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What Does My Lab Test Report Indicate?
Question: I have a fecal occult blood of 32 ng/ml. My lab says below 49 is normal. Is my reading still considered positive?
Brief Answer:
no
Detailed Answer:
Hi and welcome.
No, it is not considered positive.
In every man,some amount of blood will occur,but only more than 100ng is considered significant for some gastrointestinal bleeding. Wish you good health. Regards
no
Detailed Answer:
Hi and welcome.
No, it is not considered positive.
In every man,some amount of blood will occur,but only more than 100ng is considered significant for some gastrointestinal bleeding. Wish you good health. Regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Yogesh D
I keep reading on the internet that any amount of blood is considered positive and that my reading of 32ng means I'm positive for blood, if only slightly. Could this be true?
Brief Answer:
no
Detailed Answer:
this is not true
Cut off value depends in type of test and inmost cases this is 50 or 100ng. some new test has 25ng as to be lower limit,but it is not true that any amount is considered positive
no
Detailed Answer:
this is not true
Cut off value depends in type of test and inmost cases this is 50 or 100ng. some new test has 25ng as to be lower limit,but it is not true that any amount is considered positive
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Raju A.T
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