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To add some more anecdata: I've been going to a local clinic by where I live (a very poor area) for a little while. Some time ago I had a full blood workup on i
by gravypod 4y ago
To add some more anecdata: I've been going to a local clinic by where I live (a very poor area) for a little while. Some time ago I had a full blood workup on intake and it turned out my liver enzymes were out of range by like 5% of the standard deviation. They were in range for what the NHS said was normal for someone in their 40s and I'm in my early 20s.
I took this seriously and made some changes. I went back for a follow up I had scheduled for 6 months later. I met with a different doctor this time and she looked at my charts, asked why I was here, I explained I fasted over night and wanted to take a liver function test and I needed her to order one. She argued that "It's fine, you're not even that over the maximum!" and "Do you feel pain? If not you're fine."
From my research there are both completely false statements when it comes to increase in this enzyme at my age range. Everyone said that if they see an increase in 6 months that's a sign of a larger issue and it's worth getting the test since your insurance would cover it (which mine did) just to be safe. After telling her I wasn't leaving until she ordered the test she opened her laptop to enter it into the EMR. I saw her open Google, copy "Hepatic" from "Hepatic Function Test" on my previous labs and then read the popup Google showed me out loud: "Liver.. ok good" and then order the test in the EMR again.
Some doctors haven't got a clue. It's unpopular to say because it's a convenient fiction to think you will get good care from any qualified doctor but when one doesn't know what "Hepatic" means then I don't know what to think.