Diabetic Clinic Results

[klpants]

Does anyone have a list of the tests the clinics should run and the ranges these should be in, ie, triglycerides, hdl cholesterol, thyroid, etc on either a 6 monthly or yearly schedule.

Much apprecitaed if someone does.

Kathryn

[JediSkipdogg]

I don't know how often each should be done but here are some results...

LDL. Less than 100 mg/dL
HDL. Greater than 40 mg/dL
Triglycerides. Less than 150 mg/dL

I'll see if I can find some of the other test, I usually have the cholestrol done every 2 years.

[DeusXM]

The following is what I've had done as a fully comp. set of results, complete with 'normal' ranges in measurements used in the UK.

CHOLESTEROL
Triglycerides 0.84 - 1.94mmol/L
Total cholesteral <5.0mmol/l

LFTs (HOSPITAL)
Alanine amino transferase 12 - 41iu/L
Total bilirubin 5 - 17umol/L
Alkaline phosphatase 47 - 143iu/L
Albumin 34 - 48g/L

RENAL FUNCTION
Sodium 132 - 145mmol/L
Potassium 3.5 - 5.0mmol/L
Creatinine 0 - 120umol/L

TSH (THYROID FUNCTION)
TSH 0.35 -4.5mu/L

Free T4 11.0 -26.0pmol/L

Hope that's helpful!

[camjen1]

Does anyone have a list of the tests the clinics should run and the ranges these should be in, ie, triglycerides, hdl cholesterol, thyroid, etc on either a 6 monthly or yearly schedule.

Much apprecitaed if someone does.

Kathryn

Triglycerides 20-180 mg/dl

Cholesterol Adults Desirable <200
Borderline 200-239
High >240

HDL Males 37-70
Females 40-85

Thyroid Tests

Free Thyroxine (T4) 0.8-2.4
Free Tri-iodothyronine (T3) 260-480
Thyroglobulin (TG) 3-42
Thyrotropin (TSH) 0.2-5.4

[klpants]

thanks everyone, esp Deus don't need to do a conversion now!

My tests yesterday showed a total cholesterol of 6. I'm a bit confused by this, my diet has very few saturated fats containing cholesterol and I'm relatively young and very active, can someone explain this?

[camjen1]

Did you fast (not eat anything for 12 hours) prior to getting your Cholesterol checked?

[klpants]

yep,was fasting for about 13 hours..........

[camjen1]

Sometimes increase in Cholesterol can be hereditary.

[MarkMunday]

thanks everyone, esp Deus don't need to do a conversion now!

My tests yesterday showed a total cholesterol of 6. I'm a bit confused by this, my diet has very few saturated fats containing cholesterol and I'm relatively young and very active, can someone explain this?
Read this article for a simple explanation :

http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/0000000CAE78.htm

Cheers,

Mark

[klpants]

Thanks Mark, I'm beggining to think I may be having problems with my thyroid. The hospital tests showed evidence of an underactive thyroid, and the higher cholseterol readign could explain this. I've put on 8 pounds in the last 6 weeks and havent' been eaitgn more or erercising less, the weid thing is I don't feel lack of energy, I guess my thryid hasn't got that bad yet? Isn't diabetes just great, one thing after another!

[jen_slc]

I'm beggining to think I may be having problems with my thyroid.Yeah, I was going to suggest maybe your thryoid levels were getting out of whack - my cholesterol shot up with no explanation and it turned out I was hyperthyroid.

[klpants]

JenSLC

Did you have only the one symptom, ie higher cholesterol? Did your doc put you on medication from only havign this one symptom? The consultant at the hospital told me one part of my thryoid was underactive but the other part was compensating so he didn't mention anything about meds. I'm going to go to my GP tomorrow and ask to be put on something, want to "nip this in the bud" before it gets worse. :thumbsup:

[camjen1]

Actually, hyperthyroidism is associated with decreased cholesterol levels while hypothyroidism is associated with increased levels. :)

[jen_slc]

Actually, hyperthyroidism is associated with decreased cholesterol levels while hypothyroidism is associated with increased levels.Huh, that's interesting. My cholesterol definitely went up and I was definitely hyperthyroid. Wonder why.

Did you have only the one symptom, ie higher cholesterol? Did your doc put you on medication from only havign this one symptom? The consultant at the hospital told me one part of my thryoid was underactive but the other part was compensating so he didn't mention anything about meds. I'm going to go to my GP tomorrow and ask to be put on something, want to "nip this in the bud" before it gets worse.Actually, it took a few months for the docs to figure out what was wrong with me. I had a terrible headaches 24/7 that no amount of pills would do anything for, my heart was always racing like it was going to explode, I would lose my breath very quickly, I was incredibly jumpy, couldn't concentrate and was eating TONS but not gaining any weight. After lots of tests and CAT scans, they were about to send me to a neurologist because my headaches were getting really bad, but another endo stepped in, checked my nails and the palms of my hands and concluded it was Graves' Disease (hyperthyroidism). He told me that with hyperthyroidism, the white part of your nail becomes clear and the palms of your hands become velvety smooth like a baby's butt. I thought it was amazing he was able to diagnose me just from my symptoms and by looking at my hands! Why can't all medicine be like this? Anyway, he re-ran my labs and they confirmed Graves' (high chol., high thyroid levels) and he attributed my higher cholesterol and higher A1c to Graves'. Guess my usual doc assumed I was stuffing my face with fried foods! :eviltongu And then there were more tests with radiation before they put me on meds.

Though with your weight gain, I think that's more to do with hypothyroidism.

[DeusXM]

As another thing with your cholesterol level - some people just are naturally predisposed to having high cholesterol levels. Kevin Keegan is on medication to control his cholesterol level, and he's not exactly what you'd call unfit or lived an unhealthy lifestyle.