How do healthcare providers diagnose capillary leak syndrome?

How do healthcare providers diagnose capillary leak syndrome?

Healthcare providers diagnose capillary leak syndrome by asking about your health history and doing a physical examination. They’ll check your blood pressure to see if it’s low.

Healthcare providers may also need to exclude other conditions before they can diagnose capillary leak syndrome. They may order blood tests to look for:

• Increased levels of hematocrit (the number of red blood cells in your blood).
• Increased levels of hemoglobin (a protein in your red blood cells).
• Low protein in your blood (hypoalbuminemia).

They may also do a blood test to look for abnormal immunoglobin protein (monoclonal gammopathy, or M protein). People with capillary leak syndrome may have abnormal M protein in their blood.