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Sodium
Major extracellular electrolyte involved in fluid balance and nerve function; blood concentration reflects water balance and hormonal and kidney regulation rather than hydration alone.
What is measured?
The level, concentration or activity of this biomarker measured in the relevant blood sample.
What the result represents?
Aden's range
What a raised or a low result can indicate
How Aden reads it as part of a system?
Aden reads this result alongside ALT, AST, ALP, GGT, bilirubin, albumin and your previous measurements. It is treated as one part of the wider liver & kidney picture, not as a diagnosis on its own.
What changes between tests?
Which related markers give it context?
ALT, AST, ALP, GGT, bilirubin, albumin
How to get this tested?
Evidence
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