Six blood tests before pregnancy

The body undergoes great changes before pregnancy, and corresponding preparations must be made during this period of pregnancy. Only in this way can we ensure that we can achieve the real effect of pregnancy and give birth to a healthy baby. Before pregnancy, we need to do a series of examinations, including six blood tests. These examinations are mainly to check some results in our body to see whether we can prepare for pregnancy.

Basic Introduction

include:

1. Alanine aminotransferase

2. Creatinine

3. Urea nitrogen

4. Serum glucose

5. Triglycerides

6. Total cholesterol

1. Alanine aminotransferase (abbreviated as transaminase) is an indicator of liver function damage (transaminase exists in the mitochondria of liver cells. As long as the liver is inflamed, necrotic, poisoned, etc., transaminase will be released into the blood by liver cells. Therefore, liver diseases can cause varying degrees of transaminase elevation);

2 and 3. Creatinine and urea nitrogen are indicators of renal function (when renal function is impaired, metabolic waste cannot be excreted from the body, resulting in a large amount of nitrogenous waste and other toxic substances accumulating in the body, and the homeostasis of the internal environment is destroyed);

4. Serum glucose is an indicator of blood sugar concentration, which is of great significance for the diagnosis and guidance of treatment of diabetes;

5 and 6. Triglycerides and total cholesterol are indicators of blood lipid levels (blood lipids are the general term for various lipids in the blood, the most important of which are cholesterol and triglycerides. Whether the cholesterol level is increased, the triglyceride level is increased, or both are increased, they are collectively referred to as hyperlipidemia. Hyperlipidemia is closely related to coronary heart disease, especially those with increased cholesterol and triglycerides, who are at greater risk of coronary heart disease).

Inspection items

Including blood urea (nitrogen) (BUN), creatinine (Cr), blood pH, sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium, phosphorus, blood sugar, alkaline phosphatase, etc. Blood urea and creatinine are urea toxins. In fact, strictly speaking, these two items are only part of the toxins, because both are excreted by glomerular filtration at the same time and are easy to monitor. Therefore, they have long been used as the main indicators for evaluating renal function. The higher the value, the worse the kidney function. Because the kidneys have a large reserve function, urea and creatinine usually only increase significantly when kidney function drops by half. Therefore, early renal failure is not easy to detect. In addition, age, body shape, nutritional status and other diseases, such as heart failure, liver disease, sepsis, etc., will also affect the changes in urea and creatinine values, so their values ​​must be treated with caution.