You should try to SLOWLY get to the point where you can exercise for 30-60 minutes a day, keeping your heart rate above 125 beats per minute. If you are 40 years old, your predicted maximal heart rate is 220-40=180. Your predicted maximal heart rate is estimated by subtracting your age from 220. You should attempt to maintain your heart rate at 70% or greater of your maximal predicted heart rate. Your cholesterol can sometimes be improved by regular aerobic exercise, such as walking, running, swimming, aerobic classes. It seems to protect the heart and blood vessels from becoming clogged. The HDL- cholesterol is the good cholesterol, and it is great for it to be high. It is important to measure the HDL-cholesterol and the LDL-cholesterol. The desired level of total cholesterol is under 200. Occult blood in the stool can be tested with Hemoccult slides (stool cards).
It is important to check for blood in the stool if you iron is low. This bleeding may be visible blood loss, or it may be occult, which means it is not readily apparent to the naked eye. Bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract can also result in a low serum iron. A low serum iron is frequently seen in women that have heavy periods and have a diet low in iron. Results may be low because of poor dietary intake of iron, or from loss of blood from the body. Iron, iron binding capacity, and % saturation measure the amount of iron you have in your body. A low uric acid is rarely a sign of disease. Uric acid is a chemical in the body that may cause gout if it becomes elevated. A low serum creatinine or BUN is not usually a sign of disease. The creatinine will be elevated with significant renal disease. The BUN, creatinine, and BUN/creatinine ratio are a very accurate measure of kidney function. Frequently, one or two of these tests may be only slightly elevated which is not always significant, but may have to be repeated at a later date, after stopping medicines or avoiding alcoholic beverages. Liver damage could be seen as a reaction to numerous medications, alcohol toxicity, hepatitis, tumors in the liver, or a number of viral illnesses. The alkaline phosphatase, lactate dehydrogenase, gamma-glutamyl transferase, SGOT, and SGPT results are a measure of on going liver damage. The protein, albumin, A/G ratio and globulin results of your blood work are a measure of the liver function and will be abnormal with liver damage as seen in cirrhosis of the liver. It is rarely a significant abnormality, but your physician can decide whether or not to pursue a mildly abnormal result. Phosphorous is difficult to test and is frequently out of the normal range. Some antidepressants and water pills can cause the sodium and chloride to be low.Ĭalcium and phosphorus are minerals in your bones, and they may be abnormal with certain hormonal diseases, or may be related to tumors in your bones. Water pills are most frequently implicated when the potassium is low. They are not related to the amount of salt you have in your diet. Sodium, chloride, potassium, and magnesium are called electrolytes, and they will sometimes become significantly abnormal with certain medications or different forms of lung, heart, or kidney disease. If it is very low, you may want to go by your doctor’s office and get a finger stick for the blood sugar level, so that it can be analyzed immediately. The value for the blood sugar will decrease if the test is not performed shortly after it is drawn. Frequently it will be on the low side, but this is rarely of any significance. Diabetes is defined as a fasting blood sugar of greater than 126 on two separate occasions. The glucose (blood sugar) is a test for diabetes. Karl Hempel, M.D.Did you ever wonder what your doctor is checking for when he or she does your blood work? Most people know about cholesterol, but how about the BUN? I will attempt to explain the meaning of the blood work results.
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