25 juni 2025An LDH blood test measures lactate dehydrogenase, an enzyme that sits inside almost every cell in your body. That single…
25 juni 2025A CPK blood test measures creatine kinase, an enzyme that leaks out of muscle cells when they are stressed or…
25 juni 2025A troponin blood test measures a protein that leaks into your bloodstream when heart muscle cells are damaged, and it…
25 juni 2025A transferrin blood test measures the protein that carries iron through your bloodstream. It is almost never read on its…
25 juni 2025If your lab report shows a reactive RPR test, the most useful thing to know first is this: a positive…
25 juni 2025Toxoplasmosis IgG and IgM are the two antibodies your lab measured to work out whether you have ever met a…
25 juni 2025A hepatitis C antibody test tells you whether you have ever encountered the hepatitis C virus — not whether you…
25 juni 2025An HBsAg positive result means the hepatitis B virus is present in your body right now. It is also one…
25 juni 2025An HIV blood test looks for traces of the virus in a small blood sample, and the version used in…
24 juni 2025Ett CA 15-3 blodprov mäter ett protein som bröstvävnad frisätter i blodet. Läkare använder det främst för att…
24 juni 2025Ett CA 125-blodprov mäter ett protein som äggstocks- och bäckenvävnad frisätter när den är irriterad eller inflammerad…
24 juni 2025The CA 19-9 blood test measures a substance that the pancreas and bile ducts release into the bloodstream, and doctors…
24 juni 2025CEA-blodprovet mäter karcinoembryonalt antigen, ett protein som läkare främst använder för att följa tjocktarmscancer över tid snarare än…
24 juni 2025An AFP blood test measures alpha-fetoprotein, a protein your body produced in large amounts before you were born and makes…
24 juni 2025A PSA blood test measures prostate-specific antigen, a protein made by your prostate — not by cancer. That distinction matters…
20 juni 2025Ett 17-hydroxiprogesteron-test mäter ett steroid som dina binjurar producerar på vägen mot att bilda kortisol, och det är…
20 juni 2025Ett LH-blodprov mäter luteiniserande hormon, ett signalhormon som produceras av hypofysen i hjärnans nedre del.…
20 juni 2025Ett FSH-blodprov mäter follikelstimulerande hormon, den signal från hypofysen som talar om för äggstockarna att mogna ägg och för testiklarna…
20 juni 2025A PTH blood test measures parathyroid hormone, the hormone that acts as your body's thermostat for calcium. Here is the…
20 juni 2025A cortisol blood test measures the main hormone your adrenal glands release under stress, and its result depends almost entirely…
20 juni 2025Thyroxine-binding globulin (TBG) is the main protein that carries thyroid hormones through your bloodstream, and it explains why a total…
20 juni 2025A free T4 blood test measures the active, unbound form of thyroxine — the main hormone your thyroid gland produces…
20 juni 2025A vitamin K blood test is rarely what your laboratory actually runs. Instead of measuring the vitamin itself, most labs…
20 juni 2025A vitamin E blood test measures alpha-tocopherol, the form of vitamin E your body actually keeps and uses, circulating in…
20 juni 2025A vitamin A blood test measures retinol, the active form of vitamin A circulating in your bloodstream. Laboratories print it…
20 juni 2025A vitamin C blood test measures how much ascorbic acid is circulating in your blood at the moment the sample…
20 juni 2025The vitamin D blood test, printed on your report as 25-OH vitamin D or 25-hydroxyvitamin D, measures how much vitamin…
20 juni 2025A folic acid blood test measures how much vitamin B9 is circulating in your blood, and it is one of…
19 juni 2025Ett blodprov för serum amyloid A mäter ett protein som levern frisätter inom några timmar efter att en inflammation har startat. Om SAA…
19 juni 2025A testosterone blood test measures the amount of testosterone, the body's main androgen (male sex hormone), moving through your bloodstream.…