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    Bilirubin on urine strip. Freaking out!

    I bought some healthwise urinalysis strips to keep.on hand to test for UTIs. Last week I was having pain in my lower left side so I used one to make sure it wasn't a UTI. Everything came back negative except I had a trace of WBC (my normal) and small amount bilirubin. I didn't panic and waited until last night to do it again, sure enough same result. I well hydrated myself and did it again, same thing. I googled, bad bad bad! Liver disease and bile obstruction came up. I don't drink, I'm 35 years old/female, don't smoke or do drugs so I don't think it's liver disease. I had my gallbladder taken out 8 years ago so its not that, I'm vaccinated against hepititis and I don't do drugs and faithful to my husband so that rules that out. So that leaves bile obstruction. One of those things is pancreatic Cancer. I'm completely beside myself in fear now! I had blood work back in October which was normal along with urine test also normal but that was 9 months ago. Has this happened to anyone else?

    PS I didn't take daily vitamin D3 and B12

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    Re: Bilirubin on urine strip. Freaking out!

    At home tests of any kind are notoriously unreliable. If you’re really concerned, go to the doctor and and get a lab test done. But between now and then, stay off of Google and don’t diagnose yourself with pancreatic cancer.

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    Thanks for your reply. I'm just nervous because everything else was normal but this.

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    Re: Bilirubin on urine strip. Freaking out!

    I have panicked about this myself. I believe the bilirubin test has a high false positive rate? Ask your doctor to be sure....

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    Quote Originally Posted by jojo2316 View Post
    I have panicked about this myself. I believe the bilirubin test has a high false positive rate? Ask your doctor to be sure....
    Really? It happened to you? Mine shows as the "small" amount. I've tested several times today and I cannot find anything reassuring when I look it up
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    Tested again this morning, positive again. :( I'm panicking.

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    I had a blood test 3/4 weeks ago and all came back normal apart from my bilirubin which should apparently be below 22 but mine was 32. She said not to worry as she’s seen that come back in the 100’s in some patients. I too have been worried sick since. My GP says it's possibly Gilbert’s Syndrome. I have a re test a week Thursday.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mumzy View Post
    I had a blood test 3/4 weeks ago and all came back normal apart from my bilirubin which should apparently be below 22 but mine was 32. She said not to worry as she’s seen that come back in the 100’s in some patients. I too have been worried sick since. My GP says it's possibly Gilbert’s Syndrome. I have a re test a week Thursday.
    It's so nerve wrecking. :( Praying everything comes back ok for you. Keep me posted.

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    My bilirubin levels are elevated constantly, and it turned out (when I had multiple checks and a referral to a specialist) that I have Gilbert Syndrome. The specialist (he has researched liver diseases) told me that my metabolism works in a different way than average, and that it's nothing to worry about. Life expectancy is normal.

    My levels are fluctuating around 40-80. So before you freak out, please remember that it's probably nothing at all. The levels can fluctuate without an underlying issue as well.

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    I thought about that but I've never had this show up on blood tests or urine tests before. That's what's confusing. My last check was back in October at a go check up.

    ---------- Post added at 19:20 ---------- Previous post was at 16:32 ----------

    I noticed if my urine is diluted the test is pretty close to negative.

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