[Freemind80]

High blood protein levels

by Freemind80 on Tue Nov 25, 2014 9:34 am

I've had 3 blood tests done within the past couple months.

The first blood test I had was done a month and a half ago and my total protein was 7.7 g/dL, albumin=4.7 g/dL, and globulin=3.0.  The lab work was done at a smaller regional facility.  This bloodwork was done as a general checkup.

The 2nd blood test I had done was for life insurance reasons and this was done roughly 5 days after.  But during this blood draw, the tech who drives around doing the blood samples was extremely sick, unsanitary (didn't wash his hands), coughing everywhere. And this is when I became paranoid that perhaps I caught something from him.

I got the results from the labwork (Quest) and noticed that my total protein was 8.4 g/dL, albumin=5.3 g/dL, and globulin=3.1 g/dL.

How could my total protein levels have increased that shortly within 5 days?  These results made me even more paranoid in that perhaps I had caught something from the tech.

I took another blood test from my general practitioner (26 days after the above incident) and also took a 4th Gen HIV Duo test.  The HIV test came out negative.  But my total protein was 8.3 g/dL, albumin=5.2 g/dL, and globulin=3.1 g/dL.  This blood work was also done at Quest.

How is that my total protein went up that much within 5 days?  Or do different labs produce different numbers?

[Wayne K]

Re: High blood protein levels

by Wayne K on Tue Nov 25, 2014 11:37 am

A blood draw for me 6 weeks ago had some added tests for my nephrologist. Both doctors wanted a metabolic, apparently the kidney doc didn't realize I had a standing order for the metabolic.

To your point, blood drawn at the same time and processed in the same lab showed my creatinine 1.6 points apart.

[Dr. Jason Valent]

Re: High blood protein levels

by Dr. Jason Valent on Tue Nov 25, 2014 5:20 pm

This is probably a variation between 2 labs. The elevated albumin level is not concerning. That is the "healthy" blood protein.

[Freemind80]

Re: High blood protein levels

by Freemind80 on Fri Nov 28, 2014 2:18 am

Thank you for the replies. It's much appreciated.