How to Read Your Lab Results

Your MedFlo results arrive with reference ranges - here is how to think about them.

“Out of range” is not a diagnosis

Ranges cover 95% of healthy people, so a healthy person with twenty results will often have one slightly outside. Trends over time matter more than a single number.

The common panels

• CBC screens for anemia and infection.
• Lipid profile estimates cardiovascular risk.
• HbA1c reflects three months of blood sugar.
• Vitamin D - low in most of the region; supplementation is common.

Fasting or not?

HbA1c and TSH need no fasting. Lipid profiles are best after 10-12 hours of fasting - water is allowed and encouraged.

Every released result in the app links to the original report, and your doctor annotates anything that needs action.

"Slightly out of range" is usually fine

Reference ranges cover 95% of healthy people - one in twenty healthy results falls outside by design. A single borderline value, without symptoms, usually means "repeat in a few months", not disease.

Fasting, timing, and false alarms

A lipid panel after breakfast, vitamin D in deep summer, or a cortisol drawn at the wrong hour can all mislead. When a result surprises you, the first question is how the sample was taken - your doctor thinks the same way.