What markers define healthy blood function? Key strategies include regulating dietary iron, monitoring hematological counts, and identifying symptoms of vascular clots like DVT.
Healthy kidneys filter waste product from your blood and send it out of your body via urine. Albumin, a protein normally found in blood, helps move particles through your blood vessels and protects them from leaking fluid into your tissues.
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Blood urea nitrogen, or BUN, is the waste by-product of metabolized protein. The ammonia your liver produces during protein breakdown contains nitrogen. The nitrogen combines with carbon, hydrogen and oxygen in your body and forms urea, which then travels from your liver to the kidneys by way of your bloodstream.
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The Mayo Clinic recognizes cholesterol as important for building healthy cells in the body. However, high cholesterol stops this process by producing fatty deposits in the blood vessels, ultimately blocking blood flow through the arteries. The risk of this blockage may lead to heart attack or stroke.
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Leptin is commonly associated with weight fluctuations and appetite. The chemical leptin is a hormone, produced naturally in your body to signal the brain when you are full from eating.
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Blood is made of three types of cells that are produced inside the bones: white blood cells fight infections; red blood cells provide energy and carry oxygen to different organs; and platelets thicken the blood so that it clots during injury.
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