Bile Acid Total, Serum near me in Noida

The bile acid, total test measures the levels of bile acid, total in the blood. Total bile acids are metabolized in the liver and hence they can be used for evaluating the normal functioning of liver. 

The cause of elevated levels of bile acid, total is due to the inability of the liver to extract bile acids from the portal blood. Rise in levels of bile acid, total can be observed in acute hepatitis, chronic hepatitis, liver sclerosis, liver cancer, and intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy. 

In case of obstetric cholestasis, the diagnosis is confirmed if the bile acid concentrations are greater than 15 μmol/L and there is an absence of any other hepatic disease. In case the bile acid concentrations are greater than 40 μmol/L, it is then associated with increased fetal risk.