Understand Your Reports
A blood report is a column of numbers and a column of ranges, and for most people that is where it ends. Pick the panel you are holding, type in your values, and each one comes back with which way it sits, how far, and what that generally indicates — in words rather than in reference intervals.
This is an educational reading aid, not a diagnosis and not medical advice. Reference ranges differ between laboratories — always read the range printed on your own report. Nothing here can see you, your history or your medicines. Do not start, stop or change any treatment on the strength of this page: take your report to a qualified doctor.
- CBC
Complete Blood Count
Haemoglobin, white cells, platelets and the red-cell indices.
Enter your values - Glucose / HbA1c
Blood Sugar & HbA1c
Fasting and post-meal glucose, and the three-month average.
Enter your values - Lipids
Lipid Profile
Total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglycerides and non-HDL.
Enter your values - LFT
Liver Function Test
Bilirubin, ALT, AST, ALP, GGT, protein and albumin.
Enter your values - KFT / RFT
Kidney Function Test
Urea, creatinine, eGFR and uric acid.
Enter your values - TFT
Thyroid Profile
TSH, free T4 and free T3 — and the patterns they make together.
Enter your values - BP
Blood Pressure
What your reading means, under both the American and European guidelines.
Enter your values - Electrolytes
Serum Electrolytes
Sodium, potassium, chloride, bicarbonate, calcium, magnesium, phosphate.
Enter your values - Iron studies
Iron Profile
Serum iron, ferritin, TIBC and transferrin saturation.
Enter your values - B12 / folate
Vitamin B12 & Folate
The two vitamins whose lack makes red cells large.
Enter your values - Urine R/M
Urine Routine & Microscopy
Protein, sugar, blood, ketones, nitrite and the cells under the microscope.
Enter your values - PT / INR / aPTT
Coagulation Profile
How quickly blood clots — PT, INR, aPTT, fibrinogen and D-dimer.
Enter your values - Cardiac markers
Cardiac Biomarkers
Troponin, CK-MB and the natriuretic peptides.
Enter your values - ABG
Arterial Blood Gas
pH, pCO₂, pO₂, bicarbonate, base excess and lactate.
Enter your values
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