails and it said it could be related to to Zinc Deficiency. I also

> read that allergies could increase under this influence. Is Zinc a good

> supplement for Type O's?

>

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Zinc Sulfate 220 mg daily for 30 days, recheck levels.

Jeanne Blankenship, MS RD

Sacramento, CA

-------------- Original message from "dianejavelli" <djav>: --------------

Any suggestions on how and when to treat low zinc level? Pt 4 month postop gastric bypass with zinc level of 58 (60 is low normal for our lab). Thanks. -Diane

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Did you test your copper? If copper is high it pulls down the zinc.

Steph

zinc deficiency

Hello,I took the zinc test and flunked it, then did some research here and learned that selenium knocks out zinc. A few years ago, I took selenium, without iodine, because I had read it is good for your heart. I eat grass fed beef on a regular basis, as well as lamb. How can I be zinc deficient and how will a supplement help me? Do I need to megadose?I am unclear if this is OT. I hope not.I'm taking New Chapters zinc and 2mg copper.Thanks,Joan

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No. I did the home test for zinc. I know about the high copper but since I

had taken selenium before I thought it could be the cause. Is there a home test

for copper?

Joan

>

> Did you test your copper? If copper is high it pulls down the zinc.

>

> Steph

>

>

> zinc deficiency

>

>

>

> Hello,

>

> I took the zinc test and flunked it, then did some research here and learned

that selenium knocks out zinc. A few years ago, I took selenium, without iodine,

because I had read it is good for your heart. I eat grass fed beef on a regular

basis, as well as lamb. How can I be zinc deficient and how will a supplement

help me? Do I need to megadose?

>

> I am unclear if this is OT. I hope not.

>

> I'm taking New Chapters zinc and 2mg copper.

>

> Thanks,

> Joan

>

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If you just have a copper IUD you can get a

loooottt of copper that way. Your body absorbs it

from the copper wire.

Bethann

" The greatest enemy of knowledge is not

ignorance...it is the illusion of knowledge "

~ Hawking

coloredoctave wrote:

>

>

> No. I did the home test for zinc. I know about the high copper but since

> I had taken selenium before I thought it could be the cause. Is there a

> home test for copper?

>

> Joan

>

>

> >

> > Did you test your copper? If copper is high it pulls down the zinc.

> >

> > Steph

> >

> >

> > zinc deficiency

> >

> >

> >

> > Hello,

> >

> > I took the zinc test and flunked it, then did some research here and

> learned that selenium knocks out zinc. A few years ago, I took selenium,

> without iodine, because I had read it is good for your heart. I eat

> grass fed beef on a regular basis, as well as lamb. How can I be zinc

> deficient and how will a supplement help me? Do I need to megadose?

> >

> > I am unclear if this is OT. I hope not.

> >

> > I'm taking New Chapters zinc and 2mg copper.

> >

> > Thanks,

> > Joan

> >

>

>

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Do you have a link to " selenium knocks out zinc " ? That is very interesting. I

am always afraid of taking too much of a supplement for fear I will be creating

an imbalance.

I too eat a good amount of beef which is suppose to be high in zinc and I also

failed the zinc test. I do feel that when I take zinc it does help me. I use

zinc picolinate, btw, which is easy on the stomach and seems to easily absorbed.

>

> Hello,

>

> I took the zinc test and flunked it, then did some research here and learned

that selenium knocks out zinc. A few years ago, I took selenium, without

iodine, because I had read it is good for your heart. I eat grass fed beef on a

regular basis, as well as lamb. How can I be zinc deficient and how will a

supplement help me? Do I need to megadose?

>

> I am unclear if this is OT. I hope not.

>

> I'm taking New Chapters zinc and 2mg copper.

>

> Thanks,

> Joan

>

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Selenium knocks out zinc?

I have seen no such studies anywhere, please show some?

thanks

Bruce

>

> Hello,

>

> I took the zinc test and flunked it, then did some research here and learned

that selenium knocks out zinc. A few years ago, I took selenium, without

iodine, because I had read it is good for your heart. I eat grass fed beef on a

regular basis, as well as lamb. How can I be zinc deficient and how will a

supplement help me? Do I need to megadose?

>

> I am unclear if this is OT. I hope not.

>

> I'm taking New Chapters zinc and 2mg copper.

>

> Thanks,

> Joan

>

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I can rule that one out. We had copper pipes put in our townhouse when we lived

in VA. We lived just over a year with them before we moved.

Joan

> > >

> > > Did you test your copper? If copper is high it pulls down the zinc.

> > >

> > > Steph

> > >

> > >

> > > zinc deficiency

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > Hello,

> > >

> > > I took the zinc test and flunked it, then did some research here and

> > learned that selenium knocks out zinc. A few years ago, I took selenium,

> > without iodine, because I had read it is good for your heart. I eat

> > grass fed beef on a regular basis, as well as lamb. How can I be zinc

> > deficient and how will a supplement help me? Do I need to megadose?

> > >

> > > I am unclear if this is OT. I hope not.

> > >

> > > I'm taking New Chapters zinc and 2mg copper.

> > >

> > > Thanks,

> > > Joan

> > >

> >

> >

>

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This is what I found in the archives when I looked up zinc and selenium. I

think someone mentioned it recently, otherwise I wouldn't know to make the

correlation.

iodine/message/33447

http://www.lements.com/Selenium%20Wheels.pdf

Joan

> >

> > Hello,

> >

> > I took the zinc test and flunked it, then did some research here and learned

that selenium knocks out zinc. A few years ago, I took selenium, without

iodine, because I had read it is good for your heart. I eat grass fed beef on a

regular basis, as well as lamb. How can I be zinc deficient and how will a

supplement help me? Do I need to megadose?

> >

> > I am unclear if this is OT. I hope not.

> >

> > I'm taking New Chapters zinc and 2mg copper.

> >

> > Thanks,

> > Joan

> >

>

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Time for one of those new fangled search engines, maybe? ~

>

> Selenium knocks out zinc?

> I have seen no such studies anywhere, please show some?

>

> thanks

>

> Bruce

>

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