Guest guest Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 The report from NIH shows a few thing high. They wern't able to go over this with me due to Dylan's trip to the ER. High LDL (108), High Bilirubin Direct (.33) and High Phosphorous (4.8) The LDL I understand, but what about the Bilirubin direct? And the phosphorous means to much calcium in the blood? I looked them up on the web, but as usual it's all Greek to me. What do I need to do to get these values to become normal? None of these are real high, just over normal, but I want to keep them in check. Cindylouwho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 Bilirubin Direct test looks for abnormal liver or gallblader functioning. High levels may indicate a blocked duct amongst other less likely things. The following site give info in sort of layman's terms. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003479.htm Phosphorous test link: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003478.htm This link was somewhat Greek to me, but high phosphorous levels seem to indicate *not enough* calcium or low parathyroid functioning (hypo means less, hyper means more). It can also indicate liver problems. Unfortunately, I have no idea how to go about changing levels... I guess it depends on what the ultimate cause of the increased phosphorous and bilirubin is. I guess the doctor would have to interpret several different blood tests to see if the liver is teh cause or the thyroid or medications, etc. etc. and then go from there. I hope this helped at least a little! But I'm not sure it did... > The report from NIH shows a few thing high. They wern't able to go over this with me due to Dylan's trip to the ER. High LDL (108), High Bilirubin Direct (.33) and High Phosphorous (4.8) The LDL I understand, but what about the Bilirubin direct? And the phosphorous means to much calcium in the blood? I looked them up on the web, but as usual it's all Greek to me. What do I need to do to get these values to become normal? None of these are real high, just over normal, but I want to keep them in check. > Cindylouwho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 Bilirubin Direct test looks for abnormal liver or gallblader functioning. High levels may indicate a blocked duct amongst other less likely things. The following site give info in sort of layman's terms. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003479.htm Phosphorous test link: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003478.htm This link was somewhat Greek to me, but high phosphorous levels seem to indicate *not enough* calcium or low parathyroid functioning (hypo means less, hyper means more). It can also indicate liver problems. Unfortunately, I have no idea how to go about changing levels... I guess it depends on what the ultimate cause of the increased phosphorous and bilirubin is. I guess the doctor would have to interpret several different blood tests to see if the liver is teh cause or the thyroid or medications, etc. etc. and then go from there. I hope this helped at least a little! But I'm not sure it did... > The report from NIH shows a few thing high. They wern't able to go over this with me due to Dylan's trip to the ER. High LDL (108), High Bilirubin Direct (.33) and High Phosphorous (4.8) The LDL I understand, but what about the Bilirubin direct? And the phosphorous means to much calcium in the blood? I looked them up on the web, but as usual it's all Greek to me. What do I need to do to get these values to become normal? None of these are real high, just over normal, but I want to keep them in check. > Cindylouwho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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