What do these labs mean? sorta confused on these labs....

[My_Pitch27]

had labs drawn a few days ago and this came back high... but dont really know what it entails. could someone shine some light on it?

thank u

BUN 29 (high) range 6-20
Bun/Creatinine Ratio 26 (high) range 8-19

thank u

 

[Mprtz]

BUN stands for Blood Urea Nitrogen (I hope), and an elevated BUN level can indicate that you are taking in more protein than your body can use.

Being high on both BUN and ratio seems pretty common on a high protein diet and with creatine supplementation.

 

[halfwit]

... And/or someone dehydrated during the draw. Something to be aware of on your next draw, so try to drink plenty of fluids before to rule that out.

 

[My_Pitch27]

BUN stands for Blood Urea Nitrogen (I hope), and an elevated BUN level can indicate that you are taking in more protein than your body can use.

Being high on both BUN and ratio seems pretty common on a high protein diet and with creatine supplementation.

i do eat a high protein diet... should i cut back on my protein and add more carbs and veggies to help bring these numbers down?

 

[My_Pitch27]

... And/or someone dehydrated during the draw. Something to be aware of on your next draw, so try to drink plenty of fluids before to rule that out.

Thanks ill def do that on the next one this saturday that im having a blood draw to confirm low t levels.

 

[Megatron28]

i do eat a high protein diet... should i cut back on my protein and add more carbs and veggies to help bring these numbers down?

Ho many grams per day and what is your body weight?

 

[My_Pitch27]

Ho many grams per day and what is your body weight?

i honestly dont know how many grams per day but its high up there and i weight about 175

 

[Megatron28]

i honestly dont know how many grams per day but its high up there and i weight about 175

Track your macros for a week. "High" could mean anything.

 

[My_Pitch27]

Track your macros for a week. "High" could mean anything.

i would say easy 200 grams /day

 

[Megatron28]

i would say easy 200 grams /day

So moderate. I wouldn't call that high. 1 gram of protein per pound of bodyweight is a good target.

I still strongly encourage you to track your macros for a week.

 

[Jimstigator]

I wouldn't worry about that stuff. And I definitely wouldn't start eating more carbs and less protein to shift it. Rather high BUN than a case of the sugars

I've had my blood worked about a million times in my life and I've never had BUN or Creatinine in range.

-Jim

 

[My_Pitch27]

I wouldn't worry about that stuff. And I definitely wouldn't start eating more carbs and less protein to shift it. Rather high BUN than a case of the sugars

I've had my blood worked about a million times in my life and I've never had BUN or Creatinine in range.

-Jim

wow so uve always had them outside the range? me too...seems like theyre alwasy outside for some reason.

 

[Jimstigator]

wow so uve always had them outside the range? me too...seems like theyre alwasy outside for some reason.

Always. Longggg before TRT. I went down the worm hole for a while with "specialists" and never got a definitive answer.

Much more worried about thick blood, gyno/estrogen, infection, etc, etc, etc... than some random numbers no one can really explain or fix.