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Just had a load of blood tests results and all showing abnormal!!

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bookworm1982 · 01/12/2023 17:06

I think this is wrong, if I show you the results can anyone help? Not good news on a Friday when doctors are now closed 😞

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WhatTheFuk · 01/12/2023 20:55

Going to a walk-in clinic for these results is really bad advice. They've received a text to make a non-urgent appointment. Calling the GP on Monday is an appropriate response.

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bookworm1982 · 01/12/2023 21:00

mauvish · 01/12/2023 18:40

Agree with @Mummymummy89 . Almost all these results (thyroid, liver, kidneys, full blood test, B12) are perfectly normal.
Can't comment on your cholesterol without extensive knowledge of your background but that level is likely to be fine.
What exactly is worrying you?

The high iron levels are a bit strange x

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bookworm1982 · 01/12/2023 21:01

WhatTheFuk · 01/12/2023 20:55

Going to a walk-in clinic for these results is really bad advice. They've received a text to make a non-urgent appointment. Calling the GP on Monday is an appropriate response.

Who said go to a walk in clinic? I never saw that. I definitely wouldn't do that.

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bookworm1982 · 01/12/2023 21:01

DewinDwl · 01/12/2023 20:48

TLDR:
OP had a blood test

Some results are outside the normal range; the vast majority are normal

Surgery contacts OP to ask her to make an appointment to discuss said results

Sorry what's TLDR?

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bookworm1982 · 01/12/2023 21:02

TroubleInSnowland · 01/12/2023 20:36

High transferrin saturation can be an indicator of hereditary haemochromatosis which is nothing to be concerned about. Some genetic variants can cause high transferrin saturation with low ferritin. It can cause problems if left untreated but your liver looks fine from those readings.

Thank you. This is reassuring. I don't suppose you're a GP? Xx

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bookworm1982 · 01/12/2023 21:03

OhBeAFineGuyKissMe · 01/12/2023 20:40

I agree getting access to the results before the appointment just causes worry. Maybe there should be a delay and they only go up after the appointment? I mean being asked for an appointment is a massive hint the results aren’t good but it is better than scaring yourself with Google.

I’m in a similar position. Dr’s appointment on Monday but these are my results. I had extra blood tests done as my eGFR is low (55). The rest seem fine (except excess bilirubin but I always have that!).

If anyone with more experience could help me out that would be great. It is a long wait until Monday!

So sorry this doesn't mean anything to me, I don't recognise those tests xx

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ithinkthatmaybeimdreaming · 01/12/2023 21:03

AnnaMagnani · 01/12/2023 20:28

Mumsnet is going to be awash with posts like this as people get access to their whole medical record.

High serum iron doesn't mean your total body iron is high, it means that your body is trying to free up iron to move it around to where it's wanted.

Going with the low ferritin - the indicator of how much iron you have stored in your body, I would interpret this as you being low in iron.

Not from me - I don't take any action after having blood tests, if there is something wrong the surgery would contact me. I can't help but think this access to records is not necessarily a good thing if it is going to provoke reactions like OP's. Some people really do worry about this sort of thing and would be better off not seeing their results.

LittleGreenDragons · 01/12/2023 21:05

I had high iron in my last blood test and was told it can sometimes be due to your body fighting something, like an inflammation marker. First time I've heard that so idk if true.

I agree with pp. The abnormal heading is to denote that at least one result isn't normal, not that they all are.

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bookworm1982 · 01/12/2023 21:06

Agree with you PP, it does make you worry. I'd much rather just get a call and they talk me through the findings, like they used to.

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Suckingalemon · 01/12/2023 21:12

This time last year i had very abnormal blood test results, and even at 8pm on a Friday evening a GP would call to discuss. There must be a system to flag urgent results when the lab sends the results to a GP surgery. So I think if you were very unwell someone would have phoned you.

Call on Monday morning and try not to worry too much.

TroubleInSnowland · 01/12/2023 21:13

bookworm1982 · 01/12/2023 21:02

Thank you. This is reassuring. I don't suppose you're a GP? Xx

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No, not a GP but runs in family so know a little bit about it.

lesdeluges · 01/12/2023 21:30

For comparison re blood tests, I'm in Ireland and have to pay GP + cost of bloods. But we are used to that and get seen same day or next day usually. Anyway my GP includes a telephone consult with the results. He will not send me the results until he has spoken with me and gone through them. He will usually say something like, everything looks normal apart from X item (s). Or everything is fine and repeat 6 months. Then "ping" and the results arrive by email.

I have to have a slew of tests, this time all good apart from Vit D assay which was high. So he asked was I supplementing and what dose. All good, not toxic level or anything, but have been advised to lower the daily dose to 1.000iu instead of 3,000iu. I only take it from November to March, but I obviously don't need it much!

Looking at OP results, most people would be delighted with those results, so relax and enjoy the weekend. Cholesterol is not off the scale either, and GP will advise what you can do to lower it. Most of it is common sense.

kittensinthekitchen · 01/12/2023 21:31

This OP has a history of starting threads with health concerns.

I would suggest the ONLY advice posters should be giving is to contact their GP.

sixteenfurryfeet · 01/12/2023 21:38

Everything is completely within the normal range apart from iron and cholesterol, both of which can be easily treated by tweaking diet. They will tell you that when you contact them next week.

Nothing to worry about at all. Smile

IthinkIamAnAlien · 01/12/2023 21:38

@OhBeAFineGuyKissMe
I recognise the results you listed. Looks like a blood test turned up a condition called MGUS which is relatively rare but commoner with age. It's a mild immune disorder (I have it) and once they find it, they monitor it, first every 3 months, then 6, then yearly.
Most people have no symptoms, some get things like peripheral neuropathy. The reason they monitor is because there is a tiny (1% per year) chance of progression to multiple myeloma but it's TINY. Most people never progress.
Efgr is the filtration rate of your kidneys, another one not to worry about.
People often panic when MGUS (Monoclonal Gammopathy of Uncertain Significance) (!) is discovered, there are a couple of good Facebook patient groups.
I hope I haven't said anything that makes it worse, don't worry, you'll be given info and leaflets, there's loads on Google. Good luck.

AcrossthePond55 · 01/12/2023 21:41

bookworm1982 · 01/12/2023 21:02

Thank you. This is reassuring. I don't suppose you're a GP? Xx

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an indicator of hereditary haemochromatosis which is nothing to be concerned about

I have HH and whilst it is very manageable, it IS something to be 'concerned' about until you are positively diagnosed and start treatment. I'm not saying that you have it, just that HH isn't something to be lightly disregarded. But also, it isn't something to freak out about.

It is genetic. Chances are if it's in your family you'd already know about other relatives with it. Unless, like me, you're adopted.

For reference my transferrin & iron binding were low, iron sat & total iron were very high, and my ferritin was off the charts.

Tistheseason17 · 01/12/2023 21:42

If a result needs really urgent action, the lab calls it through to the surgery and a Dr calls the patient.
Generally, a Dr receives results and reviews within 3-5 working days. If there is something urgent, a patient receives a phone call.
If is usual for out of range results to be contacted by text routinely and the message will show online.
It's a blooming nightmare for us in a gp surgery as viewing results causes way too much unnecessary anxiety for something that is not at all urgent requiring conservative treatment or routine (up to 4 weeks) follow up. Too many people blocking phone lines on Monday mornings due to this (not their fault - it's the system)

ichifanny · 01/12/2023 22:01

They are all normal apart from your iron that’s slightly high which isn’t a big issue unless you have haemochromatosis all fine otherwise .

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bookworm1982 · 01/12/2023 22:19

kittensinthekitchen · 01/12/2023 21:31

This OP has a history of starting threads with health concerns.

I would suggest the ONLY advice posters should be giving is to contact their GP.

Yes I have terrible health anxiety. It's life-ruining. Thanks for pointing that out to everyone. I

I find it extremely weird when posters on Mumsnet go looking for your previous threads. Why? What for? What's the purpose? Its creepy and you clearly have too much time on your hands to have bothered with that sort of thing.

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bookworm1982 · 01/12/2023 22:19

To everyone else - thank you so much for taking the time to help me. I shall relax this weekend at least 😂😃

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Josette77 · 01/12/2023 22:27

To me it looks like you probably eat too much red meat.

Are you in therapy for your health anxiety??

Fourfurrymonsters · 01/12/2023 22:27

Your serum iron level is above the upper limit of normal which is I think the only reason the whole suite of results has been marked Abnormal. No need to panic at all.

misslooloo · 01/12/2023 22:52

Try not to worry OP.

I once had blood tests for fatigue and (weirdly) leg hair loss and received a message asking me to make an appointment with my GP. Obviously… because I’m Captain Catastrophe… I panicked.

Turns out my Vitamin D was low.

ithinkthatmaybeimdreaming · 02/12/2023 04:30

bookworm1982 · 01/12/2023 21:06

Agree with you PP, it does make you worry. I'd much rather just get a call and they talk me through the findings, like they used to.

I don't live in the UK, but while test results are available to me if I log on to the surgery website I have a choice of looking at them or not - and the surgery would phone me if there was an issue anyway. Maybe it would be best if you didn't check yours in future and just wait until you hear something.

Trez1510 · 02/12/2023 04:55

I think there's an opportunity for GPs to monetise this phenomenon.

Websites offering 'by return' reassuring feedback on results being read by amateurs.

Does £50 a pop sound reasonable for (less than) five minutes work? 😉

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