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Originally Posted by braveheart-70
Thanks for your comment. She ran about 20 blood tests. I don't understand about half of them. However, I do know I have a low positive ANA. No lupus or cancer markers and no diabetes. I had a higher copper and ferretin result. Normal B12. She wants to do a spinal tap next. That totally freaks me out.
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I'd get that checked out. High ferritin can be a sign of iron overload disease (hemochromatosis).
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-c...s/dxc-20167322
some doctors are unfamiliar with this.
I'd also get that B12 result... as labs still mark low values (below 400pg/ml) as "normal".
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