Why would a patient have elevated PTT levels?
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All of the above reasons. Plus, if a patient is on heparin, he/she will have elevated aPTT levels too.
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GGT has to do with protein synthesis. In terms of steroid use, they increase synthesis. Just a side effect.
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OK, on .75 mg, you have very low needs for thyroid replacement hormone (I'm on .88 and have been for years).  Thus, it sounds to me as if you are taking too much for your body's needs.  In fact, the metabolism increase, nervousness, etc. sound like hyper symptoms.  However, don't diagnose yourself.\n\nNow, I will let you in on a little secret.  General practitioners (you might call them family doctors) don't know everything, they just know enough about a lot to know what is problematic.  I was on .100 but had trouble walking down the stairs (I trembled if  I didn't hold the rail) and got hot (I am very cold-natured).  So here I was, taking everything off at work -- and I am a teacher, so there's a limit to that which you can take off.  I called the GP and she said to give it a month.  Well, I couldn't.  I called and got in to see an endocrinologist a few days later ... he ran all the blood tests and told me I was being overmedicated, so he reduced it to .75.  Ah ... the relief.  I still had to have monthly level checks (i.e. blood tests) for 6 months, but once we got me stable at a proper level, all was fine.  \n\nCall an endocrinologist -- tell him/her your story. You may simply be overmedicated or may need to change to another type of medication, like synthroid or armour.  (My mother must take synthroid because of the additives in the generic versions ... it was intereacting with her body weirdly.)  So you just don't know, until you go.  Good luck!!
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That's all the parathyroid does--control the blood calcium level.  If the parathyroid is out-of-whack.....your calcium levels can become dangerously high (over 9 is too high).  If it gets up over 15, you can have a stroke or heart failure and you will have instant osteoporosis.  If your calcium is very high--it's coming right out of all your bones.  If you think you have this or have been diagnosed--I hope you see a really good endocrinologist.\n\nThis is a great site for explaining the functions and problems that can occur:\nhttp://www.parathyroid.com/
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you may have high blood pressure or maby diabetes.
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Glucose levels can go as high as 1200mg/dl\nThis happens when you have un-attended diabetes, undiagnosed diabetes or infection to a diabetic who is not using insulin correctly. \nTo make you understand how the blood sigar level reaches those heights I will  talk about 2 hyperglycemia (high sugar) states\n\n1. Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)\nThis occurs mostly in people with type 1 diabetes. There is no insulin produced by the pancrease and so, the body start breaking down fats and proteins for energy. The end product of lipids metabolism is KETONES. Ketones accumlates in the blood and can be detected in the usrine and such patients have fruity breadth. This condition is a medical emergency and can lead to DEATH due to dehydration, lack of glucose in the cells, Electrolytes imbalance and ketones in the blood.\n\n2. HYPEROSMOLAR HYPERGLYCEMIC NON-KETOTIC SYNDROME\nIn this condition, the patient is producing some insulin that prevents the breakdown of fats to get energy but this insulin is not sifficient enough to prevent hyperglycemia.\nIn this condition, the blood sugars ranges anywhere between 600-1200mg/dl. It is only in this condition that you would find such high blood sugars. In DKA, blood sugard rarely go above 750mg/dl before the patient goes in a comma state or dies. Both of these conditions are medical emergencies.\n\nFrom Greg\nMedical student
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You gave very little info so this is only a guess.\n\nMaybe this patient had some kind of hypersensitivity reaction.\n\nNot sure.
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According to Prevention magazine, if your Triglyceride level is high, it usually means that your cholesterol count is high.  If it is above 200, then usually, you need to be on some sort of medication to lower that level.  If the triglyceride count is high over the long term, then it can cause some cardiac issues such as a heart attack or a stroke.\n\nAgain, according to Prevention magazine, the triglyceride levels should be below 150 to be considered normal.  150 - 199 is borderline, 200 - 499 is high and above 500 is very high.\n\nTo lower triglyceride levels, you need to reduce the amount of cholesterol and certain types of fats that you eat and exercise.\n\nCheck out the web site www.prevention.com  It really has some good information.\n\nGood luck
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hmmm....there could be many reasons why this is happening. It could just be the way your system works, or it could be a medical problem like overactive thyroid or even Crohn's disease.  Please make an appointment with your doctor and discuss this with him/her.  It's probably nothing, but they're the health care professionals and this is their field of expertise.  I would strongly recommend finding out why this happens to you.
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Don't be scared.  Insulin levels can change due to stress, environment and among many other things.  Wait to see your doctor and don't fret.
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I am an R. N., but not familiar with this term, but I see no one has answered you after several hours.  So, I was thinking, if you are working in  hospital, call the nursing unit where the pt. is and ask the nurses, or if you are in an out pt. facility, call the dr's office, and ask his nurse there.  Good Luck
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I am looking for similar test answers but for the BONENT TEST which is for dialysis technicians.  If you receive any info..do you mind posting it?  Thanks in advance.\nRobert
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High levels of GGT on its own can sometimes simply be a reflection of heavy (alcohol) drinking. An anti-seizure medication such as phenytoin can also cause high GGT. If there is associated high ALT or AST, then liver disease is more likely.
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I had a total thyroidectomy and the parathyroids came out too (they were stuck to all the scar tissue on my thyroid from all my RAI treatments)  So..my body is totally dependent on calcium and vitamin D supplements.  I take 50 mcg Calcitriol (vit D) and 2000mg OsCal daily.  My levels are monitored every 3 mos but since having a baby, my body has changed quite a bit.  I've had 3 hypercalcemic crisis' since that time, all landing me in the ER and a nice 2 day hospital visit (10 days after birth of my daughter) with calcium levels of 16 each time (normal being 9) between having a baby, losing a lot of weight quickly (IBS) and being dehyrdated when ill I've had my share!  I'm seeing a really good endocrinologist who is supposedly the calcium expert and has run extensive testing on me.  If you live in the NY metro area, email me at mooseny35@yahoo.com and I will gladly provide you with his info.
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1.) Hyperthyroidism. Hyperthyroidism is defined as a disorder where excessive thyroid hormone is produced by the thyroid gland. If a substance similar to TSH is produced, then this substance would act similar to TSH in the body. Since TSH stimulates the thyroid to produce thyroid hormone, the increase in abnormal substance would cause an increase in thyroid hormone secretion. \n\n2.) Membrane-bound receptors are better for mediating rapid onset and short duration responses. Intracellular receptors are better for mediating long-term responses. This is because membrane-bound receptors only alter molecules in the cytoplasm of the cell, and these changes can easily be turned off by removing the ligand from the receptor. Intracellular receptors can sometimes pass through the nuclear envelop after binding a ligand and proceed to modify the DNA of the organism. This will result in long-term changes.\n\n3.) Phosphodiesterase (PDE) breaks down cAMP. If a drug inhibits PDE, then cAMP will not be broken down. When the hormone binds to the receptor and ultimately causes cAMP to be produced, the intracellular effect of cAMP will continue on indefinitely as it cannot be broken down.
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he may be having a disease nammed "Thyrotoxicosis" therefore just get appointment from physician and get checked his plasma harmonal levels of T3 and T4.\n(inshallah) hope that outcome will be good
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Yeah, you should see the rheumatologist.  The previous poster is right, the creatine kinase (CK or CPK) tends to go up when patients are on cholesterol medicines, or right after heavy exercise.  That being said, an elevation of CK in the setting of fatigue (like you're describing) makes me worry about myositis, usually an autoimmune problem.  see the rheumatologist (the autoimmune specialist), and they'll work it up further.  Like the prev poster said, it could be hypothyroidism, but I'd doubt it.  It's not malignant hyperthermia or neuroleptic malignant syndrome, I'll guarantee you that.