Re: Aldosterone and Renin Test Results - Interpretation?

[Guest guest]

>>ALDOSTERONE: 48

Reference Range: <32 ng/dL

REFERENCE RANGE for Aldosterone Serum:

upright: 4-31 ng/dL<<

As you were sitting it is considered upright. Your Aldosterone is high! You

certainly do nto need Florinef, but I really do not understand the signifdicance

of high levels except that it is a known cause of high BP.

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[Guest guest]

Val,

The wild thing is that I have incredibly low BP! Orthostatic

Hypotension has been a major problem for me. Although, now that I am

on Cortef, it has gotten so much better. And, I still go down 10

points in my BP when going from sitting to standing. Here are some

examples the most recent being listed 1st.

sitting standing

108/66 p 70 103/71 p 87 (just now, getting better!)

120/65 p 64 110/72 p 75

105/62 p 66 95/63 p 93

97/76 p 111

98/68 p 90

I don't know what to think.

English

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> >>ALDOSTERONE: 48

> Reference Range: <32 ng/dL

>

> REFERENCE RANGE for Aldosterone Serum:

> upright: 4-31 ng/dL<<

>

> As you were sitting it is considered upright. Your Aldosterone is

high! You certainly do nto need Florinef, but I really do not

understand the signifdicance of high levels except that it is a known

cause of high BP.

>

> --

> Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

>

> http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

>

[Guest guest]

>>The wild thing is that I have incredibly low BP! Orthostatic

Hypotension has been a major problem for me. Although, now that I am

on Cortef, it has gotten so much better. And, I still go down 10

points in my BP when going from sitting to standing. Here are some

examples the most recent being listed 1st.

sitting standing

108/66 p 70 103/71 p 87 (just now, getting better!)<<

Well the good thing her eis you areno longer fallinginto a dangerously low BP so

it means you just need HC, and probably lots of it! I would certainly not worry

abotu aldosterone being high with LOW BP!

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Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

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[Guest guest]

Thanks Val,

Something just occurred to me. The day I had the blood drawn was the

same day that I got really sick with that bad cold/infection. Could

that have artificially raised my Aldosterone? He also gave me a CBC

W/ Platelet and differential. Those results showed that my WBC was

high 11.4 with a range of 3.4 - 10.8 and I am assuming that was due

to the infection. My Neutrophils were also high 78% with range of 24 -

75 but I haven't researched what those are yet.

English

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> >>The wild thing is that I have incredibly low BP! Orthostatic

> Hypotension has been a major problem for me. Although, now that I

am

> on Cortef, it has gotten so much better. And, I still go down 10

> points in my BP when going from sitting to standing. Here are some

> examples the most recent being listed 1st.

>

> sitting standing

> 108/66 p 70 103/71 p 87 (just now, getting better!)<<

>

> Well the good thing her eis you areno longer fallinginto a

dangerously low BP so it means you just need HC, and probably lots of

it! I would certainly not worry abotu aldosterone being high with LOW

BP!

>

> --

> Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

>

> http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

>

[Guest guest]

I would just like to add a word of caution for those taking their BP

and pulse with a blood pressure monitor. The BP's are fairly accurate

but do not rely on the pulse reading--it is often very inaccurate.

Check your pulse the old fashioned way--either use your wrist or neck

to count your pulse. Big difference.

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> >>The wild thing is that I have incredibly low BP! Orthostatic

> Hypotension has been a major problem for me. Although, now that I

am

> on Cortef, it has gotten so much better. And, I still go down 10

> points in my BP when going from sitting to standing. Here are some

> examples the most recent being listed 1st.

>

> sitting standing

> 108/66 p 70 103/71 p 87 (just now, getting better!)<<

>

> Well the good thing her eis you areno longer fallinginto a

dangerously low BP so it means you just need HC, and probably lots of

it! I would certainly not worry abotu aldosterone being high with LOW

BP!

>

> --

> Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

>

> http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

>

[Guest guest]

I do nto think an illness would affect aldosteromne but the one

biggestside effect of high aldosterone is high BO so I certainly would

bnot worry over it. I am iffy as to whether they really knwo how much

we should have anyway! When I had mine tested I got ranges for different

age groups and they just made no sense. as a baby we need more (in the

hundreds!) the in 7-8 years it drops lower than now (I htink if I

remember right) thne in teen years it goes back high again then lower as

an adult. It really just did not look liek sensible ranges! SO I am

truly wondering if those ranges should be set in stone.

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Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

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http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

[Guest guest]

Thanks,

I am just so glad to know that there isn't a problem there. Sometimes

It is nice to know that I have less issues to deal with!

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> I do nto think an illness would affect aldosteromne but the one

> biggestside effect of high aldosterone is high BO so I certainly

would

> bnot worry over it. I am iffy as to whether they really knwo how

much

> we should have anyway! When I had mine tested I got ranges for

different

> age groups and they just made no sense. as a baby we need more (in

the

> hundreds!) the in 7-8 years it drops lower than now (I htink if I

> remember right) thne in teen years it goes back high again then

lower as

> an adult. It really just did not look liek sensible ranges! SO I am

> truly wondering if those ranges should be set in stone.

>

> --

> Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

>

> http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

>