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Explain Creatine Kinase Total Being 610 And D-dimer Being 384 In Blood Work

hello, I just got over the flu this week, still feel alittle sick. I went to the er twice in 1 week cause of how bad I felt, I don t have health insurance so going to a doc has cost me 300 in 2 weeks, I can t go again to soon. my question is this, I got a copy of the er records and two things in my blood work are high...creatine kinase total was 610 and my d-dimer was 384, what do they mean? I have not had a fever for over a week, I m eating normal again and have gained back 11 pounds.
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Hi,
Creatine kinase is a marker for muscle injuries. It could be elevated in injury and hyperthermia. Due to fever it could have raised and levels will surely fall down. CK-MM fraction should be the one increased in your case.
D-dimer is a fibrin degradation product. With out any other symptoms could be irrelevant now. Possible thrombosis or embolism can lead onto increased levels. If you are well enough, can ignore both the findings unless you have still persistent pain in any muscle.
Hope I have answered your query. Difficult to interprets all values in an investigation some times. If you have any further queries, I will be happy to help.
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Explain Creatine Kinase Total Being 610 And D-dimer Being 384 In Blood Work

Hi, Creatine kinase is a marker for muscle injuries. It could be elevated in injury and hyperthermia. Due to fever it could have raised and levels will surely fall down. CK-MM fraction should be the one increased in your case. D-dimer is a fibrin degradation product. With out any other symptoms could be irrelevant now. Possible thrombosis or embolism can lead onto increased levels. If you are well enough, can ignore both the findings unless you have still persistent pain in any muscle. Hope I have answered your query. Difficult to interprets all values in an investigation some times. If you have any further queries, I will be happy to help.