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A member asked:
Is a fibrinogen result of 11.2 nmol/l (reference values 5.3-10.3 nmol/l) worrisome for someone with heart disease?
2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
I'm not worried: Reference ranges are set so that several percent of healthy folks fall ou tside on either end. Any acute illness will raise fibrinogen. Nobody really knows what to do about tiny deviations from normal in the blood clotting cascade. Why not stop worrying, manage your other risk factors, and get back into that wild-and-happy fitness-focused lifestyle you enjoyed as a teen?
Answered 12/25/2014
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Doubt it: Fibrinogen is a protein that is involved in clot formation. It is important to know why someone ordered fibrinogen levels in your case. Things that can increase levels of Fibrinogen go from: - Inflammatory process, fevers, recent flu for example - Even Stress (Merry XMAS) - Smoking If you smoke (quit) if you smoke and are on OCP STOP. Otherwise, healthy lifestyle will take care of it ;)
Answered 12/25/2014
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