[Pieterj]

Hi, we are hoping to move to NZ in the next 2 or 3 months, I decided to do a Pre medical just to make sure everything is ok before we go for the real deal.

Everything was ok except for my liver and Cholesterol,

Liver
ALT 55 Range 3-46
AST 32 Range 10-33

Cholesterol 5.0 range 2.8-5.2
HDL 0.8 Range 1-1.6
LDL 3.5 Range 2.0-3.4

How strict are these people, will they have a problem with such minor variations or will it be acceptable. We expect the ALT may be due to me not having a spleen. ( I Lost it in a motor cycle accident) I don’t require any medication and am rather healthy BMI=29 and don’t drink often maybe once in 2 months.

Thanks for the advice.

Pieter Jordaan

[Smiler]

Hi Pieter

Welcome to the forum :cheers:cheers <- orange juice. ;)

There are some threads on LFT's and ranges. Have a search for 'liver'

I did find this amongst them. http://www.emigratenz.org/forum/showthread.php?t=6384&highlight=liver


Gamma Glutamyl Transferase. The acceptable range is 7 - 54.
Total Bilirubin. The acceptable range is 3 – 17.
Alkaline Phosphatase. The acceptable range is 30 – 130.
Alanine Transaminase. The acceptable range is 0 – 35.

HTH helps. I know that a few forumites have had the same probs but most have been successful in the end.

[Dash]

Hi Peter,

I am happy to help you with an answer for this.

I put my invitation to apply in November and they contacted we within two weeks to ask me to get a re-test.

At the time my ALT score was 116!!

I had a re-test in December and it was down to 90.

The doc thought it was probably down to some anti-malaria tablets I took about 18 months ago and the fact that I had a cold.

Anyway.. I was told on Monday that we were Approved!!

So I very much doubt your ALT score will even raise an eyebrow....

Good luck..

[Pieterj]

Thanks guys

After all the work and getting this far, the last thing you want is to be turned away at the door. As I said previously, I am in pretty good health but still would like to be sure I have done everything possible in order to expedite the whole PR Process. The last thing I want is to delay my application due to minor medical problems which I could have sorted before the medical.

Hopefully all this will be over soon :nice1

[Dash]

Hi Peter,

Just to be sure, drink no alcohol and drink Milk Thistle, before your medical. This wil help flush through your liver before your formal medical.. I suspect your liver will be fine by then..

Also get your GP to give you a note about your results and also send in you pre-medical results when you send in your ITA (It can't do any harm!!) This will show they are improving or at least not increasing hopefully.

Good luck

Dave

[Pieterj]

It’s a medical dilemma!!!!!

I have my medical next week and decided to see if there was an improvement on my ALT, I’ve been using milk thistle for a month now, so I really expected and improvement, unfortunately everything is even higher now. to make things worse, my Cholesterol is also out of range now.

I don’t understand why, I have been eating a lot less meat than normal and only lean cuts at that.

Liver
ALT 76 Range 3-46
AST 68 Range 10-33

Cholesterol 5.7 range 2.8-5.2
HDL 1.0 Range 1-1.6
LDL 3.9 Range 2.0-3.4

Atleast my HDL is normal now, up from 0.8 :clap


I have a Job offer for 1 April and need to fly mid march, what are my chances of getting the work permit so quickly with these numbers?