SCARY BLOODWORK!

[Punkrocker]

BASIC METABOLIC PANEL 09/24/2016 (#1260663, Final, 09/24/2016 8:32am)
Note to Patient For your review
Report Result Ref. Range Units Status Lab
SODIUM 136 134-145 mmol/L Final
POTASSIUM 5.4 3.5-5.1 mmol/L High Final
CHLORIDE 98 96-108 mmol/L Final
TOTAL CO2 28 22-32 mmol/L Final
ANION GAP (CALC) 10 6-16 mmol/L Final
BUN 28 6-23 mg/dL High Final
CREATININE 1.0 0.5-1.2 mg/dL Final
GLUCOSE 99 74-118 mg/dL Final
CALCIUM 9.8 8.5-10.5 mg/dL Final
GFR AFRICAN-AMER (CKD-EPI) >60 >=60 mL/min/BSA Final
GFR NON AFRICAN-AMER (CKD-EPI) >60 >=60 mL/min/BSA Final


So my doctor told me that my potassium is elevated and that it can be bad for my heart. They wanna repeat my bloodwork! Can testosterone therapy cause this!? HELP!

 

[DozerDean]

You're ok man! Its not scary high just elevated. Did you donate blood recently? Dr. Google says that can cause a false high reading... and levels higher than 7 need treatment.

 

[BlockBuilder]

Get a second blood test done just to make sure. Found this on mayoclinic Invalid Link Removed

 

[The Matrix]

There also could be insulin dysfunction here or aldosterone/renin (kidney issues)
How about you just do a retest to see if it was just a lab error. I do see your adrenals are potentially in the tank.
There needs to be more blood follow up as this does not show, but a little bit of the pictures
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[Punkrocker]

Good news guys! Some douchebag screwed up my test! I got retested and my potassium is a safe 4.1! Thanks for the feedback

 

[BlockBuilder]

So exactly what I said. Nice

 

[The Matrix]

Majority of labs are screwed up as techs are not smartest crayons in the bunch.

My wife is an ICU nurse. If watch majority of the people at the lab they shake the vials which they are not suppose to before spinning them. This can easily skew the results as well as if they do not spin it with in the proper time frame. This is why one of the doctors will have patients do lab work only at her office to get the most accurate results.