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05-15-2015, 07:09 PM | #1 | |||
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I recently had blood work to rule a few things out (one being celiac) and the three items below were out of range. My next appointment is not for two months and I am curious if anyone has had a similar result or can help decipher what they could point to.
Immunoglobulin A, Qn, Serum: 554 (Range: 91-414 mg/dL) Creatine Kinase,Total,Serum: 393 (Range: 24-204 U/L) Immunofixation Result, Serum: An apparent polyclonal gammopathy: IgA. Kappa and lambda typing appear increased. |
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05-15-2015, 08:39 PM | #2 | |||
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Creatine Kinase is an enzyme found in skeletal and heart muscle. Elevated serum levels of it are a marker for muscle damage. As far as I can see from a PubMed search this has not been linked to Peripheral Neuropathy.
Your IgA (a type of antibody) level is slightly high. Antibodies are made by plasma cells - what "polyclonal" means is that more than one clone of plasma cells is involved in your case. The "kappa and lambda" confirms this. IgA, like all antibodies, is made from H chains (alpha in this case) and L chains (kappa or lambda) - some of your plasma cell clones are making IgA with kappa L chains, others are making IgA with lambda L chains.
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05-15-2015, 10:40 PM | #3 | |||
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Thank you Kiwi.
The neuro sent me to a bone doc who is sending me to a neuromuscular doc. The wait for this is so long as I meanwhile suffer, as many others do. I just want to get better... as many others do. |
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05-16-2015, 06:41 AM | #4 | |||
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This looks potentially serious:
http://labtestsonline.org/understand...ight/tab/test/ How long do you have to wait?
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05-16-2015, 08:57 AM | #5 | |||
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Those are my results from the test.
Now I have to see a neuromuscular doc. I was referred to him once before but couldn't get in. It was a 1.5 year wait! |
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05-16-2015, 09:03 AM | #6 | |||
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OMG... that is too long. Can you try and find your own doctor?
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05-16-2015, 09:09 AM | #7 | |||
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My doc said that elevated creatinine kinase (CK) implies muscle inflammation which can occur after a strenuous workout (does not apply to me) or a long list of muscle disorders.
I thought the muscles and bones were merely responding to the nerve disorder but maybe not. |
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05-16-2015, 09:20 AM | #8 | |||
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amphotericin B, ampicillin, some anesthetics, blood thinners, aspirin, clofibrate, dexamethasone, furosemide, alcohol, and cocaine, and statins. This PDF has a longer list of drugs that cause muscle damage: http://www.charlydmiller.com/LIB05/2004drugRhabdo.pdf
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05-16-2015, 09:30 AM | #9 | |||
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The drugs on that list that would apply are:
Caffeine Lorazepam I did fast 12 hours prior to the test if that would make any difference. |
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05-16-2015, 09:35 AM | #10 | |||
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I need more than seven minutes with a doctor. It's obviously not a routine diagnosis and so like many others, I have to get in the back of the line at a new doctor and wait my turn, only to be seen for seven minutes again and referred somewhere else, again. It is very frustrating.
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