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Suggest Treatment For Severe Lower Abdominal Pain
Hi, My brother is a 25 year old healthy athletic guy. About a week ago he had some pain in his lower abdominal area for few days, it got so bad at one point that we had to take him to ER for pain management. The doctor requested a full blood test and an ultra sound. The ultra sound came back ok but in his blood test his CPK came up very high, to be exact it was 1740. We don t know what it means but being so much higher than average range worries us a lot. He hasn t had a chance to go back to doctor yet but is this scary number means anything bad? Thanks
Mon, 21 Sep 2015
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Thanks for consulting at my virtual clinic HCM. I have carefully worked through your case, and can well realize your health worries. Being your physician, I want to assure, I will take care all of your medical concerns.
What CPK means?
It is Creatine Phosphokinase and is an enzyme mainly found in heart, muscles and brain tissues.
What these scary high numbers means?
There is some damage to brain, skeletal muscles or to the heart muscles.
Possibilities:
Mostly the damaged muscles are the reason for leakage of the CPK into the blood and that is picked up in blood work. Usually physicians order this test to rule out the cause of chest pain to be a heart attack and to see the extent of damages done to the muscles. The high values are seen in brain and skeletal muscles disorders, lung tissue infarction (death), thyroid diseases.
Final suggestion:-
Your brother needs to go for a follow up with his treating physician (PCP) as soon as possible.
Hope I answered all of your questions. Please don't forget to add your precious positive feedback to help me able to assist you better in future too. Have a wonderful time ahead. Keep in touch for a follow-up too to let me know if you have any doubts & need further assistance. I am available 24/7 for your help. Have a blessed time ahead.
Regards!
DR. MUHAMMAD HANIF
USA
Thanks for consulting at my virtual clinic HCM. I have carefully worked through your case, and can well realize your health worries. Being your physician, I want to assure, I will take care all of your medical concerns.
What CPK means?
It is Creatine Phosphokinase and is an enzyme mainly found in heart, muscles and brain tissues.
What these scary high numbers means?
There is some damage to brain, skeletal muscles or to the heart muscles.
Possibilities:
Mostly the damaged muscles are the reason for leakage of the CPK into the blood and that is picked up in blood work. Usually physicians order this test to rule out the cause of chest pain to be a heart attack and to see the extent of damages done to the muscles. The high values are seen in brain and skeletal muscles disorders, lung tissue infarction (death), thyroid diseases.
Final suggestion:-
Your brother needs to go for a follow up with his treating physician (PCP) as soon as possible.
Hope I answered all of your questions. Please don't forget to add your precious positive feedback to help me able to assist you better in future too. Have a wonderful time ahead. Keep in touch for a follow-up too to let me know if you have any doubts & need further assistance. I am available 24/7 for your help. Have a blessed time ahead.
Regards!
DR. MUHAMMAD HANIF
USA
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