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« Reply #50 on: December 03, 2009, 01:13:05 PM »
A smoker will have a high HGB as well.  Just another reason for it. 
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« Reply #51 on: December 03, 2009, 01:20:25 PM »
never ever been a smoker...
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« Reply #52 on: December 03, 2009, 01:45:32 PM »
Dehydration can cause your hemoglobin to read too high.

Easily corrected....  :beer1;
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« Reply #53 on: December 03, 2009, 01:54:22 PM »
I'll drink to that!  :2thumbsup;
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« Reply #54 on: December 03, 2009, 02:00:54 PM »
OK, Cariad.  So could constantly stretching how my they take off of fluid be a factor.  They don't believe my small gain of 1 or 1 1/2 kilos and try for 3 removable but always have to turn it off because of BP.  Are you saying that could raise the hemoglobin???
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« Reply #55 on: December 03, 2009, 02:55:53 PM »
If you are dehydrated for any reason, dialysis or otherwise, it will make your hemoglobin read deceptively high because there will be a greater ratio of hemoglobin to fluid. The concentration of hemoglobin reads higher, but your actual hemoglobin amount may be fine. The reading that they take is your concentration of hemoglobin, not the actual amount. That's why the fix may be as easy as drinking up!

Sorry, not a medical pro, so explanation may be muddled.... Good luck with your appointment.

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« Reply #56 on: December 03, 2009, 07:52:16 PM »
Quote from: cariad on December 03, 2009, 02:55:53 PM
If you are dehydrated for any reason, dialysis or otherwise, it will make your hemoglobin read deceptively high because there will be a greater ratio of hemoglobin to fluid. The concentration of hemoglobin reads higher, but your actual hemoglobin amount may be fine. The reading that they take is your concentration of hemoglobin, not the actual amount. That's why the fix may be as easy as drinking up!

Sorry, not a medical pro, so explanation may be muddled.... Good luck with your appointment.

So the opposite should be true.  When I come in after a weekend and the first thing they do is take a lab draw then my fluid is really high.  That should make my hemoglobin deluded?  So my actual hemoglobin is probably higher than I get credit for.
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« Reply #57 on: December 04, 2009, 07:21:37 PM »
Quote from: Rerun on December 03, 2009, 07:52:16 PM

 When I come in after a weekend and the first thing they do is take a lab draw then my fluid is really high.  That should make my hemoglobin deluded?  So my actual hemoglobin is probably higher than I get credit for.


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Also might be considered fraud.

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