PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for October, 2001: Re: Are these two results significant in pregnancy?

Re: Are these two results significant in pregnancy?

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 31 Oct 2001 09:48:22 -0600 (CST)

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At Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Jenny wrote: >
>I just had a physical check-up for the life insurance purpose and the
>result came back normal except two numbers:
>Triglycerides 385 (normal range is 10-200 mg/dL)
>SGPT (ALT) 49 (normal range is 0-45 U/L)
>
>Do these numbers have any impact on a normal and healthy pregnancy? I'm
>trying to get pregnant now but not sure whether I can go ahead with
>these numbers or I need to do something first.
>I doubt the high number of Triglycerides was due to the short time
>between my meal finished at 3:15pm which was somewhat oily and the
>blooddraw taken around 7:15pm the same day. Am I right? Is ALT result
>also related to the short time?
>Do I need to re-check these two?
>
>Thanks a lot for your help!!

Jenny, Neither preclude pregnancy. The triglycerides don't bother me much when it was not a fasting specimen. The liver function test (SGPT) is minimally elevated and I would simply repeat that test in a month... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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