I got my bloodwork back this weekend from about a week ago. Some of these numbers have me a little worried and I was wondering if anyone could toss a little knowledge my way so that I can sleep easy.
My doctor wants me to get retested because of the low White Blood Count. Also looking at the test I saw that my Red Blood Count was low as well. I haven't felt sick or anything like that.
She also said that my HDL was low (25) and that I should eat more fish/supplement fish oil. I eat multiple cans of tuna per day (little fat, I know) and I also supplement 1-2 tablespoons of fish oil daily.
I also noticed that my BUN was listed as high. I had to google that to see what it was all about. Could my nitrogen levels be elevated from having a high protein diet? Do you all think that I should increase my water intake or maybe drop my protein by about 20-30g/day to see if that helps?
Regardless, I'm going to get more blood drawn in a week or two, and I'd like to go ahead and make possible simple dietary changes now to see if that make beneficial differences in my test.
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CBC w/Diff & Pit
WBC: 3.9 (4.4-11.3)
RBC: 4.42 (4.50-5.90)
Hemoglobin: 14.1 (14.0-17.5)
Hematocrit 40.2 (40.0-52.0)
RDW: 11.7 (11.6-14.6)
Platelet Count: 160 (150-450)
Neutrophil# 1.9 (1.8-7.7)
Neutrophil% 48.7 (50.0-66.0)
Monocyte% 10.0 (4.0-10.0)
Eosinophil% 4.4 (1.0-3.0)
Comp Metabolic Panel
BUN: 21 (5-20)
Albumin: 4.9 (3.5-5.0)
Cholesterol, Total: 80 (100-200)
Triglycerides: 54 (0-149)
HDL Cholesterol: 25 (40-59)
VLDL: 11 (5-40)
LDL Direct: 53 (0-100)
Chol/HDL Ration: 3.2
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If need be, I can post the rest of the results but the rest of the numbers seemed to be comfortably within range. Thanks everybody.
My doctor wants me to get retested because of the low White Blood Count. Also looking at the test I saw that my Red Blood Count was low as well. I haven't felt sick or anything like that.
She also said that my HDL was low (25) and that I should eat more fish/supplement fish oil. I eat multiple cans of tuna per day (little fat, I know) and I also supplement 1-2 tablespoons of fish oil daily.
I also noticed that my BUN was listed as high. I had to google that to see what it was all about. Could my nitrogen levels be elevated from having a high protein diet? Do you all think that I should increase my water intake or maybe drop my protein by about 20-30g/day to see if that helps?
Regardless, I'm going to get more blood drawn in a week or two, and I'd like to go ahead and make possible simple dietary changes now to see if that make beneficial differences in my test.
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CBC w/Diff & Pit
WBC: 3.9 (4.4-11.3)
RBC: 4.42 (4.50-5.90)
Hemoglobin: 14.1 (14.0-17.5)
Hematocrit 40.2 (40.0-52.0)
RDW: 11.7 (11.6-14.6)
Platelet Count: 160 (150-450)
Neutrophil# 1.9 (1.8-7.7)
Neutrophil% 48.7 (50.0-66.0)
Monocyte% 10.0 (4.0-10.0)
Eosinophil% 4.4 (1.0-3.0)
Comp Metabolic Panel
BUN: 21 (5-20)
Albumin: 4.9 (3.5-5.0)
Cholesterol, Total: 80 (100-200)
Triglycerides: 54 (0-149)
HDL Cholesterol: 25 (40-59)
VLDL: 11 (5-40)
LDL Direct: 53 (0-100)
Chol/HDL Ration: 3.2
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If need be, I can post the rest of the results but the rest of the numbers seemed to be comfortably within range. Thanks everybody.