worldbridger
Jedi Master
My recent blood tests and x-rays: the blood tests didn't show anything significant according to my doctor, just slight hypoalbuminemia (3.4 g/dL).
Albumin, the body's predominant serum-binding protein, has several important functions.
Albumin comprises 75-80% of normal plasma colloid oncotic pressure and 50% of protein content. When plasma proteins, especially albumin, no longer sustain sufficient colloid osmotic pressure to counterbalance hydrostatic pressure, edema develops.
Albumin transports various substances, including bilirubin, fatty acids, metals, ions, hormones, and exogenous drugs. One consequence of hypoalbuminemia is that drugs that are usually protein bound are free in the plasma, allowing for higher drug levels, more rapid hepatic metabolism, or both.
Alterations in albumin level affect platelet function.
Reference serum values range from 3.5-4.5 g/dL, with a total body content of 300-500 g. Synthesis occurs only in hepatic cells at a rate of approximately 15 g/d in a healthy person, but the rate can vary significantly with various types of physiologic stress. The half-life of albumin is approximately 21 days, with a degradation rate of approximately 4% per day.
Hypoalbuminemia is a common problem among persons with acute and chronic medical conditions. At the time of hospital admission, 20% of patients have hypoalbuminemia. Hypoalbuminemia can be caused by various conditions, including nephrotic syndrome, hepatic cirrhosis, heart failure, and malnutrition; however, most cases of hypoalbuminemia are caused by acute and chronic inflammatory responses.
Serum albumin level is an important prognostic indicator. Among hospitalized patients, lower serum albumin levels correlate with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality.
There was something else, but I need help with that one: Erc(B)-MCV=101 (Ref: 82-98).
But according to the tests I'm heathy as a horse.
X-rays: Normal x-ray with barium sulfate: Everything looked normal, hypopharynx and esophagus, BUT I had a extremely dilated ventricle (I had to look it up, left side of my stomach I think) that stretches far down to the pelvis! I said: "What? Seriously?"
That's probably why I got a new appointment just 2 days after and this time they used computer tomography....showing no such thing.
I didn't know that part of my stomach could travel that far down. It's funny, one x-ray shows something abnormal, the next show no such thing (didn't have to swallow anything 2nd time), and then everything is just fine, move along.
Doctors conclusion: "It's nothing wrong with you, it's just a muscular thing". Seems like he wants me to forget it.
They will do a gastroscopy next week, so we'll see.
Still don't know the reason for my pain/fatigue/breathing problems, but there are some dots: problems with breathing/jugular vein/funny heart shape/slight hip problem at birth. The connection between problems in my (mostly left) solar plexus area and back/neck pain/breathing is, I believe, kind of obvious. The dilated ventricle thing is maybe part of that or a consequence.
But still, what is the cause of my problems and how do I fix it?
Same old same old....
Albumin, the body's predominant serum-binding protein, has several important functions.
Albumin comprises 75-80% of normal plasma colloid oncotic pressure and 50% of protein content. When plasma proteins, especially albumin, no longer sustain sufficient colloid osmotic pressure to counterbalance hydrostatic pressure, edema develops.
Albumin transports various substances, including bilirubin, fatty acids, metals, ions, hormones, and exogenous drugs. One consequence of hypoalbuminemia is that drugs that are usually protein bound are free in the plasma, allowing for higher drug levels, more rapid hepatic metabolism, or both.
Alterations in albumin level affect platelet function.
Reference serum values range from 3.5-4.5 g/dL, with a total body content of 300-500 g. Synthesis occurs only in hepatic cells at a rate of approximately 15 g/d in a healthy person, but the rate can vary significantly with various types of physiologic stress. The half-life of albumin is approximately 21 days, with a degradation rate of approximately 4% per day.
Hypoalbuminemia is a common problem among persons with acute and chronic medical conditions. At the time of hospital admission, 20% of patients have hypoalbuminemia. Hypoalbuminemia can be caused by various conditions, including nephrotic syndrome, hepatic cirrhosis, heart failure, and malnutrition; however, most cases of hypoalbuminemia are caused by acute and chronic inflammatory responses.
Serum albumin level is an important prognostic indicator. Among hospitalized patients, lower serum albumin levels correlate with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality.
There was something else, but I need help with that one: Erc(B)-MCV=101 (Ref: 82-98).
But according to the tests I'm heathy as a horse.
X-rays: Normal x-ray with barium sulfate: Everything looked normal, hypopharynx and esophagus, BUT I had a extremely dilated ventricle (I had to look it up, left side of my stomach I think) that stretches far down to the pelvis! I said: "What? Seriously?"
That's probably why I got a new appointment just 2 days after and this time they used computer tomography....showing no such thing.
I didn't know that part of my stomach could travel that far down. It's funny, one x-ray shows something abnormal, the next show no such thing (didn't have to swallow anything 2nd time), and then everything is just fine, move along.
Doctors conclusion: "It's nothing wrong with you, it's just a muscular thing". Seems like he wants me to forget it.
They will do a gastroscopy next week, so we'll see.
Still don't know the reason for my pain/fatigue/breathing problems, but there are some dots: problems with breathing/jugular vein/funny heart shape/slight hip problem at birth. The connection between problems in my (mostly left) solar plexus area and back/neck pain/breathing is, I believe, kind of obvious. The dilated ventricle thing is maybe part of that or a consequence.
But still, what is the cause of my problems and how do I fix it?
Same old same old....
