Guest guest Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 Thanks. I found some blood test results from 22 December. I was told by the hospital everything was fine with the results but I do note that some of his results are right towards the bottome of the reference ranges eg: WBC was 4.1 (ref 4- 13) Lymphocytes 1.51 (ref 1.5 -6.8) I know Tegretol can produce Neutropaenia - so I wonder what is happening with his WBC. His thyroid results on 22/12 were TSH 2.5 (ref 0.35- 5.5) Free T4 11.9 (ref 10 - 19.8) Margaret > > > > > > Hi Margaret > > > > First thing that springs to mind is chloesterol, have you had his checked lately, i was reading (only the other day) ina's story (Dr Shaw's step daughter) its at the bottom of the page on following link, might be worth getting tested for it. > > > > http://www.greatplainslaboratory.com/home/eng/cholesterol.asp > > > > x > > > > > > > > > > To: Autism-Biomedical-Europe > > From: m.collins9@ > > Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 20:39:35 +0000 > > Subject: Sudden weight loss, yellowing skin and lassitude and pallor - help, please? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Reports from school and a visitor to school yesterday say H has yellow hands and feet , perhaps body, too. Also yawning, lassitude, pallor and constantly asking for food. And the visitor said he's lost a lot of weight since they last saw him 2 weeks ago. (He looked fine on Monday. as far as I was concerned.) > > > > I and the epilepsy nurse at Addenbrooke's have persuaded the school to take him to the doc and get a liver function test tomorrow morning. > > > > I am very worried it could be the Tegretol or something else serious. He went off Monday morning just fine. > > > > He's been on the GAPS diet for 4 months and has slowly lost a bit of excess weight and his pot belly went down - but this sounds worrying. > > Any ideas, please? He's not on many supplements. > > > > If necessary I shall whisk him off to hospital (A & E five minutes away)when he gets home mid afternoon. > > Margaret > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 Thank you - that's very helpful.Do I need to go private to get any help or is there a children's endocrinologist who would treat at these levels, please? Margaret In Autism-Biomedical-Europe , " k.ozbo " wrote: > > From what I understand TSH at 2.5 is high, especially for a child. > The TPA-UK group has said that adults with TSH at 2.5 and above will warrant treatment in many European countries, Andy Cutler has said that ideally TSH for a child should not be above 1.5 and for an adult not above 2.0 and generally I believe that around 1.0 is optimum. > > Kenny > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Margaret > > > > > > > > First thing that springs to mind is chloesterol, have you had his checked lately, i was reading (only the other day) ina's story (Dr Shaw's step daughter) its at the bottom of the page on following link, might be worth getting tested for it. > > > > > > > > http://www.greatplainslaboratory.com/home/eng/cholesterol.asp > > > > > > > > x > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To: Autism-Biomedical-Europe > > > > From: m.collins9@ > > > > Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 20:39:35 +0000 > > > > Subject: Sudden weight loss, yellowing skin and lassitude and pallor - help, please? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Reports from school and a visitor to school yesterday say H has yellow hands and feet , perhaps body, too. Also yawning, lassitude, pallor and constantly asking for food. And the visitor said he's lost a lot of weight since they last saw him 2 weeks ago. (He looked fine on Monday. as far as I was concerned.) > > > > > > > > I and the epilepsy nurse at Addenbrooke's have persuaded the school to take him to the doc and get a liver function test tomorrow morning. > > > > > > > > I am very worried it could be the Tegretol or something else serious. He went off Monday morning just fine. > > > > > > > > He's been on the GAPS diet for 4 months and has slowly lost a bit of excess weight and his pot belly went down - but this sounds worrying. > > > > Any ideas, please? He's not on many supplements. > > > > > > > > If necessary I shall whisk him off to hospital (A & E five minutes away)when he gets home mid afternoon. > > > > Margaret > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 Thank you - that's very helpful.Do I need to go private to get any help or is there a children's endocrinologist who would treat at these levels, please? Margaret In Autism-Biomedical-Europe , " k.ozbo " wrote: > > From what I understand TSH at 2.5 is high, especially for a child. > The TPA-UK group has said that adults with TSH at 2.5 and above will warrant treatment in many European countries, Andy Cutler has said that ideally TSH for a child should not be above 1.5 and for an adult not above 2.0 and generally I believe that around 1.0 is optimum. > > Kenny > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Margaret > > > > > > > > First thing that springs to mind is chloesterol, have you had his checked lately, i was reading (only the other day) ina's story (Dr Shaw's step daughter) its at the bottom of the page on following link, might be worth getting tested for it. > > > > > > > > http://www.greatplainslaboratory.com/home/eng/cholesterol.asp > > > > > > > > x > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To: Autism-Biomedical-Europe > > > > From: m.collins9@ > > > > Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 20:39:35 +0000 > > > > Subject: Sudden weight loss, yellowing skin and lassitude and pallor - help, please? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Reports from school and a visitor to school yesterday say H has yellow hands and feet , perhaps body, too. Also yawning, lassitude, pallor and constantly asking for food. And the visitor said he's lost a lot of weight since they last saw him 2 weeks ago. (He looked fine on Monday. as far as I was concerned.) > > > > > > > > I and the epilepsy nurse at Addenbrooke's have persuaded the school to take him to the doc and get a liver function test tomorrow morning. > > > > > > > > I am very worried it could be the Tegretol or something else serious. He went off Monday morning just fine. > > > > > > > > He's been on the GAPS diet for 4 months and has slowly lost a bit of excess weight and his pot belly went down - but this sounds worrying. > > > > Any ideas, please? He's not on many supplements. > > > > > > > > If necessary I shall whisk him off to hospital (A & E five minutes away)when he gets home mid afternoon. > > > > Margaret > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 Thank you - that's very helpful.Do I need to go private to get any help or is there a children's endocrinologist who would treat at these levels, please? Margaret In Autism-Biomedical-Europe , " k.ozbo " wrote: > > From what I understand TSH at 2.5 is high, especially for a child. > The TPA-UK group has said that adults with TSH at 2.5 and above will warrant treatment in many European countries, Andy Cutler has said that ideally TSH for a child should not be above 1.5 and for an adult not above 2.0 and generally I believe that around 1.0 is optimum. > > Kenny > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Margaret > > > > > > > > First thing that springs to mind is chloesterol, have you had his checked lately, i was reading (only the other day) ina's story (Dr Shaw's step daughter) its at the bottom of the page on following link, might be worth getting tested for it. > > > > > > > > http://www.greatplainslaboratory.com/home/eng/cholesterol.asp > > > > > > > > x > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To: Autism-Biomedical-Europe > > > > From: m.collins9@ > > > > Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 20:39:35 +0000 > > > > Subject: Sudden weight loss, yellowing skin and lassitude and pallor - help, please? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Reports from school and a visitor to school yesterday say H has yellow hands and feet , perhaps body, too. Also yawning, lassitude, pallor and constantly asking for food. And the visitor said he's lost a lot of weight since they last saw him 2 weeks ago. (He looked fine on Monday. as far as I was concerned.) > > > > > > > > I and the epilepsy nurse at Addenbrooke's have persuaded the school to take him to the doc and get a liver function test tomorrow morning. > > > > > > > > I am very worried it could be the Tegretol or something else serious. He went off Monday morning just fine. > > > > > > > > He's been on the GAPS diet for 4 months and has slowly lost a bit of excess weight and his pot belly went down - but this sounds worrying. > > > > Any ideas, please? He's not on many supplements. > > > > > > > > If necessary I shall whisk him off to hospital (A & E five minutes away)when he gets home mid afternoon. > > > > Margaret > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.