Albumin carries substances in the blood
Biomarker library
Liver Health
Albumin
Albumin is the most abundant protein in your blood, made by the liver. It keeps fluid inside your blood vessels and ferries hormones, medicines, calcium and fatty acids around the body.
Measured in your health assessment, with a doctor to explain your result. Book yours
Why it matters
Its level reflects how well the liver is making proteins, your nutrition and whether protein is being lost, for example through the kidneys.
What a result can mean
Lower than the range
Low albumin is common during illness and inflammation, and is seen with liver disease, protein loss through the kidneys or gut, and poor nutrition. Very low levels can cause swollen ankles.
Higher than the range
A high albumin almost always just means dehydration.
What can help
Enough protein and calories support a healthy level, but a low albumin is mostly treated by dealing with the underlying illness. Drinking enough corrects a high level caused by dehydration.
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NoteGeneral educational illustration. Colours, sizes and movement are simplified. This is not a scan or a simulation of your body. General information, not personal medical advice: a doctor reads your own results with your history.
Know your albumin.
Measured in your health assessment and explained by the doctor who reviews your results.