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What does low globulin with high calcium in your bloodwork mean?
Got my lab report back for my 3 year old daughter and everything is in range except these :
Globulin is low at 1.8 normal being 2-3.8.
Then her Globulin/albumin ratio is high being at 2.7 normal range being at 1.0-2.1.
Then her calcium is at 10.7 normal being 8.5-10.6.
She is a very very picky eater that does drink a lot of milk so do u think this is caused from dehydration? She barely drinks water. I try so hard to get her to eat good and drink good but obviously the tests show otherwise.
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- formerly_bobLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
Its hard to say what these results mean. They aren't far enough out of range to necessarily indicate a problem. Its normal for the albumin/globulin ration to be high if globulin is low. Together, these two results mean that globulin is under-produced. If she has no symptoms of a medical problem, this is probably genetic. Dehydration causes blood proteins to appear higher than they actually are, so the protein results cannot attributed to dehydration. Maybe her normal rate of globulin production simply doesn't fit the norm. Unless she has other symptoms or abnormalities, the globulin results probably have no significance.
Slightly elevated calcium could be a temporary effect of drinking lots of Vitamin-D enriched milk.
The doc should discuss these results with you. The doc may have additional information that gives these results more meaning. I suspect that nothing is actually wrong. If the doc is concerned that something could be wrong, it might be worthwhile repeating the blood test in a few weeks to see if she gets the same results.
