I had some bloods done and I got the results but I cant understand them. The results list the normal ranges in brackets and all the results are normal except for a few. I'll be discussing them with my doctor but until then does anyone know how to read blood tests?
Glucose
sample type: serum
blood sugar: 4.6 (3.6-6.1)
comments: B
:confused:The glucose is normal but what does "comments: B mean"?
Full Blood Count
sample type: blood
WBC: 6.6 (4.0-11.0)
RBC: 4.75 (3.80-5.80)
haemoglobin: 12.0 (11.5-16.5)
Packed Cell Volume: 0.369 (0.360-0.470)
MCV: 77.8 (78.0-99.0)
MCH: 25.3 (27.0-33.0)
What could cause the MHC to be slightly low? Or is it not low enough to really matter?
MCHC: 35.5 (32.0-36.0)
RBC Dist Width: 17.4 (11.5-14.5)
What could cause this to be high?
platelets: 286 (140-400)
lymphocytes: 1.8 (1.1-4.0)
monocytes: 0.4 (0.2-1.1)
Nuetrophils: 4.2 (1.7-7.5)
eosinophils: 0.10 (0.04-0.50)
basophils: 0.00 (0.00-0.40)
LFT
sample type: Serum
bilirubin (total): 13 (3-22)
ALT: 27 (9-52)
ALK phosphate: 78 (38-126)
gamma-GT: 20 (8-78)
U/E+CREAT
sample type: Serum
UREA: 1.5 (2.5-7.1)
sodium: 143 (137-145)
potassium: 4.3 (3.6-5.0)
creatinine: 66 (70-133)
What causes low urea and creatinine?
ESR
sample type: serum
ESR: 27 (1-20)
comments: Note: New Reference Range For ESR
(I don't know if that comment means my ESR is high and 1-20 is the new range or its normal and the new range is different than 1-20)
FERRITIN
sample type: serum
iron: 4 (5-148)
What causes iron serum to be low?
THYROID FUNC.
sample type: serum
FREE T4: 21.4 (10.3-2.5)
TSH: 1.87 (0.40-4.00)
VITAMIN B12
sample type: serum
vit B12: 192 (193-982)
FOLATE
sample type: serum
folic acid: 2.4 (3.0-17.0)
I'm guessing that low B12 and folic acid just means I should make sure I'm eating foods that contain them?
Thanks to anyone who can help:)