Posts by Aaron Gomez5

mistyjackal842 said:Has anyone actually used Breyer labs before? I was poking around their website and they don't list any prices at all. Does anyone know if they're overpriced?

I want to get my blood sugar, CBC, creatinine, sedimentation rate, liver enzymes—just the standard baseline stuff. My blood sugar was fine about four years ago, though it was hovering pretty close to the upper limit...How many days should I cut out sweets before getting my blood drawn?

You should be eating sweets just like any other day, otherwise the results are totally useless. If you starve yourself of sugar the day before a test but eat it for the other 364 days of the year, you're just lying to yourself. The whole point of checking your sugar is to see where your levels sit based on your actual daily diet and lifestyle.🙄

Peter Sanchez said:I originally posted this under Parenting, but I'm moving it here.

I need help!
My 2-year-old girl... symptoms were fever (though she hasn't had one in a few days lately), fatigue (not really anymore, but she's on antibiotics—could they be making her hyper?),
night sweats, an enlarged spleen and liver, and she's super cranky.
The CBC showed one metamyelocyte!!! I am freaking out... is there any chance this isn't something serious (like cancer) and it just disappears in a couple of days? When does a metamyelocyte even show up? It just makes me think of the absolute worst scenarios! Just so you know, the blood was taken from a finger prick if that matters.
Most other values are pretty much normal, except her red blood cell count is low. Also, her lymphocytes and reactive lymphocytes are elevated (the pediatrician suspects mono because of those).
White blood cells, platelets, monocytes are all fine.
Please, if anyone knows anything about these metamyelocytes, please help. Thanks!

Don't worry. Seeing a single metamyelocyte doesn't mean anything. During acute infection phases, you sometimes see an immature cell pop up in a CBC. And don't stress about the lymphocytes either—they're almost always high in kids (your pediatrician knows that). It's those reactive lymphocytes that have them looking for signs of mono.
Did you guys check her transaminases (AST, ALT)? Those should be elevated if it actually is mono.
The only thing that doesn't add up to me is the antibiotic being paired with infectious mononucleosis. Why give antibiotics for a viral infection?🤷

Basically, one metamyelocyte shouldn't keep you up at night.