Saturday, August 13, 2011
I had a spinal tap but the doctor can't see me to discuss it until the end of July......?
I work in a hospital laboratory and though I don't specifically run that MS panel where I work, we do draw the blood and send out spinal fluid for the MS panel as you mentioned. And based on your results in combination with the other finding from your MRI, I would say that MS is likely just as it said in your results. And on a separate similar note, all proteins are called "globulins" or immunoglobulins, "gamma" stands for the cl or family of protein it belongs to. You had a type of gamma proteins (also called gammaglobulins) show up when they tested your spinal fluid that shouldn't normally be present. The band is just how the proteins "show" themselves for a lack of a better word in this type of test. If a line or "band" appears then there is a protein present, if there is no line or "band" then there is no protein present. You had a line/band appear where it shouldn't have. In fact it says you had two bands or lines appear that shouldn't have, indicating a disorder of your central nervous system. They compare the results of your blood proteins to your spinal proteins to know what is normally present for you and what is not. You blood is used kind of as a control so they know what type of proteins you normally have present in your body. So if something extra shows up in your spinal fluid they know it is not normal for you. Hope this makes a little sense for you. Again, I am not a doctor so please take this for what it is, a little insight into your laboratory results. Best of luck to you.
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