Can anyone help me with proper names of blood tests?

[KatyMac]

Ive had to go private for help with my thyroid & my consultant has asked my GP to do some tests....I have a feeling they may say no so I'll have to pay for some of them

I know what some of them are, but could anyone say what the others would look like on my NHS app please?

FBC
Renal profile
Lipid profile
Liver Function tests - found this one
9am cortisol - found this one
LH and FSH and oestradiol
Prolactin
TSH and FT4 - found this one
Vitamin D and bone profile and PTH - found Vit D & Bone profile
ferritin - found this one
ANA
IGF-1
Vitamin B12 and folate - know B12
CRP and ESR
HbA1c

So are the others called something different? FBC I used to know what that was but I cant see it now & lipids dear god there are lots of lipids on my record!

I'm not that clear what you are asking, but FBC is full blood count.

Folate is Folic Acid

HbA1c is glycated hemoglobin, measuring average blood sugars. It is a screen for diabetes or pre-diabetes

FBC full blood count
Renal profile checks kidney function
Lipids is cholesterol test
Hba1c is a blood sugar test
CRP is inflammation test.

Renal is kidney function

CRP is infection markers

lh

LH ANS FSH is hormone related

lipid profile cholesterol and fats in your blood

prolactin is hormones in our pituitary gland

Ah it changed from FBC to Full Blood Count after 2015! Thank you

Found Ferritin now thanks

HbA1c is not coming up nor is glycated hemoglobin

those area all standard names/abbreviations that are used in both the private sector and NHS. The private consultant should be organising them if they think they're necessary.

renal profile will come up as that on the app and when you click into it it contains different results eg serum sodium

CRP shows as serum C reactive protein level

ESR is erythrocyte sedimentation rate

HbA1c shows as just that

I know @Greybeardy but if the GP is nice I wont have to pay for them or if I had one recently enough we might not need a newer one

found renal/ESR/CRP

Havnt had the LH and FSH and oestradiol for 10 years and never had prolactin

so Lipids is all the cholesterol and lipids - I have lots 😢

Looks like you've found most-HbA1C comes as Haemoglobin A1C Sebia.

Thanks @Nursemumma92 now found it

ANA
IGF-1

these 2 anyone?

Anti nuclear antibodies is the first one

Insulin growth factor

ANA is Anti Nuclear Antibodies
IGF-1 is Insulin-like Growth Factor 1

I haven't got either of these on my app to say whether it comes up as this but might point you in the right direction?

Edit to say sorry for the cross posting!

Renal tests are sometimes under U&Es (urea and electrolytes) I think, or could be creatinine, urea, urine:creatinine, eGFR(estimated glomerular filtration rate).

ANA is anti-nuclear antibodies, it’s an immunological test, sometimes under a broader immunological panel.

Lipid profile if not clear as one test is HDL-c, LDL-c, Triglycerides (Trig or TG)

not sure if that answers your question, or if you have any more you’re not sure of?

Thanks - I guess I only have them on the app if they have been tested

So like ferritin and folate havent been tested since 21
& my LH and FSH and oestradiol in 2015

Let me look at those last 2

It depends when you had the test(s). Some are rapid - ANA will take a while as the process is more involved than popping on an analyser.

Edit to say - if you Google your local trust biochemistry/immunology turnaround times you can see how long it takes for the individual results to be returned. This is a guide and labs aim for 90% compliance but some results may take longer if there are busy periods etc.

Ooh, this is so tricky for your GP. Really you should pay for them privately. It’s difficult for GPs clinically to get involved with bloods that they haven’t ordered nits also going to be tricky for you if your consultant wants to prescribe something for your thyroid which isn’t supported by the guidelines GPs work to

I think I'm there - the ones I haven't found (under what ever name) I haven't had

If I have to pay private I'll have to - but I can see it costing hundreds - I'm hoping the ones done in Jan & Feb of this year might be recent enough (with a thyroid test due for May)

If the GP followed the nice guidelines I wouldn't be in this position, you'd think I was drug seeking - I am 19 months in and only went up to 75 a few weeks ago

& if the GP says no I am stuffed! no way can I afford all those tests; if Jan & Feb tests are recent enough I'll only need:

9am cortisol
Liver Function tests
FBC
CRP
ESR
LH and FSH
ferritin
ANA
IGF-1
oestradiol
Prolactin
PTH

Which I imagine will cost a fortune

Why isn’t he following NICE guidelines??

Started me on 25 rather than 50 - after 3 years of dodgy blood tests rather than 3 months, only when I made a fuss bringing in my daughter that I got treated at all
refusal to test 8 or 12 weeks after a change in medication
refusal to refer to endo at hospital when I asked
refusal the keep to the same brand of levo as I'm concerned about allergies

But I have brain fog from Menopause, Fibromyalgia, CFS, Long Covid and Thyroid so I may be misremembering the nice guidelines - I get easily confused

The first thing the consultant said was "how have you been undermedicated for so long?"