7 measurements · Healiam panelLiver
These seven results ask two questions. Are liver cells irritated, and is the liver still doing its manufacturing job? ALT and AST rise when liver cells are injured. Alkaline phosphatase and bilirubin rise when bile flow is impaired, and bilirubin also rises when red cells are breaking down. Albumin and total protein show whether the liver is still building the proteins blood depends on. One enzyme above the interval is common. The pattern across the group is what makes it meaningful.
What this group shows
- ALT is more specific to the liver. AST also comes from muscle, so a high AST with a high creatine kinase may be muscle, not liver.
- Bilirubin is the pigment from broken-down heme. Direct bilirubin is the processed fraction. Total includes both.
- Albumin has a long half-life. It falls when liver production has been down for weeks, or when protein is being lost.
In this group
Each measurement
Open a test to see what it measures, how it fits with the others, and the usual adult interval.
How to use this page
This page explains what the measurement is for. It is educational. Your Healiam report includes the reference interval for your age and sex, and a clinician reads that result with your history, medicines, and the rest of the panel. Talk with a clinician before changing diet, supplements, or treatment because of a number on a report.
Liver
See this group on your own panel.
One draw covers every category.
Book a Healiam visit and this group is included with the rest of the preventive panel. Results come back in days, with the interval that applies to you.