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∙ 11y agolow amount of haemoglobin
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Calcitonin targets the bones and causes the release of calcium from storage when serum levels are low?
False
What are the causes of edema in protein energy malnutrition?
Probably low albumin levels from not eating.
How does fluid retention affect serum protein levels?
Fluid retention can cause lab results to be deceptively low. Dehydration may cause lab results to be deceptively high.
Does blood have protein?
yes there is protein in the blood in the form of albumin serum. albumin serum is protein which can symbolise general health of a person. Low albumin levels indicate infections, malignancies, tumours. high albumin serum indicate dehydration
What causes low protein levels in the body and what are the effects of it?
protein is needed to gain and use muscle so if you have no or low amounts of protein in your body your muscles like the ones that surround your intestines to move the food through your body can not be used as much because protein is the muscles food.
Low serum iron is seen in?
Low iron levels can be seen in patients with anemia or chronic disease. Mostly people with chronic kidney disease will have low iron levels. Iron deficiency anemia is another condition with low iron levels. This can be treated with iron supplement. Fatigue and weakness is the most common symptoms people present when they have low serum iron levels.
High serum total protein low albumin is usually seen in?
Multiple Myeloma
What does it mean when you have low levels of Immunoglobulin G Qn Serum?
what does it mean when my IGM is low at 28L
What may cause a Combination of low calcium and low total protein and low globulin on a blood test?
Low globulin can be due to immune deficiency associated with decreased antibody production. This would also account for lower total protein (because globulin is a protein), however it would not account for the low calcium level. Calcium is bound to protein in the blood, so low protein can be associated with a spruriously low calcium (i.e. a calcium number that is low without actual calcium deficiency). This may be the case if the albumin (another protein) is low, and there is a formula to correct calcium for low albumin, where: Corrected Calcium = (0.8 * (Normal Albumin - Pt's Albumin)) + Serum Ca Alternatively, an ionized calcium level can be checked and will be normal if the serum calcium was only low due to low albumin. Without knowing the clinical context (which would be very helpful), the most likely single explanation for low globulin, low total protein, and low serum calcium is protein nutritional deficiency. In this case, the body is overall protein deficient and so it is not uncommon to find a decrease in all protein levels (especially if severe). In this case, the low serum calcium is due to low albumin, as above. This can be further explored by checking a pre-albumin level (typically low if protein deficiency due to poor diet). You should talk to the physician who orderd the tests for a better answer, as only he or she knows why the tests were ordered and can interpret them in the appropriate clinical context.
Serum calcium levels may be used to test for abnormalities in which body system?
Serum calcium levels may be used to test for abnormalities in the kidneys. Low calcium levels can be an indication of a kidney disease. Likewise, thyroid and parathyroid diseases also are possible when there is an abnormal serum calcium level.
What is hypocalcemia?
Hypocalcemia is a medical condition in which there are low serum calcium levels in the blood. It is most frequently caused by hyperparathyroidism.
What is a parathyroid hormone test?
a blood test performed to determine the serum levels of a hormone secreted by the parathyroid gland in response to low blood calcium levels.
