SGPT / ALT Test (Alanine Transaminase) in Saharanpur - Price and details

PharmEasy Labs combines convenience, availability and accessibility in bringing diagnostic services to people across the country. Verified reports (checked by pathologists) are delivered by email. The Labs are run by highly efficient technicians who use modern technology to test the blood sample. You also get large discounts on all tests and the option of having your blood sample collected at your home.

SGPT is a liver enzyme which usually doesn't exist in high levels in the blood. It only leaks out if the liver is damaged or injured.

The SGPT test can help your doctor understand and track your liver's ability to carry out tasks like the following:

• Filtering the blood to remove certain wastes
• Creating bile, which helps your body break down food
• Removing extra glucose and maintaining blood sugar levels
• Aiding in blood clotting
• Storing certain vitamins and minerals for future use

There are some main causes why the liver gets harmed.

• Alcohol: The liver breaks down alcohol so that your body can remove it. But this process creates toxins as byproducts that can cause a lot of damage to the liver. Metabolising alcohol can also lead to the deposit of lipids in the liver, which eventually leads to cell inflammation, cell death, scarring and eventual liver cirrhosis.
• Obesity: Hepatic lipid metabolism can lead to chronic liver disease and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Untreated NAFLD has been found to be associated with diabetes, hypertension and kidney damage.
• Viral hepatitis: This is an infection of the liver caused by viruses like hepatitis A, B, C, D and E. The infection leads to liver inflammation and damage.
• Type 2 diabetes: Studies have found that unregulated type 2 diabetes increases the risk of NAFLD because the extra glucose cells are converted to fat cells, which get deposited in the liver. NAFLD may progress to liver cirrhosis.
• Certain medicines: Some medicines, if taken in excess, may have an adverse effect on the liver. These include painkillers like ibuprofen, aspirin, and acetaminophen; birth control pills (other modes of contraception are available); antibiotics like erythromycin; certain blood pressure medicines like methyldopa, etc.
• Unhygienic practices: Getting a tattoo using a tattoo gun that is not sterilised or sharing the same needle can cause hepatitis B and hepatitis C.
• Genetics: Blood relatives of people who have genetic liver conditions are also likely to have chronic liver disease.

Your doctor will ask for an SGPT test if there is a chance that your liver function is affected by either toxins, infection, or damage. It may also be necessary if you have been exposed to the blood of a person affected by hepatitis.

Some signs that indicate problems with the liver are as follows:

• Jaundice: This is a buildup of excess bilirubin, which leads to the yellowing of the eyes and the face.
• Swelling of the abdomen
• Urine that is of a dark colour
• Inflammation of the ankles and legs
• Light coloured stool
• Diarrhoea
• Skin that itches
• Nausea and vomiting

Chronic liver disease progresses through 4 stages-

• Inflammation: This is the lover's natural reaction to a threat. But untreated inflammation can cause damage to liver cells.
• Fibrosis: This means the liver starts to become stiff as more and more scar tissue becomes deposited, which limits blood flow and your liver's access to nutrition and oxygen. It is reversible through treatment.
• Cirrhosis: When liver disease reaches this stage, it is no longer reversible as new healthy tissues will not generate. The liver function will be drastically affected. But the body will still try to make the liver work.
• Liver failure: In this stage, the liver is unable to perform its tasks, and a liver transplant will be required.

Usually, no special preparation or fasting is required for the SGPT test. If any medicines that you are taking can affect the report, your doctor will ask you to take them after the test. If any other test is being done simultaneously and requires fasting, you will be instructed to avoid food and fluids.

During the SGPT Test

Once you have booked the test and selected the time slot, a phlebotomist from PharmEasy Labs will reach your house at the right time. A vein finder will be used for accurate vein identification, and a clean new needle will be inserted into the vein of your arm to extract some blood. The securely packaged blood sample will then travel to the lab in an icebox.

• You will get discounts on all tests.
• You can book the test easily owing to the fact that the interface of the app and the website is simple.
• Notifications will be delivered regularly.
• The blood sample will be collected from your home.
• Automated and barcoded machines are used in the Labs for accuracy.