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To interpret the results you need to know the reference ranges that have been used for comparison, and age and sex of the person tested (which I am sure you know).Regards,KenFrom: Nicola <n.trotman@...>Subject: RE: Test ResultsAutism Treatment Date: Wednesday, 8 September, 2010, 15:35

Hi I

have just had some test results from the hospital and I was wondering if anyone

could tell me what they mean OR point me in the direction of where I can find

out what they mean. They are: ·

IgA – 0.56g/L – LOW ·

Serum HDL cholesterol level – 1.5mmol/L – High ·

Serum alkaline phosphatise – 302u/L – HIGH I

would appreciate any advice. Thanks Nicola Mum

of Luke, now aged 9

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On 8 September 2010 18:33, Nicola <n.trotman@...> wrote:

Hi

 

The

tests were on my son Luke aged 9 years old and the problem I have is the

results from the hospital via the GP never give reference ranges – but it does

say HIGH or LOW for some of them.They mean " higher than expected " or even " lower than expected " .-- is

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On 8 September 2010 18:33, Nicola <n.trotman@...> wrote:

Hi

 

The

tests were on my son Luke aged 9 years old and the problem I have is the

results from the hospital via the GP never give reference ranges – but it does

say HIGH or LOW for some of them.They mean " higher than expected " or even " lower than expected " .-- is

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You do need to check the reference ranges - these vary by lab and method used for some of these sorts of results, but here are some data to give a rough comparison - no promises that these will allow an accurate one though.Attached for HDL and IgA, alkaline phosphatase from this link:http://cclnprod.cc.nih.gov/dlm/testguide.nsf/Index/1D336E0232533D3285256B9C0059ECEAhope this helps,Ken

From: Nicola <n.trotman@...>

Subject: RE: Test Results

Autism Treatment

Date: Wednesday, 8 September, 2010, 15:35

Hi I have just had

some test results from the hospital and I was wondering if anyone could tell

me what they mean OR point me in the direction of where I can find out what

they mean. They are: · IgA – 0.56g/L – LOW · Serum HDL cholesterol level – 1.5mmol/L – High · Serum alkaline phosphatise – 302u/L – HIGH I would

appreciate any advice. Thanks Nicola Mum of Luke, now

aged 9

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[Guest guest]

You do need to check the reference ranges - these vary by lab and method used for some of these sorts of results, but here are some data to give a rough comparison - no promises that these will allow an accurate one though.Attached for HDL and IgA, alkaline phosphatase from this link:http://cclnprod.cc.nih.gov/dlm/testguide.nsf/Index/1D336E0232533D3285256B9C0059ECEAhope this helps,Ken

From: Nicola <n.trotman@...>

Subject: RE: Test Results

Autism Treatment

Date: Wednesday, 8 September, 2010, 15:35

Hi I have just had

some test results from the hospital and I was wondering if anyone could tell

me what they mean OR point me in the direction of where I can find out what

they mean. They are: · IgA – 0.56g/L – LOW · Serum HDL cholesterol level – 1.5mmol/L – High · Serum alkaline phosphatise – 302u/L – HIGH I would

appreciate any advice. Thanks Nicola Mum of Luke, now

aged 9

2 of 2 File(s)

London App. B.pdf

4464283.pdf

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Hi Nicola

As Ken said it is difficult know which ref ranges they have

used. However from a blood chemistry analysis perspective:

Low levels of IgA occur in some types of auto-immune disease,

kidney damage, enteropathy of the intestines and ataxia.

High HDL can also signify an auto-immune response

High Alk Phos often indicates need for biliary support (liver

and gall bladder) and often highlights a leaky gut.

I hope that this is helpful.

All the best

Lucinda

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On 9 September 2010 14:12, Lucinda <lucindamiller@...> wrote:

 

Hi Nicola

 

As Ken said it is difficult know which ref ranges they have

used.  However from a blood chemistry analysis perspective:

 

Low levels of IgA occur in some types of auto-immune disease,

kidney damage, enteropathy of the intestines and ataxia. ** i think autism would be in there as well since certain food items cause our immunities to overreact?

 

High HDL can also signify an auto-immune response

 

High Alk Phos often indicates need for biliary support (liver

and gall bladder) and often highlights a leaky gut.

 

I hope that this is helpful.

 

All the best** Can children take milk thistle? Im wondering as i dont wish to advise a parent gives milk thistle (not real milk) to their kids when unsuitable for children.

-- is

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Hello ,

Please have a look at my results and I will be grateful for any suggestions as to what to do next?I am by no means an expert on interpreting lab results, but I had a look at yours and the overall picture I can draw from it is that your doctor seems to be looking at below-par kidney and liver function and questioning the function of your parathyroid glands. Your kidney function seems marginally impaired, your iron is low as is your Vit D3 and your folate level looks on the low side too.

I don't agree with your GP that `apart from Vit D' all is "normal"... your iron is too low and something is not quite right with your liver and kidney function, but I haven't got sufficient knowledge in that field to know what is going on or what causes it.

As for the Colecaliferol 20,000 unit capsules and how to take them I'm afraid I can't help much either. The aim of the game is obviously to achieve a sharp increase in your Vit D3 level in double quick time. I think this is all right, but I have no experience with that. I take 4000 iu of D3 every day during the winter, which is maintaining an acceptable level rather than pushing it up sharply. But perhaps the following will reassure you about taking high levels of Colecaliferol... I quote from a newsletter by "Lamberts" on D3 toxicity:

The concern around toxicity is due to the potential for hypercalcaemia at excessive vitamin D levels. However, recent studies have indicated that we would need to supplement extraordinarily high doses in order to reach the `toxic' threshold. For example, a 2007 review of 15 human intervention trials showed that up to 10,000 iu/day is safe and a 5 year 2011 study indicated that even a dose of 40,000 iu/day is unlikely to be toxic. The UK's Expert Group on Vitamin and Mineral acknowledges that supplementing as much as 4000 iu/day is unlikely to have any effect on blood calcium levels.

In the US, public health messages stress that serum levels of more and 125 nmol/L can cause `adverse effects'. However, critics claim that this cautious stance is based on the result of a study that used a single, annual mega-dose of 500,000 iu, which would have led to a sharp, but transient rise in serum levels, followed, two months later, by ten months of pre-dosing (i.e. inadequate) levels. This is because the half-life of vitamin D is only 60 days. By implication, even if your clients are able to get enough vitamin D from sun exposure in the summer months, they are likely to be deficient in the winter unless they can obtain it from other sources....

So perhaps it really does not matter how and when you take those 15 pills.... if it were me, I would spread them out though.

I'm sorry, , all of this is not much help.

With warm wishes,

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Hi

Just received my 24hr urine results back for T3/T4:

T3: 966pmol/24h (592 - 1850)

T4: 1075pmol/24h (347 - 1994)

T3:T4 ratio: 0.9 (0.50 - 2.00)

Could someone help me interpret these please?

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Just received my 24hr urine results back for T3/T4:> > T3: 966pmol/24h (592 - 1850)> T4: 1075pmol/24h (347 - 1994)> > T3:T4 ratio: 0.9 (0.50 - 2.00)> Could someone help me interpret these please?

Hello ,The interpretation of thyroid results always depends on your medical history. Assuming that you are on no thyroid medication,those results look a little on the low side, but not disastrously so. Good T4 and T3 levels would show figures at least in the middle of the respective ref ranges, better nudging towards the top. If, however, you were taking thyroid meds, then your dose would be either too low, or there might be a conversion or uptake problem. Tell us a little more about you With best wishes,

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Hi

On page 80 of his book -

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hormone-Solution-Dr-Thierry-Hertoghe/dp/1400080851 - Dr

Thierry Hertoghe, an expert on hormone replacement, said:

" In a twenty-four-hour urine analysis, watch out for low levels of

triiodothyronine [T3] (under 1500 pmol/24h) and/or thyroxine [T4] (under 1800

pmol/24h) " .

I had levels higher than you, and was still hypothyroid. These things are

individual though, and your symptoms etc need to be taken into account.

chris

>

> Hi

>

> Just received my 24hr urine results back for T3/T4:

>

> T3: 966pmol/24h (592 - 1850)

>

> T4: 1075pmol/24h (347 - 1994)

>

> T3:T4 ratio: 0.9 (0.50 - 2.00)

>

>

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Just received my 24hr urine results back for

> T3/T4:

> >

> > T3: 966pmol/24h (592 - 1850 <tel:592 - 1850> )

> > T4: 1075pmol/24h (347 - 1994 <tel:347 - 1994> )

> >

> > T3:T4 ratio: 0.9 (0.50 - 2.00)

> > Could someone help me interpret these please?

>

>

Hi ,

I have a confirmed diagnosis of autoimmune thyroiditis, and have been on

levothyroxine for 18ths, current dosage is 150mcg. When I took the test, I'd

been off the medication for 3 days as advised by Dr Peatfield. Also taking 1 x

Nutri adrenal extra and Vit c. Still having symptoms (tiredness, brain fog)

hence the test. Dr Peatfield believes I have a problem with adrenals and

conversion of t3 to t4, but don't know of this result confirms that or not.

>

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I have a confirmed diagnosis of autoimmune thyroiditis, and have been on levothyroxine for 18ths, current dosage is 150mcg. When I took the test, I'd been off the medication for 3 days as advised by Dr Peatfield. Also taking 1 x Nutri adrenal extra and Vit c. Still having symptoms (tiredness, brain fog) hence the test. Dr Peatfield believes I have a problem with adrenals and conversion of t3 to t4, but don't know of this result confirms that or not.

Hi ,

See what Dr. P. makes of it when you send him the results, but to my mind there isn't an obvious conversion problem (it's T4 to T3, btw), but the daily dose of Levo might still be too low for you. If you had a conversion problem, I would have expected a higher T4 and lower T3 figure.

If Dr. P. thinks your adrenal function is low, then it probably is, and whilst the adrenals are weak you need to be careful with upping thyroid medication.

But I can only guess. I am not familiar with interpreting urinary TFT's with a possible conversion problem in mind... For me this would be easier to identify in a blood test.... But Dr. P. is the expert, so please do not hold it against me if he tells you something else. He will be right – I might be wrong.

With best wishes,

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Hi

Here we come to the problem of different reference ranges for

the 24 hour urine T4/T3 test that different laboratories use. I have Dr Thierry

Hertoghe's big 'The Hormone Handbook' in which he says that free T3 below 1300

is deficient (his ref range is 800-2600pmol/24H). Your T3 is only 966pmol/24H. He

says the optimal should be between 1400 to 2000pmol.

He also says that free T4 below 1800 is deficient (his ref.

range 550-3160pmol/24H). Your T4 is 1075pmol/24H and that the optimal should be

2000 to 2500 for T4.

He puts a value of 'high' on the 24 hour urine test for T3, but

a 'low' value for free T4.

You need thyroid hormone that contains the active thyroid

hormone T3, and Dr Hertoghe says that the best source of T3 is from pork

(because of its higher T3 content), second best is from beef and third best if

from sheep. Here at TPA, we recommend the porcine thyroid extract.

A great deal of thyroid hormones is desiccated thyroid powder of

animal original in thyroglobulin. Thyroglobulin is a huge protein that is

slowly absorbed, and once it reaches the bloodstream, it slowly releases the thyroid

hormones that are bound to it. Many patients find that desiccated thyroid has

more persistent beneficial effects that last for a 24 hour period with a

constant T4-T3 content. Synthetic T4-T3 medications are too quickly absorbed so

that the effects come quickly (thanks to the absorption of the quick-working

T3) but also tend to disappear very quickly with not enough in the evening.

That is why we recommend splitting the dose throughout the day.

Have you done the 24 hour salivary adrenal profile and if so,

what were the results of that?

Luv - Sheila

> Just received my 24hr urine results back for

> T3/T4:

> >

> > T3: 966pmol/24h (592 - 1850 <tel:592 - 1850> )

> > T4: 1075pmol/24h (347 - 1994 <tel:347 - 1994> )

> >

> > T3:T4 ratio: 0.9 (0.50 - 2.00)

> > Could someone help me interpret these please?

>

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Hi Sheila

Thanks for interpreting. I have written to Dr P. Yes I've had the 24hr adrenal

test but that came back pretty normal, although when I did it had a very quiet

day at home so did not make my adrenals work at all as there was very little in

the way of stress - so Dr P thinks my adrenals need support despite the results:

Sample 1: 17.8 (12 - 22)

Sample 2: 7.4 (5 - 9)

Sample 3: 3.2(3 - 7)

Sample 4: 0.6 (1 - 3)

DHEA Mean 0.31 (0.30 - 1.00)

DHEA: Cortisol Ratio 1.05 (1.0 - 4.0)

Regards

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