THE PURSER WELLNESS REFERENCE
Understand your lab vocabulary.
Compare Dr. Purser’s adult ranges with your own report. Units, symptoms and health history matter when you discuss a result with your clinician.
12 entries
ANA screen — lab reference
A positive ANA requires titer, pattern, symptoms, and disease-specific antibody interpretation.
Inflammation, Autoimmunity, and ImmunoglobulinsAnti-CCP — lab reference
Assay-specific; higher values may carry greater specificity.
Inflammation, Autoimmunity, and ImmunoglobulinsC-reactive protein (standard CRP) — lab reference
The test method matters. Acute infection, injury, and chronic inflammation may elevate.
Inflammation, Autoimmunity, and ImmunoglobulinsComplement C3 — lab reference
Ask your clinician to use performing-lab range and trend with C4/CH50 and disease activity.
Inflammation, Autoimmunity, and ImmunoglobulinsComplement C4 — lab reference
Ask your clinician to use performing-lab range and trend.
Inflammation, Autoimmunity, and ImmunoglobulinsCytokines, including IL-6 and TNF-α — lab reference
Sample handling and test methods can change a cytokine result. Compare it with the exact range from your lab and ask why the test was ordered.
Inflammation, Autoimmunity, and ImmunoglobulinsErythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) — lab reference
Age, anemia, pregnancy, immunoglobulins, and technical factors affect result.
Inflammation, Autoimmunity, and ImmunoglobulinsFibrinogen — lab reference
Fibrinogen plays a role in blood clotting and can also rise with inflammation. It may help to compare it with other clotting tests.
Inflammation, Autoimmunity, and ImmunoglobulinsImmunoglobulin A (IgA) — lab reference
Age and assay-specific. Important when interpreting IgA-based celiac testing.
Inflammation, Autoimmunity, and ImmunoglobulinsImmunoglobulin G (IgG) — lab reference
Age and assay-specific. Ask your clinician to consider subclasses or electrophoresis when indicated.
Inflammation, Autoimmunity, and ImmunoglobulinsImmunoglobulin M (IgM) — lab reference
Age and assay-specific.
Inflammation, Autoimmunity, and ImmunoglobulinsRheumatoid factor — lab reference
Assay-specific and nonspecific. Ask your clinician to read this result with symptoms and anti-CCP.
