blood results what do they mean?

Question

hav 2 get blood taken every 2 weeks. has anyone any idea how you read the results and wot they should read for example this is wots tested esr hb wbc ast alt alkphos and palelets

Answer 1

I would imagine the doctor, or a trained professional, will read them for you.
I would imagine that you mean platelets, which are another name for your red blood cells. This would tell if you were anemia. But I don't know the range to determine whether high or not.

Answer 2

May be you are on some medication and this is being done to check for side effects. AST, ALT and alk phos are liver function tests. They show whether liver fuction is affected or not. Blood cells are low if a drug is depressing the function of the bone marrow, where they are manufactured. Hb., WBCs and platelets will all indicate that. ESR will show the activity of the disease, if it is high. If it is normal, disease activity is less. The reports also have the normal range printed on them. If your reading is falling within that range, you can see that it is normal.

Answer 3

Type in normal ranges for lets say ESR into Google and you will find that information. Just as a starter ESR- infection/inflammation markers, Hb- Haemoglobin levels (red blood cells) checks for anaemia, WBC- white blood cells- these kill infection so a high level might indicate infection or fever, ALT, Alkphos are part of liver function tests and Platelets are for clotting factors. Remember though high or low levels in any of these doesn't necessarily mean anything sinister please check with your GP.

Answer 4

ESR = Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
Normal value is 1-10mm/h for men, 3-15mm/h for women

Hb = Haemoglobin
Normal value is 130-180g/L for men, 115-165g/L for women

WBC = White blood cells
Normal value is 4-11 x 10 to the power 9/L

AST = Aspartate aminotransferase
Normal value is 10-35 U/L

ALT = Alanine aminotransferase
Normal value is 10-40 U/L

Alkphos = Alkaline phosphate
Normal value is 40-125 U/L

Platelets
Normal value is 150-400 x 10 to the power 9/L

You really need to ask your doctor to explain your results to you because the above info does not tell you the consequences of being outside normal range. It could be that being slightly outside the above ranges has no impact at all. And bear in mind that every textbook has a different set of normal values!!

Answer 5

Whilst it is possible to have the meaning of the terms explained unless you are able to talk to a trained professional the figures will be meaningless. What is important is the ranges for these in relation to the reason that the blood test was being undertaken. Normal individuals can have blood tests giving abnormal readings.

Answer 6

ESR stands for erythrocyte sedimentation rate. ESR is a rough measure of inflammatory disease (e.g. arthritis). Hb is hemoglobin which is a measure for red blood cells (e.g. anemia). WBC stands for white blood count which is a measure of your immune system. AST and ALT Alkaline Phosphate are liver enzymes which test for the health of the liver (e.g. liver cirrohosis). Platelets are blood cells which are used for blood clotting, doctors use this to detect the presence of certain blood disorder (e.g. haemophilia).

Answer 7

I asssume you are taking drugs for soem type of arthritic condition. The results are sent to your doctor, who compares them to the reference limits for the tests, and your previous results to see whether the treatment is working, need modifying etc. It take years of training to understand what changes to these results mean, which is why the people who do the tests and report them have to study to degree level, and they usually advise a doctor if there are any sudden changes which he/she need to bbe aware of.

Answer 8

You should ask your doctor but looking for paletlets is a white cell count thing .. CBC is blood count of red cells.. some simple information here at http://kidshealth.org/parent/system/medical/labtest4.html

Answer 9

you would need to contact your physician to find out the normal readings and then you can compare your readings to the normal average and know where you stand.