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In recovering alcoholics, GGT is a very sensitive measure of alcohol consumption and will almost certainly be elevated if he relapsed 1 week ago.  It may be elevated in up to 20% of recovering alcoholics who have not relapsed though, so the result may be high in a few people who have remained abstinent.

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Each type of brain tumor can have a very different familial association.  In general, tumors at a younger age are more likely to be inherited than those at an older age, which are more often spontaneous.  For all primary brain tumors, it looks like about 5% are known to be hereditary.  The precise risk is … Read more
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There are a number of conditions which can cause red blood cells to burst, but white blood cells "eating up" red blood cells sounds a bit different.  Some possibilities are G6PD deficiency or an autoimmune hemolytic anemia.  The first is caused by a genetic mutation which makes the hemoglobin susceptible to inactivation and subsequent destruction, … Read more
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Something to consider: Purifying alcohol is expensive.  Each time you distill it you can make it more pure but this also costs more.  The maximum you can reach this way is about 95% purity (a property called a minimum boiling azeotrope I think).  I guess what I'm saying is, if 75% works, why spend so … Read more
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I see your glucose is high and your bun and anion gap are low, but the other text is a bit garbled.  This is what I see: High wbc, rdw, neutrophil and low lymph.  Unfortunately, with just this information all that I can say is you may be diabetic (if you were fasting before this … Read more
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Sure, but it doesn't matter in most healthy people.

C. Difficile is all over the place, but our normal gut flora keeps it from overgrowing even if we are exposed.  Some antibiotics kill our normal gut flora and allow the C. Diff to cause disease.