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| Question: | I had a blood test at a local shopping centre that showed my urea to be 10.9 instead of between 2.5 and 7.9. What does this mean? |
| Answer: | Random blood tests at shopping centres are notoriously unreliable, particularly for substances such as cholesterol. I assume that in your case, the high urea reading was an isolated finding on a machine that scans for many different substances.
A urea reading of 10.9 is certainly high, and the first thing you should do is to arrange for your GP to repeat the test using a recognised laboratory. This reading can then be compared to other results, the results of a physical examination, and your medical history, to make an appropriate diagnosis.
Elevated urea levels are usually found in kidney disease, but other tests are usually abnormal as well.
Don' t start worrying until you confirm that there really is a problem.
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