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Should you learn to interpret your own lab results

I feel like I need to become an expert in reading my own lab work because I can't rely on doctors to catch everything, but I don't know if I'm helping or hurting myself.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Medical self-advocacy requires balancing patient empowerment with the recognition of professional expertise and the limits of self-diagnosis.

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“Where Are You with Laboratory tests and reading your results?”

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