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Need help on my blood test form

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ann

ann Report 1 Aug 2008 18:28

Doctor has ticked off Creat &Electrolytes,LFT,Glucose,TSH and CRP are all these just general things? Annie

Researching:
Hedges in Headington and Headington Quarry Oxford

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 1 Aug 2008 18:29

TSH is THYROID

LFT is LIVER

Google for information

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

Bev

Bev Report 1 Aug 2008 18:31

ok

creat = kidney function

electrolytes are the sodium and potassium levels

LFT = liver function

Glucose = sugar

TSH =thyroid function

CRP = C Reative Protien, usually raised if the body is fighting an infection


all routine bog standard blood tests


hope that helps


Bev

Bev

Bev Report 1 Aug 2008 18:36

i bet you told the doc you were tired all the time!



Bev

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 1 Aug 2008 18:39

I had a blood test this morning and I had been to the doc for being tired.

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

Grabagran

Grabagran Report 1 Aug 2008 19:18

Oh Annie. I hope you are ok.

Also G.B.

Take Care girls.

xx

ann

ann Report 1 Aug 2008 20:54

No i did not go for being tired Bev.I went as i cant take nothing out of the fridge and freezer without my hands going white then they go red and itch then burn.They are always tingly as well.He did not say what he was testing me for. Annie

Researching:
Hedges in Headington and Headington Quarry Oxford

Sue in Somerset

Sue in Somerset Report 1 Aug 2008 21:01

Sounds like you have Raynauds Phenomenon

I have that Grannie and had it since I was a child.

It can be simply a minor problem on its own but needs to be checked in case it is a symptom of some other circulation disorder.

Sue