Just sat down to go over my supposedly all normal lab results that I finally received from the U of M. There are 6 things in the abnormal column. The first one is PCAG which says Protein C Antigen, I can not for the life of me figure out what this is. I have googled it and still can't figure it out. My level is 222, on the lab print out it says that 60-106 is normal. This cant be the same as the c reactive protein??? Can anyone find an explanation of this?????
The other things that are abnormal which I haven't looked up yet are
Urine protein = mostly albumin, alpha-1 and transferrin constant with glomerular type proteinuria
Alpha 1 protein is .22 should be .10-.21
alpha 2 protein is 1.05 should be .52-.95
beta globulin gamma is 1.07 should be .5601.25
PCA protein C activity is 145 should be 70-140
This is on top of the page of abnormal "things" the pain doctor found and can't explain.
Oh gee, look what I found
http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/proteinuria/
proteinuria can cause swelling of the hands, feet and face!!!!!
Glad my labs are normal and I am just fat!!!!!
Didn't you also have some heart problems a while back?
Michele, I have labtestsonline.org bookmarked--it can really be a help to decipher all this stuff. Here's a link to what I found on Protein C Antigen: http://labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/protein_c_a nd_s/test.html
Good luck to you--I'm sorry that this diagnosis is so difficult and frustrating.