Do These Results Mean Anything?

Hi Everyone,

I've been waiting for my biopsy results since my colonoscopy on May 17th. My doctor suspects Crohn's or UC because I have a multitude of IBD symptoms, and my colonoscopy showed some rectal inflammation.

In the meantime, while waiting on the biopsy results, some blood work has come back abnormal. I was hoping you guys could let me know if the results that I had are common with Crohn's patients, or if you have had similar results. So here they are:

1.) Iron Deficiency
I know that this is very common with IBD. It has been a chronic problem for me, and I had to get an iron infusion last year.

2.) Vitamin D Deficiency
This has also been a chronic problem for me.

3.) High IgE
Normal Range: <114 Mine: 335

4.) Low PTH (Parathyroid Hormone)
I'm not sure about the normal range, but he said mine was very low at 5.

That is all I have right now. Any insights or experiences would be greatly appreciated! Thanks so much.

Brian

Low parathyroid is called hypoparathyroidism and has to do with how much calcium you have in your blood. Here's the wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoparathyroidism. My mom recently had to do a 24 hour urine collection to check how much calcium she was voiding this because her dr suspected this was going on with her, too (something to do with her vitamin D level being wrong compared to something else...don't remember).

According to the Wiki, hypoparathyroidism seems to be idopathic sometimes (IIRC) and is connected to autoimmune conditions. So there you go.