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What Does This Blood Report Indicate?

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Posted on Tue, 29 Dec 2015
Question: wife has 3.8 glubulin blood level3.8 up range 2.0- 3.7 range her albumin/gloubin ratio ratio is 1.0 she had a mild heart attack about 3 weeks ago after having total knee replacement a hernia operation 90 after her knee sugary. she also takes blood thinner
Question : what do you think blood levels mean? any cancer ? or is it heart related any thing serious?. (we see her cardiologist in AM)
or is the ratio 1.0 balance out with the 3.8? thank you
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Answered by Dr. Indranil Ghosh (2 hours later)
Brief Answer:
no unlikely to be cancer

Detailed Answer:
Hi
thanks for your query.

By itself, this result does not indicate any cancer. Though the ratio is bit low, the albumin is pretty normal. Only the globulin is a bit high. This can be because of a non-specific reaction of the body to recent stress situations like heart attack and surgeries.

I don't think there is anything serious. We may have to keep her on follow-up to see if the globulin is rising further. If it rises further on serial evaluations, then further testing will be required.

Hope this helps.
Regards
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What Does This Blood Report Indicate?

Brief Answer: no unlikely to be cancer Detailed Answer: Hi thanks for your query. By itself, this result does not indicate any cancer. Though the ratio is bit low, the albumin is pretty normal. Only the globulin is a bit high. This can be because of a non-specific reaction of the body to recent stress situations like heart attack and surgeries. I don't think there is anything serious. We may have to keep her on follow-up to see if the globulin is rising further. If it rises further on serial evaluations, then further testing will be required. Hope this helps. Regards