ShupeJL10 Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 Had anyone had the Daxor blood volume test done? If so what did your results look like and what kind of treatments have helped? I had bad deficiencies in both plasma and red cell volume and am bed bound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 29, 2023 Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 Oh dear! I've not had that test done. I do pray that you find answers and the way to increasingly better health. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RecipeForDisaster Posted January 29, 2023 Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 I’m very interested in having this done. I haven’t had any doctors interested enough to order it, partly because they don’t know what they’d do with the results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTRJ75 Posted January 30, 2023 Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 What kind of specialist deals in blood volume? Who would even get this done? I have a theory about low blood volume and PVCs. Don't know how I'd prove it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 @MTRJ75 What is your theory? I would be interested in hearing about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supertired Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 3 hours ago, Pistol said: @MTRJ75 What is your theory? I would be interested in hearing about it! Me too… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTRJ75 Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 20 hours ago, Pistol said: @MTRJ75 What is your theory? I would be interested in hearing about it! Easy... 1 - Low Blood Volume 2 - ??? 3 - PVCs But more seriously, dehydration seems to be one of the things that increased them for me. I'm most prone to them right before I take my Sjogren's med a couple times per day, when my throat feels the most dry. Perhaps less blood available for the heart to continuously pump correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 2 hours ago, MTRJ75 said: I'm most prone to them right before I take my Sjogren's med What med is this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 @MTRJ75 I think you are onto something, but your presentation cracks me up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTRJ75 Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 @MikeO Cevimeline/Evoxac @Pistol That's a joke from a very early South Park episode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Tee Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 I don't know whether it is a DAXOR set-up or not, but Mayo has a reasonably detailed description of blood volume testing here: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diagnostics/16793-blood-volume-testing It seems to have been used mostly for kidney and heart failure patients, as far as I can tell. New developments in the 80s (?) meant it was no longer needed routinely, and the machinery got old and was retired. I also saw a post from someone who used to work in nuclear medicine/testing saying that another factor was that it became harder to source the isotope. This Mayo article states it is most often ordered for patients in intensive care. My specialist tells me that there is nowhere that does it in Melbourne. I wonder if there might be a machine hidden away in a dusty corner of a hospital in Sydney (our largest city). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTRJ75 Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 Isn't heart failure more of a blockage than volume thing? Last time I went to the doctor, I saw on the computer screen something about chronic kidney disease. Nobody had ever mentioned this to me, but it must be something that showed up on blood work at some point. I'm wondering if that was a blood volume thing also. I do notice there's a large difference in my bloodwork results all around when I go in after a glass or two of water an hour or so before vs not drinking anything and probably being a bit dehydrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RecipeForDisaster Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 9 minutes ago, MTRJ75 said: Isn't heart failure more of a blockage than volume thing? Last time I went to the doctor, I saw on the computer screen something about chronic kidney disease. Nobody had ever mentioned this to me, but it must be something that showed up on blood work at some point. I'm wondering if that was a blood volume thing also. I do notice there's a large difference in my bloodwork results all around when I go in after a glass or two of water an hour or so before vs not drinking anything and probably being a bit dehydrated. They are worried about too much blood volume in heart failure. Knowing helps them to manage diuretics and stuff. The kidney disease may have been in reference to dosing a Med - many have special dosing in that case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 38 minutes ago, MTRJ75 said: Isn't heart failure more of a blockage than volume thing? Last time I went to the doctor, I saw on the computer screen something about chronic kidney disease. Nobody had ever mentioned this to me, but it must be something that showed up on blood work at some point. I'm wondering if that was a blood volume thing also. I do notice there's a large difference in my bloodwork results all around when I go in after a glass or two of water an hour or so before vs not drinking anything and probably being a bit dehydrated. Dehydration can and will affect your GFR results. Meds that are processed thru your kidneys will as well. Since i got off the kidney drugs my kidneys improved. if you have heart failure your doc should know it. You will gain sudden weight and the legs generally swell up. does not mean this is not reversible (i have been put on diuretics before) just to come out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 5 hours ago, MTRJ75 said: Isn't heart failure more of a blockage than volume thing? Heart failure means the heart is no longer able to pump strong enough. The heart is a muscle, so it just is no longer strong enough to pump. A blockage means some of the heart (muscle) is not receiving enough blood because a vessel is blocked. Low volume means there isnt enough fluid for the heart to pump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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