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PMR & blood test markers

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jack1949
jack1949

I wonder if anyone can speak to changes to blood test markers. I'm familiar with ESR, CRP, but I wonder if PMR can lead to others going out of range.

My blood test results yesterday. for example, showed PTH elevated to 10.3 pmol/L, slightly out of range.

I wonder whether being on 3 weeks of 20 mg/day for 3 weeks had any effect.

Thanks all!

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  • EileenH
    EileenH jack1949

    Posted

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8592948

    says it shouldn't make a difference in healthy subjects.

    https://labtestsonline.org/tests/parathyroid-hormone-pth

    explains PTH.

    What is your calcium level? And what was the normal range for PTH for your lab?

    And by the way - PMR can cause raised liver enzymes, especially alkaline phosphatase. Sometimes spooks doctors who don't know that.

    • jack1949
      jack1949 EileenH

      Posted

      Thanks Eileen.

      My calcium 2.18 (range is 2.1-2.6) nmol/L

      Alkaline phosphatase is 56 (range 40-145) U/L

      PTH range is less than 7 and mine was 10.7 pmol/L

      I see that both iron and transferrin were both a little under the range too

    • EileenH
      EileenH jack1949

      Posted

      All sounds OK for now. Long may it stay that way!

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