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Chloride of 108 mmol/LWhat it means, and what usually happens next

108mmol/L Chloride
Slightly high
9698107111

A chloride of 108 mmol/L is a little above the usual 98 to 106 mmol/L.

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Chloride108mmol/L
Where it fallsSlightly high
The usual rangeabout 98 to 106 mmol/L

What usually happens next

Not drinking enough before the test is the most common reason, and sodium is often at the high end too.

Diarrhoea and some kidney conditions raise chloride while lowering bicarbonate, so the bicarbonate is the other number to read.

What a high chloride usually means, and its common causes

When a chloride can read wrong

Chloride follows water and sodium: being dehydrated raises it, and IV saline raises it more. Some labs' ranges run to 107 or 110, so read it against the range on your report.

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Is a chloride of 108 mmol/L normal?

A chloride of 108 mmol/L is a little above the usual 98 to 106 mmol/L. The usual range is about 98 to 106 mmol/L.

Worked out by LifeFrom from the usual lab ranges (Clinical Methods), and not yet reviewed by a clinician. For your own understanding: only a lab test, read by your clinician, diagnoses anything.