most recent 30 from http://paleohacks.com 2013-05-22T20:56:26Z http://paleohacks.com/feeds/question/115166 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://paleohacks.com/questions/115166/what-should-i-get-tested Soul 2012-04-27T06:46:28Z 2012-05-25T13:41:11Z

<p>I've made a post about my sclera being blue and fingernails being blue and pale, toenails having beau's lines(they are gone now) and I went to the optometrist a few days ago. She checked my vision and it is perdect. As I thought, she said it is something systemic that is causing it. She said to go get my thyroid checked,asked if I was anemic and to go get my iron levels checked. I want to mention that I was vegetarian for about a year and a half and raw vegan for a year/under a year(can't remember)(while not meeting my caloric needs severely).She also asked if I had any heart problems when I was a baby, but I was born healthy according to my mom. The doctor mentioned heart murmurs. Anyways, I will be seeing my family physician next week and want to know what I should get tested. In my vegetarian days I had panic attacks and heart palpitations and had my heart checked, everything was normal. Any vitamins, minerals specifically? Any other things to get tested?</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/115166/what-should-i-get-tested/115194#115194 A at Grain Free Diet 2012-04-27T11:58:02Z 2012-04-27T11:58:02Z

<p>If you're going to get a bunch of things tested anyway, it's probably not a bad idea to throw in a Vit D test.</p> <p>I won't go so far as to say it is the cause of your problem, but I think it's a good thing to know.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/115166/what-should-i-get-tested/122321#122321 Stephen 2012-05-25T13:41:11Z 2012-05-25T13:41:11Z

<p>Your optometrist was right. The obvious one to check here is <strong>iron</strong>.</p> <p>You're a premenopausal female and were a vegan, both are risk factors for iron deficiency.</p> <p>Start with these:</p> <ul> <li>complete blood count</li> <li>serum iron</li> <li>ferritin</li> <li>total iron binding capacity</li> </ul> <p>Thyroid:</p> <p>As a first test, thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) is fine.</p> <p>Inflammation:</p> <ul> <li>Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)</li> <li>C-reactive protein</li> </ul> <p>Nice to haves:</p> <p>Calcidiol (25-hydroxyvitamin-D)</p>