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- Q: ALT 34 ALP 113 is this bad or good?
Question: ALT is 34 U/L, ALP is 113 U/LIs this good? Answers: Since the normal ALT, a liver enzyme, is … - No idea what’s causing my symptoms.Female, aged 40Female Upper abdominal pain, tenderness & swelling, mid back pain, protruding, very painful lower ribs, tachycardia for 2 …
- Q: What does PDW 54% mean?Answer: the PDW is a short form for the medical term “Platelet Distribution Width”, a lab index for measuring if …
- Q: My hCG levels jumped from 720 to 20000, Could I be having twins?Original question: My hCG levels were at 720 at four weeks and 5 days. They took my blood two days …
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- Q: High LDH for years without a clear cause, what could that be?
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How To Read Lab Test Results?
- Red Flags H, L, A, C, Astric, Stars, Arrows on results, what is meaning, does that bad? should I worry?Decoding all flags, signs and symbols that appear on the lab test reports, if you were looking for a test code used in the lab as abbreviation to the test itself please visit lab test codes Contents: …
- What is the Meaning of Red Flag C Near My Lab Results?Contents: Meaning of the letter C beside labs & blood test results When results are flagged with the “C” notation? Why the label “C” printed in the lab test reports? What is the meaning of a Critical …
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- What is The Meaning of Flag A Near Some Blood Test Results? (WBC, RBC, PLT, Hgb, MCV, RDW, Glucose, BhCG)Medical laboratories take a distinct approach to organize the writing of medical reports in a way that ensures easy reading and maximize the benefits from the laboratory results. Among the ways to facilitate writing and reading the …
- What Does L Sign on Platelets Mean?Signs and flags near the lab test value has an important role in reading and understanding the lab work results by simple human person. Firstly, you must understand that the platelets count may be done as one …
- Abnormal H Flag Next to Platelets Result, what does that mean?When you receive the result of the test ” full blood count” at the laboratory, you will surely find the result of the “platelet count” near the middle of the formatted CBC report. Like all types of …
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Pregnancy B-hCG Levels Charts
Complete Blood Count
- Why High Platelets Count (Thrombocytosis) with Iron Deficiency Anemia IDA (What do High Platelets Low Hemoglobin Low Iron mean?)
- What Does High Platelets Count mean After Removal of your Spleen (Understand Thrombocytosis post Splenectomy)?
- High platelet count in sickle cell disease Explained “from real case studies”
STD and HIV AIDS
- What does Aids HIV test results means if positive, normal, borderline or non-reactive?People nowadays are terrified that become infected with the disease called AIDS If you had unprotected sex with a …
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- 10 blood tests for herpes simplex virus REALLY ACCURATEWhat Herpes test is earlier and most accurate for the recent virus infection, why negative results and outbreak, read carefully …
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Men Blood Tests
- PSA results was 9 with having to get-up in the middle of the night to urinateI’m 57. I just got the results of my PSA …
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- Exponentially Elevated PSA 908, What are the chances that this is not metastatic?My 57 year old significant other just received the results …
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- Q: PSA Total 10.04 PSA Free 12.2, 68 years man, what do PSA results mean?Have got theses results: PSA ratio 1.2 ng/mLPSA Total 10.04 …
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Liver and Kidney Functions
- Q: ALT 34 ALP 113 is this bad or good?Question: ALT is 34 U/L, ALP is 113 U/LIs this good? Answers: Since the normal ALT, a liver enzyme, is up to 31 U/L, your number is slightly elevated, ALP, the alkaline phosphatase enzyme for biliary canals, is normal if up …
- Repeated Kidney Infection ExplainedQ:2 kidney infections in a little over a month.? I had no warning signs with either one. I woke up to weird smelling urine and a lot of blood in my urine. So I was expecting to have a UTI, but …
- What Does Creatinine 5 and Hemoglobin 7 means?From received questions: I am a 50 years’ woman complaining from backpain and weakness all the time, and have got these lab work results: Creatinine 5 mg/dl BUN 140 eGFR 9.0 mL/min/1.73m2 Haemoglobin 7.5 Total white cells count 15,000 /ml Neutrophils cells …
- What Does Backpain with Normal Creatinine Mean?Back pain or flank pain usually a result of musculoskeletal problems but often can be a sign of kidney pain. It is difficult to diagnose the lower back pain as a pain in the kidneys. But it can be predicted as follows: The …
- Understand GFR Blood Test and Normal GFR Levels RangeGFR word stands for Glomerular Filtration Rate and tells how well your kidneys are working? Most people who developed CKD they weren’t know at earlier time because the disease itself progress silently for long period of time. Usually a man comes …
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- How to Set Protein Diet by BUN Creatinine Uric LevelsLearn how to follow-up protein diets with blood test results of BUN, Creatinine, and Uric acid. Earlier this week, a man came to the laboratory to do creatinine and blood urea tests, after asking him about the reason he testing for, …
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- Understand Creatinine Blood Test and Normal Creatinine Levels by AgeCreatinine is an important blood test to identify early kidney diseases. Unfortunately, several medical conditions can cause abnormal creatinine levels in the blood. This Complete Guide will explain the importance of creatinine blood test and how to interpret test results. Creatinine …
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- Bilirubin Levels Chart (Normal, Low, High Bilirubin Levels Explained)Bilirubin Levels Chart is a table of common bilirubin levels that cause jaundice yellowish color of the skin and eyes sclera, including normal bilirubin levels, high bilirubin levels, and low bilirubin levels in the same place. Where bilirubin comes from and …
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Autoimmune Diseases Tests
- High platelet count in sickle cell disease Explained “from real case studies”What is this post talking about? to answer many questions like:Do blood platelets elevate in patients with sickle cell disease?How many platelets in patient of SCD? or To which level the platelets increase of a sickle cell disease person?When to worry about high platelets if you’re a SCD person?Why do PLTs of the SCD patient …
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- Q: Is CRP 14 mg/L a normal level if I’m having joint pain?Question: I’m having joint pain and the CRP test value is 14 mg/l. Is it a normal level? Answer: The short answer is No, CRP value of 14 mg/l is not normal but it is not high enough to tell that you have ongoing chronic inflammation, but can tell that the inflammation is fading or …
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- Q: I and My Daughter have Red Patches on my Skin although the Tests PT, aPTT, and FDP are normal in Blood Test Results, what could be the actual reason?Question: So I was sent off for some testing because of how my legs look… these are the results and I know they are in range but they are close to the bottom or top of the ranges could these be why I’m the way I am with my legs… I’ve had 2 lots of …
- Q: My Anti-dsDNA was positive at 13 but my ANA test came back negative, What does that mean?These are links to both pages of my recent blood work. Sorry, I couldn’t figure out how to load images on here. I tried everything. my first ana test came back positive at my physical but then when retested at specialist my ana came back negative but my anti-dsDNA came back positive at 13. what …
- Q: Blood test help I have lupus SLE that has attacked my kidneysCan anyone help me with these test results? I have lupus SLE that has attacked my kidneys in 2009, they came back to full function, but I believe I’m having the worst flare I’ve had since then. I can’t understand my blood and urine test. Can anyone help Answer: You can send your results to …
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