Hi all
This week I got some blood test results that were a little weird and I was wondering if anyone could clarify things for me.
The first thing that the Dr told me was that one of the hormones that the adrenal glands secretes was way out of wack. The levels are supposed to be between 100-860 and mine was 6700. The hormone is Aldosterone and when I looked it up it said that other symptoms associated with a high count are high potasium(mine was good) and high salt(mine was high normal). The other thing with the results was that my cholesterol was high 5.6. Weird because I have always had low cholesterol. After my surgery a nutritionist from the hospitol told me to eat lots of salt and that I would not have to worry about cholesterol anymore because I did not have a colon to absorb things.
I am a little confused with my blood tests....my salt was high and my cholesterol was high which I was told I did not have to worry about. Also the adrenal gland thing is concerning and my GP is sending me to a specialist.
Any info on these things would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
Crick
This week I got some blood test results that were a little weird and I was wondering if anyone could clarify things for me.
The first thing that the Dr told me was that one of the hormones that the adrenal glands secretes was way out of wack. The levels are supposed to be between 100-860 and mine was 6700. The hormone is Aldosterone and when I looked it up it said that other symptoms associated with a high count are high potasium(mine was good) and high salt(mine was high normal). The other thing with the results was that my cholesterol was high 5.6. Weird because I have always had low cholesterol. After my surgery a nutritionist from the hospitol told me to eat lots of salt and that I would not have to worry about cholesterol anymore because I did not have a colon to absorb things.
I am a little confused with my blood tests....my salt was high and my cholesterol was high which I was told I did not have to worry about. Also the adrenal gland thing is concerning and my GP is sending me to a specialist.
Any info on these things would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
Crick
