Any doctor or nursing students?

I just got back from my doctors and he wants me to get all this blood tests done and I was wondering if anyone out there knows what they stand for.

HEPATIC FUNCTON PANEL
COMP METABOLIC PANEL w/eGFR
CBC w/DIFF
ANA w/REFLEX TITER
C-Reactive Protien
HEMOGLOBIN A1C
THS W/Reflex T-4, Free,
UA, Complete, Reflex to Culture
LIPID pnl W/rfl dldl
Direct LDL
Lyme
Epstien Barr Iqq-Igm?

HEPATIC FUNCTON PANEL - Liver Function
COMP METABOLIC PANEL w/eGFR
CBC w/DIFF - Blood count, showing exact numbers for WBC's
ANA w/REFLEX TITER
C-Reactive Protien
HEMOGLOBIN A1C - Hemoglobin levels
THS W/Reflex T-4, Free,
UA, Complete, Reflex to Culture
LIPID pnl W/rfl dldl - Fat count
Direct LDL -Cholesterol levels
Lyme - Test for Lyme disease
Epstien Barr Iqq-Igm? - Test for Epstien Barr

I don't start the program until the fall but I'm in Anatomy II right now. Just seems like some basic tests with a couple disease specific ones at the bottom. Also, the titer test and reflex ones are for specific bacteria/viruses. Some one else might know better than me. I could have my professor check it out.

We just got done doing a section on the liver and it pretty much controls a lot of stuff with the blood. If you've got a bad liver, then it can affect bleeding, clotting and most everything having to do with blood. I heard that a healthy liver can be sold for like $200,000.

Alright thanks. I think he might be worried I might be diabetic or have something wrong with my thyroid or liver

I'm a PA student, graduate in December.

Bottom line is that your doctor is casting a pretty wide net. The possibilities he suggested are the most likely, but he's also checking for mono (the EBV test) and Lyme disease (from ticks, not exactly common). I'm guessing you have pretty nonspecific complaints, but that you're fatigued and possibly experiencing some weight gain.

The Hemoglobin A1C and the Chem panel are for the diabetes. The former indicates how well your blood sugar has been controlled over the last three months, while the latter panel checks your blood sugar right then (among other things). Diabetes is suggested by values greater than 6.5% and 120 mg/dl, but ONLY suggested.

But again, it's a pretty wide net. He's not exactly sure what he's looking for and you must have pretty good insurance--if you don't, you oughta reconsider some of the tests, at least initially (EBV, ANA, and Lyme, in my opinion).

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