How to post a decent image of blood test results in the forum?

[sosayra7781]

Hi, I have been trying to post an image of my blood test results to ask for help with interpretation but once I hit the post button the image looks too small to read. I saved the image in jpg format and the quality was quite good (approx. 2Mb). Any advice?

Thank you.

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

sosayra77781

Make sure that your image contains only the relevant information and no wasted blank space.

Add the image in a "Reply" rather than a first post, this is because these are enlarged when clicked on.

See if that's better.

Make sure no personal details are visible.

[sosayra7781 in reply to SeasideSusie]

Thank you SeasideSusie . Yes, I removed all sensible info and group pages scan into one single image. I'll try add it in a "Reply" as suggested.

[helvella Administrator]

The system reduces the size of the image - not sure by how much. But it just does that and we have no way of controlling it.

If you have more than will fit on your post, you could split it into two images. Add one to your post. Then reply to yourself and add the second to your reply.

If you can, reduce the amount of background and white space round the results.

[sosayra7781 in reply to helvella]

Thank you. Will try that too!

[Bearo]

It can be easier to type out the test results, not forgetting to include the ranges. The main ones for this forum are TSH , FT4, FT3 and any antibody tests, plus vit D, B12, folate and ferritin. I usually add anything else that’s close to the top or bottom of the range.

[sosayra7781 in reply to Bearo]

Thanks Bearo, I thought of typing the info in but it's 2 page long... In the end, after much tinkering I managed to send them in the reply section, as suggested by SeasideSusie.