So, I’m hoping someone with a bit of medical expertise might help me make sense of these numbers. I'm still waiting on my thyroid panel and some rheumatoid factor results to come back, but I did get my basic labs today—and thankfully, most things look totally fine except for a few outliers:
low sodium at 136
slightly elevated bilirubin at 26
LDH is 334—my lab report says the upper limit is 460, but I've heard from a few people that it should actually be much lower than that?
Last year, my iron levels were incredibly low, but now they’ve jumped up to 41! To be fair, I’ve been drinking tons of beet and carrot juice lately and even polished off about 100 organic farm eggs—LOL... so that probably played a part. Still, my doctor is insisting I keep taking iron supplements??!!! It’s all a bit confusing...
Unbound Iron-Binding Capacity 19.5 (so, low)
Percent Iron Saturation 68.2 (which is high)
Total Iron Binding Capacity 61.3 (looks okay)
I’m really hoping someone can help me figure out what's causing these little imbalances... though everything seems pretty minor, aside from that spike in iron.
Just for context, I have vitiligo, and it looks like I’ve managed to pick up hypertension too... but everything else is steady. Most of the "ailments" I've dealt with over the years have always turned out to be psychosomatic...
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts and suggestions—thanks so much in advance! :-)
low sodium at 136
slightly elevated bilirubin at 26
LDH is 334—my lab report says the upper limit is 460, but I've heard from a few people that it should actually be much lower than that?
Last year, my iron levels were incredibly low, but now they’ve jumped up to 41! To be fair, I’ve been drinking tons of beet and carrot juice lately and even polished off about 100 organic farm eggs—LOL... so that probably played a part. Still, my doctor is insisting I keep taking iron supplements??!!! It’s all a bit confusing...
Unbound Iron-Binding Capacity 19.5 (so, low)
Percent Iron Saturation 68.2 (which is high)
Total Iron Binding Capacity 61.3 (looks okay)
I’m really hoping someone can help me figure out what's causing these little imbalances... though everything seems pretty minor, aside from that spike in iron.
Just for context, I have vitiligo, and it looks like I’ve managed to pick up hypertension too... but everything else is steady. Most of the "ailments" I've dealt with over the years have always turned out to be psychosomatic...
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts and suggestions—thanks so much in advance! :-)