In This blog I am going to talk about our health, which is most important thing of our life. I am going to help you understand importance of blood tests and their names. So to analyse our body's health condition we have to do Blood Examination Tests. I will write Names and their importance of blood tests in the next few minutes, Take your time and read it thoroughly.
This measures various major component of blood. Major component of blood are Red blood cells (RBC), Hemoglobin levels (protein levels in blood) , White blood cells (WBC), Platelets, hematocrit, Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV).
Electrolytes level detects sodium, chloride and potassium level in your blood. This decides Major mineral components in the blood.
Liver Function Tests or Liver Panel detects parameters like enzymes, proteins, albumin, alkaline phosphatase, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, bilirubin. it can detect fatty liver, cirrhosis, hepatitis and liver damage. If you are alcoholic then you should definitely do this test every 6 months at least.
There are various types of cholesterols and fats in your body. Good cholesterol and bad cholesterol, both contribute to our health aspect. Lipid profile test can also detect Triglycerides and total cholesterol in your body. Oily foods can contribute to increase in Cholesterol.
Increased levels of thyroid hormone can detect Hyperthyroidism and low levels means hypothyroidism. If you have family history of thyroid then this test is meant for you as thyroid problems are hereditory. In Thyroid profile we look for T3 ,T4 and TSH hormone.
Renal Function Test or RFT doctors look for functions of your kidney. creatinine level, total proteins other aspects.
Essentital nutrients are needed for to identify your nutrients level, this includes Vitamin B12, Vitamin D and Iron and calcium. All these test can affect your metabolism and your ability to work efficiently.
This test detects sugar in your body. You can do this test in the morning and after 2 hours of your lunch. Test you do in the morning on fasting mode is known as Fasting blood sugar and which you do after 2 hours of eating is known as Post Prandial Blood sugar. Another test is known as RBS random blood sugar. All these tests are important to detect your sugar level which can detect diabetes in early stage. Diabetes is leading illness in all over the world.
