What are the five liver function tests?

The five liver function tests are designed to check whether the human liver function is normal and whether various indicators are normal. Doing five liver function tests can help you know early whether your liver is healthy or has problems. No one wants to get sick, so health is important to everyone. For your own health. Liver function tests are still necessary. There are many people who have died from liver cancer or other liver problems, so the health of the liver is also very important to us.

Some people want to know what the five liver function tests are, and also want to know what instruments are used to test liver function. In fact, the cost of doing a five-item liver function test is not small, but life cannot be bought with money. So for the sake of your own health, everyone should be willing to spend money. Next, I will introduce to you the five liver function tests.

1. Albumin:

These mainly include prealbumin, albumin, cholesterase, total protein and other substances. Since these substances are indispensable for the liver to synthesize human protein, abnormalities in the indicators of these substances can reflect abnormalities in the protein synthesis and metabolism function of liver cells.

2 Transaminase

It mainly includes alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, lactate dehydrogenase, adenosine deaminase, etc. Because transaminase is the "catalyst" of human body metabolism and exists in liver cells, the transaminase index can reflect whether the liver cells are damaged and the degree of damage.

3 Bilirubin

It mainly includes direct bilirubin (DBIL), indirect bilirubin, blood ammonia (NH3), total bilirubin, etc. When the excretion, secretion and detoxification functions of the human body and the liver are impaired, it can lead to abnormal indicators of these substances.

4 Phosphatase

Substances such as alkaline phosphatase (ALP), glutamate transpeptidase (GGT), and nucleotidase are mostly distributed in the epithelial layer of the bile duct in the liver. Abnormalities in these phosphatase indicators can reflect impaired bile secretion function in the human liver.

5. Collagen

Type III procollagen, type IV collagen, procollagen, hyaluronic acid, etc. are necessary substances for the occurrence of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in human liver tissue. These substances can be used as markers to diagnose whether the human liver tissue has a tendency to develop liver fibrosis and cirrhosis.

These are the contents of the five liver function tests. After using the instrument to check, you can accurately know whether there is a problem with your liver. Long-term smokers may have serious liver damage. It is recommended that long-term smokers should undergo five liver function tests. Don’t wait until you develop liver cancer when it is too late.