WHAT DOES AMYLASE TEST FOR?

Amylase test measures the position of the enzyme amylase in your blood. Amylase helps digest carbohydrates in your food.

About 40 of the amylase in your body is made by your pancreas. The rest comes from your salivary glands. This test is used to find out if you have a condition that affects your pancreas or salivaryglands.However, your amylase situations are generally advanced than normal, If you have a problem with your pancreas. High situations can also be caused by an infection, cancer, or indeed alcohol or certain drugs.

Why do I need this test?

You might need this test to help your healthcare provider diagnose or manage a health problem. These problems include

• Acute, habitual, or alcoholic pancreatitis

• Ruptured ectopic gestation

• Digestive conditions similar as perforated peptic ulcers, appendicitis, salivary gland infections, or excrescences

The test may also be done in an exigency.

What do my test results mean?

Test results may vary depending on your age, gender, health history, and other effects. Your test results may be different depending on the lab used. They may not mean you have a problem. Ask your healthcare provider what your test results mean for you.

The normal range for amylase in a blood sample for an grown-up is 30 to 110 units per liter( U/ L).

still, you may have 1 of numerous conditions, If your amylase situations are advanced than normal. These include

• unforeseen lump of the pancreas( acute pancreatitis)

• habitual pancreatitis that suddenly gets worse

• Cancers of the pancreas, bone, colon, ovary, or lung

• A sore in the pancreas

• A type of tubercle in the pancreas( pancreatic pseudocysts)

• lump in your tummy( ascites)

• Macroamylasemia. This is a noncancer( benign) condition marked by having a substance called macroamylase in your blood.

• Peptic ulcer that has a hole in it( perforated ulcer)

• Death of towel in your intestine( intestinal infarction)

• Blockage in your bowel

• Appendicitis

• unforeseen lump of the gallbladder( acute cholecystitis)

• Ruptured ectopic gestation

• Salivary gland swelling

• lump of the filling of your tummy( peritonitis)

• Burns

• Diabetic ketoacidosis

• order problems

• Use of certain drugs similar as morphine

• Alcohol use

• Mumps

• Excrescences in the prostate
• Eating diseases similar as bulimia or anorexia nervosa

• seditious bowel complaint

• Advanced situations of triglycerides( hypertriglyceridemia)

Your situations may also be advanced after a pancreatic procedure similar as a cholangiopancreatography. They may also be advanced after surgery or trauma.

Your amylase situations may be lower with these conditions

• habitual pancreatitis

• Liver failure

• Cystic fibrosis

What might affect my test results?

Certain drugs similar as aspirin, drugs that contain estrogen, and pain relievers like morphine may affect your test results. Alcohol use can also affect your results. So, too, can being pregnant. Or having had a recent order transplant.