Plain-English guides to understanding your health reports, written for Indian patients.
High ESR explained: normal ESR by age and sex, what mildly, moderately and very high ESR values mean, common causes in India, and how ESR compares with CRP.
Read more →High bilirubin explained: normal bilirubin levels, what causes jaundice, how direct and indirect bilirubin point to the cause, and when it needs urgent care.
Read more →SGPT vs SGOT: the difference between ALT and AST, what the SGOT to SGPT (De Ritis) ratio reveals about the cause of liver stress, and where GGT fits in.
Read more →High WBC count explained: what an elevated total leukocyte count means, how the differential shows the cause, common causes in India, and when it is serious.
Read more →Platelets below 1 lakh: what counts of 50,000, 20,000 and 10,000 mean, bleeding risk at each level, causes beyond dengue like ITP, and when to go to hospital.
Read more →Platelet count 1 to 1.5 lakh is mildly low. Why the likeliest causes here are a lab artefact, a recent viral illness or your own baseline, and how to tell.
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