Can anyone help me with these bloods /Talk me down?

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Fully appreciate I need to speak to the dr, but the results appt isn’t for 10 days and I’m worried about some blood results that have come back in the meantime. My quick google (I know, bad idea) tells me some of the liver results don’t look great, am I correct?

thank you, from a worried mum in a 2 week wait ☹️

Should add: she’s 8 and is undergoing tests for symptoms that include disturbed sleep, tummy pain, pale skin, heart palpitations and shortness of breath

A couple of these results are just outside the lab reference ranges (but those aren't gospel in children anyway), I don't see anything you should specifically worry about, hopefully your appointment will put it in context.

I’m a midwife so obviously not an expert in children’s results but nothing in there worries me, you may want to give her some Vit D supplementation, most of us need it during the winter months in the UK, including children.
Hope everything goes well! X

Thank you so much- actually allowing myself
time to breathe now you’ve calmed me down! That will teach me not to Google
🤦‍♀️

Yeah all pretty normal, maybe slightly low on her vit D - which could account for some of her symptoms. Over the counter multi vitamin should fix it. Don’t think there’s anything to worry about.

I agree with everyone else. Get her some vitamin D, otherwise they don’t look alarmingly above normal.

Thank you all so much.
she does take a Bassetts multivitamin that says it contains 100% daily recommend amount of vitamin D- is it odd that’s still not enough? Is there a stronger one I should try?

You can get ones that are 200% but it might be that the GP needs to prescribe her a loading course of it. This will be higher than you’d be able to buy over the counter I suspect? Although you could enquire at the pharmacy. If her symptoms persist you could see if they’d also check her b12, folate and iron levels to make sure none of those need replacing too. Although her haemoglobin was normal which is good.

We give both of these to our two over the winter months.

Not urgent but needs attention:

1. Low Vitamin D (39 nmol/L)

Insufficient but not severely deficient.

Could cause tiredness, muscle aches, bone discomfort.

Usually managed with supplements.

2. Low Phosphate (1.84 mmol/L)

Mildly low.

Can cause fatigue, muscle weakness, or cramps if it gets lower.

Often related to diet, vitamin D status, or other factors.

3. Mildly low Hematocrit (0.344) & Transferrin Saturation (19%)

Could suggest early iron deficiency or borderline anemia.

Worth monitoring, especially if you have fatigue, dizziness, or heavy periods.

4. Slightly Raised Alkaline Phosphatase (330 IU/L) & AST (35 IU/L)

Only mildly elevated.

Could be linked to bone turnover (common with vitamin D deficiency) or mild liver stress.

Usually not alarming without symptoms or higher levels.

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No immediate red flags:

No signs of infection.

Thyroid function is within normal range.

Inflammatory markers are low.

No severe anemia.

Thanks so much, I feel clueless about all this!

Wow thank you. Sounds like a lot is possibly linked to the low vit D?