Blood tests

[trishab]

Hi everyone....Can anyone tell me what the score for liver function blood test should be? Thank you

[Madmusiclover]

If you are looking at blood test results it should have normal range next to it.

[trishab in reply to Madmusiclover]

Thank you for your reply. It was a letter from the rheumatologist saying it was high!Happy Christmas

[Madmusiclover in reply to trishab]

Strange…

[madme1 in reply to trishab]

My liver function reading is always slightly high, but they've told me not to be worried about it.

[vonniesims]

Have you got NHS app If so it is all on there if they were done by your gp

[trishab in reply to vonniesims]

Thank you for your reply. Yes I do have the NHS app and the blood test was done at the GPs. I will have a look!

Happy Christmas

[jojoishere]

Hi trishab, your normal liver function should be 50 or under, mine is always around 14. Th reason I no this is because mine went sky high(260) due to some medication.I had to stop all meds,and have weekly bloods until it came back down, it took a few months And now it's normal again. Then re-started meds again and was monitored for a while hope this helps merry Christmas 🎅 🎄

[trishab in reply to jojoishere]

Thank you for your reply.....mine was 157.....told to stop methotrexate and have another blood test....waiting for results now!!

[Hightower62]

Hi, this is from the NHS app.

AST serum level: Normal range: Below 40

Serum ALT level: Normal range: Below 41

Serum gamma GT level: Normal range: 1 to 60

Serum total bilirubin level: Normal range: Below 21

Serum LDH level: Normal range: Below 250

[trishab in reply to Hightower62]

Thanks for reply

[Doraflora in reply to Hightower62]

That’s interesting to read, Hightower 62, as at our surgery the lab range is (10-71). My husband’s recent test was 88iul, which is high, but the GP just termed it “elevated” and will retest in 3 months.

I always worry about blood tests, especially to do with the organs….

[Lifesforliving]

The main ALT range runs from 0 - 33. My results are habitually around the upper limit, but nobody gets excited unless the result comes in above 50, when I'm called in to explain myself: it usually becomes elevated because I've been on holiday with prolonged temporary exposure to excessive alcohol (!!) which is of course not recommended with MTX. Interesting that now I've been taken off MTX, the results are tending to be in the lower 20's. I've never had a result lower than 18.

[trishab in reply to Lifesforliving]

Thanks for your reply

[Doraflora in reply to Lifesforliving]

I’m new on this page, but am finding the liver test results are interesting.

My husband has just been told his gammy GT is elevated, but I don’t understand the ranges. Our lab states a range of (0-71), but my husbands result was 88 iul. I understand this isn’t great, but is that number excessively high? All his other results were fine.

I would add that he’s waiting to see a neurosurgeon for spinal stenosis which, at the time of testing, was causing him a heck of a lot of pain, thus he was taking quite a few paracetamol for it. Can this affect liver results?