In the context of your personal information, you and your provider can use reference ranges as a guide to what your results mean and to help make decisions about managing your health.
Through many years of research involving large, diverse populations, these limits have become standardized. The specific reference ranges that appear on your laboratory report are determined and provided by the laboratory that performed your test.
Reference ranges help describe what is typical for a particular group of people based on age, sex, and other characteristics. A few tests do not have ranges, but limits at which decisions are made about whether you are healthy or should be treated. An example is glucose testing for diabetes.
Each laboratory establishes or 'validates' its own reference ranges, thus reflects differences that vary from lab to lab.
It is important to realize that your Blood test result may be outside of what is called the 'normal range' for many reasons. These Blood test results, after review and interpretation by a qualified Blood professional, play an important part in an overall diagnosis. Blood test results have specific meaning to knowledgeable and qualified medical personnel. Blood test results are important in detecting and diagnosing Blood disorders in Blood tests and a Blood test with Rare Blood types. What is the normal range of each part of my Blood test? What is the normal maximum and normal minimum result in each part of a Blood test? For instance, what id the normal range of uric acid? What is the normal white Blood cell count? Blood test results, made possible by the taking of Blood for laboratory testing, are one of the most important tools that your doctor uses in evaluating your health status. Blood test results are compared and measured in 'normal ranges' for a given population group and individual. Blood tests, including various Blood chemistry and hematology 'Blood tests' offered by most test labs, represent an economical way by which quality information about a patient's physical condition, at the time of the Blood testing, can be made available to the physician. Remember that Blood test results are always best interpreted by a Blood professional or doctor who is familiar with your Blood test history, over time. Blood tests are fast and almost painless. Low cost Blood tests, discount Blood testing and even free Blood tests are available and listed in your local community.
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