For those who dont know my story , I am suffering from pfs/pas accutane symptoms after going on crash diet (mostly low calorie vegetables, black coffee) I lost around 35lbs in 1.5 months.
I have low dht as well 176 (350-850) despite total t being in the 600’s. Doctors have no idea what happened to me. I came across this video 2 weeks ago. Now he states the side effects are due to cholestasis and (retinol) hyper vitaminosis a. I was looking at all my bloods that are out of range and ALBUMIN stuck out to me the most.
ALBUMIN 54.3 g/l (42-50)
I rememeber researching what this could mean about 1.5 years ago. It seemed it was due to dehydration as the only cause. Now I found this…
High albumin (hyperalbuminemia) is almost always caused by dehydration. In some cases of retinol (Vitamin A) deficiency, the albumin level can be elevated to high-normal values (e.g., 4.9 g/dL). This is because retinol causes cells to swell with water (this is also the reason too much Vitamin A is toxic).[13] This swelling also likely occurs during treatment with 13-cis retinoic acid (isotretnoin), a pharmaceutical for treating severe acne, amongst other conditions. In lab experiments it has been shown that all-trans retinoic acid down regulates human albumin production.[14]
