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What Does My Lab Test Report Indicate?

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Posted on Thu, 7 Jul 2016
Question: I recently had a life insurance physical exam. 44 year old male 6'-2" 225 lbs. Can you help me understand the flagged results.
ALT Liver 55 U/L
AST Liver 34 U/L
Cholesterol heart HDL 5.6
LDL heart 147 mg/dl
Cholesterol heart 212 mg/dl


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Answered by Dr. Dr.Albana Sejdini (1 hour later)
Brief Answer:
Please send the test reports

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

I understand your concern.

Can you please send a copy of the test reports yo me to analyse them myself? I need to have a look at the reference ranges your lab is using.

Thank you.
Dr.Albana
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Follow up: Dr. Dr.Albana Sejdini (1 hour later)
Here is the whole report. I can download the green areas aswell, if yiu beed them .
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Answered by Dr. Dr.Albana Sejdini (5 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Fatty liver/alcohol drinking could have altered these parameters as follow

Detailed Answer:
Hi back,

Thank you for providing the tests reports.

As I was going through them, I could notice as following:

There is a slight increase in all parameters you mentioned earlier.

With regards to liver ALT and AST, and taking into account your high cholesterol levels, most probably, you're having fatty liver. An abdominal ultrasound is further advised to check it out.

Furthermore, if you use to drink alcohol, that could also explain elevated liver transaminases (TA).

Your cholesterol levels are also slightly elevated, most probably due to foods you consume.

So, at your age, all these are signals warning to take appropriate measures. Changing into a healthy diet together with increased physical activity can improve these parameters.

I would also recommend to run blood tests to exclude hepatitis.

Hope it was of help!
Dr.Albana
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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What Does My Lab Test Report Indicate?

Brief Answer: Please send the test reports Detailed Answer: Hi, I understand your concern. Can you please send a copy of the test reports yo me to analyse them myself? I need to have a look at the reference ranges your lab is using. Thank you. Dr.Albana