![]() ![]() Waste chemicals called urea and creatinine are produced by the body. These blood tests show how well your kidneys are working. The calcium level can be raised if the myeloma cells are speeding up the breakdown of bone. Your doctor will also check your blood calcium level. It is particularly useful for diagnosing and monitoring light chain myeloma (where light chain is the only abnormal protein), and some non secretory myelomas. This is a smaller part of the myeloma protein called light chain that is also made by myeloma cells. The serum free light chain (SFLC) assay picks up tiny amounts of small proteins called free light chains in the blood. By measuring the amount of protein in the blood you can find out how active the myeloma is and how well treatment is working. Another test called immunofixation electrophoresis shows the exact type of abnormal antibody (also called M protein or paraprotein), such as IgG or IgA.ĭoctors can also use these tests to monitor how well treatment for myeloma is working. The myeloma protein is called monoclonal protein (also called M-protein, light chain, abnormal antibody or paraprotein). This test looks for abnormal proteins found in myeloma. Serum protein electrophoresis (SPEP) measures the amount of immunoglobulins (antibodies) in the blood. The range of figures quoted as normal varies slightly between laboratories and also differs between men and women. There is a range of normal for blood counts. Symptoms of a low platelet count include abnormal bleeding, such as bleeding gums and nosebleeds.
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