25 giugno 2025An LDH blood test measures lactate dehydrogenase, an enzyme that sits inside almost every cell in your body. That single…
25 giugno 2025A CPK blood test measures creatine kinase, an enzyme that leaks out of muscle cells when they are stressed or…
25 giugno 2025A troponin blood test measures a protein that leaks into your bloodstream when heart muscle cells are damaged, and it…
25 giugno 2025Un esame del sangue della transferrina misura la proteina che trasporta il ferro nel flusso sanguigno. Quasi mai viene letto da solo…
25 giugno 2025If your lab report shows a reactive RPR test, the most useful thing to know first is this: a positive…
25 giugno 2025Toxoplasmosis IgG and IgM are the two antibodies your lab measured to work out whether you have ever met a…
25 giugno 2025Un test degli anticorpi per l'epatite C indica se hai mai incontrato il virus dell'epatite C — non se…
25 giugno 2025Un risultato HBsAg positivo significa che il virus dell'epatite B è presente nel tuo organismo in questo momento. È anche uno…
25 giugno 2025An HIV blood test looks for traces of the virus in a small blood sample, and the version used in…
24 giugno 2025A CA 15-3 blood test measures a protein that breast tissue sheds into the bloodstream. Doctors use it mainly to…
24 giugno 2025Un esame del sangue CA 125 misura una proteina rilasciata dai tessuti ovarici e pelvici quando sono irritati o infiammati…
24 giugno 2025The CA 19-9 blood test measures a substance that the pancreas and bile ducts release into the bloodstream, and doctors…
24 giugno 2025Il test del sangue CEA misura l'antigene carcinoembrionario, una proteina che i medici usano principalmente per monitorare il tumore del colon-retto nel tempo, piuttosto che…
24 giugno 2025An AFP blood test measures alpha-fetoprotein, a protein your body produced in large amounts before you were born and makes…
24 giugno 2025A PSA blood test measures prostate-specific antigen, a protein made by your prostate — not by cancer. That distinction matters…
20 giugno 2025A 17-hydroxyprogesterone test measures a steroid your adrenal glands make on the way to producing cortisol, and it is the…
20 giugno 2025An LH blood test measures luteinizing hormone, a messenger made by the pituitary gland at the base of your brain.…
20 giugno 2025An FSH blood test measures follicle-stimulating hormone, the pituitary signal that tells the ovaries to grow eggs and the testicles…
20 giugno 2025A PTH blood test measures parathyroid hormone, the hormone that acts as your body's thermostat for calcium. Here is the…
20 giugno 2025A cortisol blood test measures the main hormone your adrenal glands release under stress, and its result depends almost entirely…
20 giugno 2025Thyroxine-binding globulin (TBG) is the main protein that carries thyroid hormones through your bloodstream, and it explains why a total…
20 giugno 2025A free T4 blood test measures the active, unbound form of thyroxine — the main hormone your thyroid gland produces…
20 giugno 2025A vitamin K blood test is rarely what your laboratory actually runs. Instead of measuring the vitamin itself, most labs…
20 giugno 2025A vitamin E blood test measures alpha-tocopherol, the form of vitamin E your body actually keeps and uses, circulating in…
20 giugno 2025A vitamin A blood test measures retinol, the active form of vitamin A circulating in your bloodstream. Laboratories print it…
20 giugno 2025A vitamin C blood test measures how much ascorbic acid is circulating in your blood at the moment the sample…
20 giugno 2025The vitamin D blood test, printed on your report as 25-OH vitamin D or 25-hydroxyvitamin D, measures how much vitamin…
20 giugno 2025A folic acid blood test measures how much vitamin B9 is circulating in your blood, and it is one of…
19 giugno 2025A serum amyloid A blood test measures a protein that your liver releases within hours of inflammation starting. If SAA…
19 giugno 2025A testosterone blood test measures the amount of testosterone, the body's main androgen (male sex hormone), moving through your bloodstream.…