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Ceruloplasmin
Ceruloplasmin is an enzyme in the body that does the majority of the copper transport in the blood stream. Copper is a vital element for iron metabolism in the human body.
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A 40-year old asked:
Why are cu and ceruloplasmin levels paradoxically low in wilson's disease?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Low ceruloplasmin (.19) what does it meean?
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A 29-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: ceruloplasmin?
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A 31-year old asked:
For what reason serum cu and ceruloplasmin levels are paradoxically low in wilson's disease?
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A 36-year old asked:
Why would I need a serum ceruloplasmin measurement?
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A 47-year old asked:
Why would low copper levels cause low ceruloplasmin levels?
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A 47-year old asked:
Do low copper levels cause low ceruloplasmin levels, or is it the other way around?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Have low ceruloplasmin and kayser rings. What is likelihood I have wilsons and how urgent is treatment?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Could low ceruloplasmin be linked with tremor and brainfog?
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A 31-year old male asked:
Low ceruloplasmin but all other liver tests normal. No further investigation required?
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A 21-year old male asked:
ALT test downed 74 to 53 U/L in 4 months, I cut back alcohol + lost weight. My ANA screen, actin, and ceruloplasmin all normal. Hepatitis possible?
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A 31-year old male asked:
What could low ceruloplasmin in the event of normal liver function test results mean? normal bili/albumin/inr/alt/ast/ggt but low ceruloplasmin
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A 23-year old female asked:
Neurological and musculoskeletal symptoms. Low ceruloplasmin (15 mg/dL), low copper serum (0.51 mcg/mL), and low copper in 24 hr urine sample (less than 5mcg). Copper deficiency? Is Wilson's still a possibility with low urine copper? Other ideas?
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A 45-year old asked:
I have low ceruloplasmin on blood test, so what are the chances I have wilson disease?
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A 46-year old asked:
I have low ceruloplasmin and high copper 24 hour urine: how likely is it wilson's disease?
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A 32-year old male asked:
Copper,24hr urine, Total vol=800mL Out of range=12L Ref range=15-60mcg/24h How high is this?n Low Ceruloplasmin, is this Wilson disez? coper 76 norm
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A 31-year old male asked:
I have chronically low ceruloplasmin(?) what could this mean? Can it be a cause for my brain fog?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Why do wilson disease patient have a low ceruloplasmin level? Is it due to wilson disease itself or low production by liver?
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A 30-year old male asked:
Does magnesium citrate interfere with ceruloplasmin and makes us have overabundance of iron? Will magnesium citrate cause any problems with copper??
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A 35-year old female asked:
Does a normal serum copper level and serum ceruloplasmin level of 21 rule out wilson's disease? Have fatty liver with zero risk factors & mansymptoms
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A 33-year old male asked:
How to indirectly detect zn cu levels via cbc, full liver profile tests. Like ceruloplasmin, wbc, etc. Thanks for the help.
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A 34-year old male asked:
ALT 310, GGT 161 with Heartburn, gas and dark urine with Hep A, B,C and E Negative, Ferritine, Ceruloplasmin normal, USG Normal for a 35M.
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A 29-year old female asked:
Ceruloplasmin is .14 and urinary copper is high. patient is experiencing tremors, brain fog, hyperglycemia, neuropathy, would could be ?
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A 24-year old male asked:
Low ceruloplasmin blood test is 15 and range is 20-60. Have palatal tremor and eye pain. Chances of it being wilson and can treatment reverse tremor?
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A 24-year old male asked:
Blood work for eye pain, palate tremor. Ceruloplasmin low 15. Wbc borderline 4.7, phosphate alkaline bl 44. Ast 20 ALT 22. Possible cause? 23 yrs old
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