Liver and Pancreas Tests
The Tests (7)
Liver Function Tests
Liver enzymes, bilirubin and albumin read as a pattern; most markers show liver irritation, and only a few reflect how well it works.
Read the deep dive →Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase
A sensitive liver enzyme tied to glutathione recycling, used to check liver and bile-duct problems and alcohol use; many medications can raise it.
Read the deep dive →Albumin
The most abundant blood protein, made only by the liver, used as a marker of liver reserve, nutrition and illness; it changes slowly.
Read the deep dive →Lipase Test
Measures lipase, a fat-digesting enzyme from the pancreas, the most reliable blood test for acute pancreatitis; some non-pancreatic conditions also raise it.
Read the deep dive →Hepatitis Panel
Blood antigen, antibody and viral tests for hepatitis B and C, used to find silent infections and tell active infection from immunity.
Read the deep dive →Amylase Lipase
Two pancreatic digestive enzymes measured in blood, the classic check for acute pancreatitis; lipase is the more reliable, and levels do not reflect severity.
Read the deep dive →Prealbumin
Blood level of transthyretin, a short-lived liver protein carrying thyroid hormone and vitamin A; inflammation lowers it, limiting its nutrition use.
Read the deep dive →Enzymes that leak when liver cells are injured, proteins the liver makes when it is working, and the pancreatic enzymes that rise in pancreatitis.