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Re: After test..why all this blood work

Posted by Kevin (in Walla Walla) on March 04, 2005 at 14:15:33:

In Reply to: Re: After test..why all this blood work posted by lyoncub on March 02, 2005 at 16:57:47:

Your sleep doc may want labwork to go help explain some things that he may have seen on your sleep study.

We will look at iron/ferritin levels in patients with RLS/PLMs. We look at Hemaglobin A1C's to see how your body is processing carbs (apnea can really screw up insulin/leptin levels). A simple RBC can show some types of polycythemia - an excess of reb blood cells some apneics develope as a way to protect against chronic low saturations.

It really doesn't matter if the lab work was ordered/drawn before/after your sleep study.

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