Bilirubin

[Bazile]

Bilirubin reading of 41 .

I'm told that this is high .

What are the possible consequences ?

Can it be reversed ?

What are the possible consequences for the liver ?

[bednobs]

it depends on what the cause is

[Sqad]

Not enough information Bazile.

Are you well, are you jaundiced, is your urine dark and are you on any medications?

41 does seem a bit high, but normal values vary from lab to lab. Has it been " highlighted" on the report as high?

Are the rest of the blood results normal?

Sorry can't say much more without further details.

[slaney]

The upper limit of normal is about 17-20 micromoles/L
There are many many possible causes of this ranging from from congenital Gilbert's disease where it is of no or little significance, to liver disease/blood disorders.
The consequences and whether it can be reversed depend on the underlying cause.
In the first place one would need to know what the other liver function tests were.

[Sqad]

Bazile.......there was an old saying years ago, which i suppose is obsolete now, " the more the doctors, the bigger the b@lls up" so as this is more slaney's area of expertise, I will leave this to her, but i will watch with interest your thread.

[Bazile]

This was one of a number of tests for various things , from a blood sample .

I have this regularily , since the past few years ( sort of a mot i suppose ) .

Looking at the print out , apart from the bilirubin , the only other things i noticed,which appears to be outside of the range they give , is the following -

250HDT
50-220

25 OH Vitamin D2 2.9 NMOL/L

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FBC
1-4.5
Lymphocytes Absolute 1.69 10*9/L

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Glomerular Filtration Rate /Creatinine

eGFR 86 mL/min/1.7

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The readings for LFT ( Which i presume is the liver function )

Alanine AT 22 < 41 U/L
Albumin 43 35-50 g/L


20 - 130
Alk Phosphatase 73 U/L

[Bazile]

[Bazile]

funny

It doesn't want to accept another post

[Bazile]

[Bazile]

[Bazile]

This is annoying - i've typed the rest of the results - but when i submit it - it doesn't appear on here .

Any ideas anyone ?

[Bazile]

[Bazile]

so it will accept anthing else , such as what i'm typing now - but it wont accept what i type for the rest of the blood test results !!!!

[Mamyalynne]

Are you typing the results of copy and pasting them?

If C&P try adding a typed word after the C&P text.

[Mamyalynne]

^or

[Bazile]

[jackthehat]

I can't help with your Bilirubin query.....

but don't post > or < in any direction

around your thread......the AB elfs misunderstand them.

[Bazile]

[slaney]

Not sure what the 250HTD is, or indeed what "Alanine AT 22 < 41 U/L" means.
Are there any results for ALT AST or Gamma GT?

The rest seem borderline /normal except for the vitamin D which looks low - if it is indeed 22.9 nmol/L (or is it 2.9?)
Deficiency is classified as less than 25 nmol/L and needs treatment.
Insufficiency is a level between 25-35 nmol/L

As usual, best to take these results to your GP, as he/she may wish to repeat the bilirubin, and do some other tests, as well as considering giving you some Vitamin D.

All in all there is not anything too abnormal there.

[Bazile]

(less than symbol appears here ) 21 umol/L
Bilirubin 41

I feel ok - apart from a bit of stomach upset from time to time
I'm on blood pressure medication (including Lisinopril & Hydrochlorothiazide ) - Adcal tablets - Atorvastatin - Clopidogrel - Fluorometholone , eye medication

[Bazile]

Thanks slaney - iv'e ( finally ) manage to post the figures for the bilirubin .

Trouble with typing on here is that when it is submitted , it does not align up to the way you type it . It merges into one .

There are numbers and words on the left hand side which should align with those on the right hand side of the page .

250HDT seems to be the heading under which tests were carried out for Vitamin D , D2 , D3


This
"Alanine AT 22 < 41 U/L"
should appear like this

Alanine AT 22 < 41 U/L



//Are there any results for ALT AST or Gamma GT? //
There is nothing that mentions those


//The rest seem borderline /normal except for the vitamin D which looks low - if it is indeed 22.9 nmol/L (or is it 2.9?)
Deficiency is classified as less than 25 nmol/L and needs treatment.
Insufficiency is a level between 25-35 nmol/L //

it appears as follows -

25 OH Vitamin D2 2.9 NMOL/L