2024-05-03 14:30:00
Cholesterol, glucose, triglycerides, Asat, Alat; These are the names you’ve probably seen on your blood test results. I have an essential message to convey to you: looking at the laboratory standards, or if there is a star, or if the result is in bold is absolutely not enough to interpret the result. Together we will see how to avoid the pitfalls of interpretation when you receive your results.
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Cholesterol in the blood and its three components, total, LDL and HDL, is certainly the most complicated thing to interpret when you don’t know regarding it. The first data to examine is the LDL. The value beyond which to treat depends on your situation! It’s just like a speed limit on the highway. It depends on the risk of accident: it is 130 km/h in dry weather and good visibility, 110 in rainy weather and 50 if visibility less than 50 meters. Well, the threshold value from which you must lower LDL cholesterol at all costs depends on your risk of having a cardiovascular accident. The higher your risk, the lower the LDL level should be. The interpretation can therefore only be made by the doctor who knows you.
READ ALSO Discover 4 foods that help lower cholesterolSecond example, triglycerides, this is another result that appears in the lipid profile. Triglycerides are fats. Above 1.5 g/l in the blood, it indicates a metabolic disorder which deserves medical interpretation. But a high value does not mean that you should take medication.
Results to be considered as a whole
My third example concerns blood glucose; it is referred to as blood sugar. A normal fasting blood sugar level is less than 1 g/l. However, the standards indicated vary from one laboratory to another. Remember that fasting blood sugar levels, from 1 g/l, must already be monitored. And conversely, we must be reassured: a blood sugar level below 0.70 g/l in most people is strictly normal!
Finally, Asat and Alat are acronyms that designate liver enzymes… You can have liver disease despite normal Asat and Alat according to laboratory standards. Additional calculations are necessary to clarify the situation.
READ ALSO Compotes in gourds: which are the best for your health? Clearly, interpreting blood tests requires knowing the person. We take into account the results taken as a whole, those that I have mentioned but also other elements such as weight, blood pressure and waist circumference. This is the doctor’s job and this work helps avoid two risks:
A good interpretation will allow you to avoid both underdiagnosis and overdiagnosis of a non-existent disease!
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