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A 22-year-old female asked:
called office to find doctor has had my lab results to look at since yesterday morn but still no word. checking for celiac, etc. why so long?
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Dr. Deborah Ungerleider answered
Pediatrics 36 years experience
See below.: I often wait to inform patients of lab results until all the tests are back. This may be the case for your doctor. You should call back in 1-2 days and ask again if you haven't heard.
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Dr. James Ferguson answered
Pediatrics 46 years experience
Send out: A lot of these tests are not done on site but sent out to a reference lab that does them in batches (improves accuracy). Some labs run the test every day and some only on certain days. I was never able to get these back in less than a few days .Some insurers required they be sent to labs that took longer.
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A 27-year-old female asked:
Had and still have hypothyrioditisum for the past 3yrs. Out of that only 1 normal lab. Is there something else that needs to be done? Either high/low
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Dr. Thomas Rohde answered
Anti-Aging Medicine 35 years experience
Another opinion: You need someone to dig a bit deeper and figure out what's really going on with your thyroid. Go to a4m.Com and use physician locator to find a functional medicine doctor near you to do more specific tests like ft4, ft3, rt3, and tpo. Many feel better on a natural thyroid replacement like armour thyroid. Also go to stopthethyroidmadness.Com for consumer guidance. Do it now - stop feeling bad!
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A member asked:
I am 42 y/o and just had lab work. My lymphocyte was low at 25.3% and my monocyte was high at 9.1% as well as the basophil at 1.1%. Should I worry.
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Dr. Ed Friedlander answered
Pathology 44 years experience
No: These fluctuate wildly, and the percentages are actually meaningless except in reference to the absolute counts. If these are reasonably close to reference range, and there are no abnormally-shaped cells, you're fine. Best wishes.
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