Blood Test Results Are Not Quite Normal – Here's What You Should Do
Imagine this: Upon your online request to a laboratory that provides specialized mobile blood test services in Northern Virginia or your local area, the phlebotomist visits to collect your “stat” specimens. And later you receive the reports on your mail and you're going through them, and you notice some numbers are teetering on the edge of the normal range. Should you be worried? “It's complicated because, in some tests, a borderline result hardly makes any difference. While in others, it might indicate an important change in health that we need to follow or act on. When you go through the blood test report, you’ll find the normal ranges for each blood test next to your personal results. For example, if your routine blood work includes a test for calcium in the blood, your lab may list the normal range for calcium as 8.3 to 9.9 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL). If your result is a 9.1 mg/dL, right in the middle, you can feel confident that your calcium level is normal. ...