Your health check report, test by test.
Most values marked H or L are small and harmless. A few need a doctor soon. These pages explain each test the way Dr. Arya explains it in clinic, so you can tell which is which.
Reviewed by Dr. Prabhat Arya, MBBS, MD (Internal Medicine)
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How to read any report.
Go by your lab’s range. The range printed beside each value is the one to use. Ranges on these pages are typical for adults and can differ a little from yours.
One slightly-off value is rarely a problem. About one healthy person in twenty falls just outside any range. What matters is how far outside, and whether other results agree.
Compare with your last report. A value that is slowly moving tells more than one that is just over the line.
Read the whole report together. Low haemoglobin with low MCV means something different from low haemoglobin with high MCV. Each page has a list of results that go together.
Find your test.
Blood tests
- Blood count (CBC)What do the numbers on my CBC mean?
- ESR and CRPMy ESR or CRP is high. Should I worry?
- Liver tests (LFT)My SGPT is high. What does my LFT mean?
- Kidney tests (KFT/RFT)Is my creatinine or urea high? What does my KFT mean?
- Lipid profileIs my cholesterol report fine, or do I need a tablet?
- ThyroidMy TSH is a little high. Is that thyroid disease?
- Blood sugarIs my sugar report diabetes, prediabetes or normal?
- Vitamin D, B12, folateMy vitamin D or B12 is low. How low is too low?
- Iron studiesIs my iron really low? What does ferritin show?
- Heart risk add-onsMy Lp(a) and homocysteine are high. Should I worry?
- Other common add-on testsPSA, RA factor, HBsAg: what do these extra tests mean?
Heart tracing, X-ray and scans
Not sure which tests you need? Which tests do I need this year?
Questions people ask.
My report has many values marked H or L. Should I worry?
Usually not. Ranges are set so that about one healthy person in twenty falls just outside each one, so on a report of sixty values a few flags are expected. What matters is how far outside, whether it has changed since last time, and whether several results point the same way.
Why does my lab’s normal range differ from another lab’s?
Each lab sets ranges for its own machines and methods. Always go by the range printed beside your value. When you compare two reports, compare values from the same lab if you can.
Can he read my report online?
Yes. Send photos or PDFs of every page through a ₹199 report review. He reads them himself and sends a summary in plain words. If you would rather talk, a video consultation includes the written summary too.
Your whole report, read by your doctor.
Send every page, old reports too. He reads them himself and tells you what changed and what to do.
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