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How To Determine The Correlation Between These WBC, CO2 And Glucose Levels?
Brief Answer:
may issue is blood sugar
Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic
Abnormal results can be alarming to a patient but they are always interpreted along with clinical findings (symptoms and signs). They are not interpreted on their own but along with other parts of the presentation.
There may not be a correlation.
The normal value of different lab tests can vary slightly from lab to lab depending on lab techniques and machines and also population variation.
(a)WBC is part of the complete blood count. It looks at the immune system and also determines if there is any infection present. It can also determine if leukemia or lymphoma is present.
The normal range is 4 to 11. Some labs 4.5 to 11.
Though 3.9 is below 4 and also 4.5 (if this is your lab range), it is not significant enough to mean that there is any problem, since the change is minor.
It it was a lot lower then there would be a query about suppression of the bone marrow where the white blood cells are made.
(b) CO2 looks at how acidic or alkaline a person may be. It relates to bicarbonate levels
The range may be 23 t0 29.
A high value may imply sometimes alkalosis (alkaline) but again this is interpreted in a clinical context and alone with the pH.
There are conditions that may cause a high co2 and low pH (eg asthma, pneumonia, copd, side effect of medication) and other conditions that cause a high co2 and a high pH (persistent vomiting, low potassium)
(c)Glucose- the time this was taken matters
If it was fasting reading then the upper limit is 126 to diagnose diabetes, 2 hours after a meal - up to 200, random also 200.
Your reading may put you in the prediabetic range, this means that at the time, you were not diabetic but was at risk of becoming a diabetic.
Summary: (a) blood tests are always interpreted along with a persons signs and symptoms
A person can have blood tests slightly outside the norm with no problems
(b) the main significant finding is the blood sugar which may put you as a prediabetic
If this has not been repeated since then, this should be done
(c)no necessary correlation with any of the values
I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
may issue is blood sugar
Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic
Abnormal results can be alarming to a patient but they are always interpreted along with clinical findings (symptoms and signs). They are not interpreted on their own but along with other parts of the presentation.
There may not be a correlation.
The normal value of different lab tests can vary slightly from lab to lab depending on lab techniques and machines and also population variation.
(a)WBC is part of the complete blood count. It looks at the immune system and also determines if there is any infection present. It can also determine if leukemia or lymphoma is present.
The normal range is 4 to 11. Some labs 4.5 to 11.
Though 3.9 is below 4 and also 4.5 (if this is your lab range), it is not significant enough to mean that there is any problem, since the change is minor.
It it was a lot lower then there would be a query about suppression of the bone marrow where the white blood cells are made.
(b) CO2 looks at how acidic or alkaline a person may be. It relates to bicarbonate levels
The range may be 23 t0 29.
A high value may imply sometimes alkalosis (alkaline) but again this is interpreted in a clinical context and alone with the pH.
There are conditions that may cause a high co2 and low pH (eg asthma, pneumonia, copd, side effect of medication) and other conditions that cause a high co2 and a high pH (persistent vomiting, low potassium)
(c)Glucose- the time this was taken matters
If it was fasting reading then the upper limit is 126 to diagnose diabetes, 2 hours after a meal - up to 200, random also 200.
Your reading may put you in the prediabetic range, this means that at the time, you were not diabetic but was at risk of becoming a diabetic.
Summary: (a) blood tests are always interpreted along with a persons signs and symptoms
A person can have blood tests slightly outside the norm with no problems
(b) the main significant finding is the blood sugar which may put you as a prediabetic
If this has not been repeated since then, this should be done
(c)no necessary correlation with any of the values
I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Thank you. 6 month before this test I had a test that co2 levels were 32. I had his story of chronic sinusitis, feeling very rundown, and almost always sleepy, not resting well at night. I was diagnosed with sleep apnea many years later. Could co2 buildup come from sleep apnea (osa)?
Brief Answer:
it can cause an increase
Detailed Answer:
HI
It is possible that this is related to the Ob sleep apnea .
You may want to get some bloods done, if possible, to compare with these to see if there are any changes
Please feel free to ask anything else
it can cause an increase
Detailed Answer:
HI
It is possible that this is related to the Ob sleep apnea .
You may want to get some bloods done, if possible, to compare with these to see if there are any changes
Please feel free to ask anything else
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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