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Re: needing a dictionary: one more
From: A (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 27 Jun 2000 22:38:03 -0400
susan...you are wonderful...thanks so much!!
Susan wrote:
> Ok Alexis, the last one you I got off the top of my head....this one
> required some research....here's what I found:
>
> C-peptide blood levels can indicate whether or not a person is producing
> insulin and roughly how much.
>
> Insulin is initially synthesized in the form of proinsulin. In this
> form the
> alpha and beta chains of active insulin are linked by a third
> polypeptide
> chain called the connecting peptide, or c-peptide, for short. Because
> both
> insulin and c-peptide molecules are secreted, for every molecule of
> insulin
> in the blood, there is one of c-peptide. Therefore, levels of c-peptide
> in
> the blood can be measured and used as an indicator of insulin production
> in
> those cases where exogenous insulin (from injection) is present and
> mixed
> with endogenous insulin (that produced by the body) a situation that
> would
> make meaningless a measurement of insulin itself. The c-peptide test
> can also
> be used to help assess if high blood glucose is due to reduced insulin
> production or to reduced glucose intake by the cells.
>
> There is little or no c-peptide in blood of type 1 diabetics, and
> c-peptide
> levels in type 2 diabetics can be reduced or normal. The concentrations
> of
> c-peptide in non-diabetics are on the order of 0.5-3.0 ng/ml.
>
> At Tue, 27 Jun 2000, A wrote:
> >
> >Thanks Susan!!
> >
> >Ok anyone...here's one more... C-peptide and proinsulin
> >
> >Thx again!!
> >
> >Susan wrote:
> >
> >> oligomenorrhea is scant or infrequent periods. Amenorrhea is the total
> >> absence of periods. Nulligravida mean that you have never been
> >> pregnant. Hope this helps! :)
> >>
> >> Susan
> >>
> >> >
> >>
> >> At Tue, 27 Jun 2000, A wrote:
> >> >
> >> >In preparation for my appt tomorrow morning with my new RE, I acquired
> >> >all medical records from the last two physicians I had seen for my
> >> >problems. I plan to go in blazing and hoping for results...finally!!
> >> >
> >> >Anyway, in reading one of the records, I came across a couple phrases
> >> >that didn't mean that much. Can some one help with definitions??
> >> >#1 oligomenorrhea (I always thought I had amenorrhea)
> >> >#2 nulligravida
> >> >
> >> >Also, what is the relationship between PCOS and ovary failure...isn't it
> >> >very similar??
> >> >
> >> >Thanks!
> >> >:-) Alexis
> >>
> >> --
> >> Susan Livingston
> >> Allentown, PA
> >>
>
> --
> Susan Livingston
> Allentown, PA
>
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