Albumin test
The most common protein in your blood. It reflects your liver, nutrition and inflammation.
€5.46. You pay at the desk, not online.
- Preparation: No fasting needed on its own
- Prescription: Not needed
- Results: In the Rosa app, within 10 working days
- Also called: Albumina
Albumin test: what it is for
Albumin is the most common protein in your blood, and your liver makes it. It keeps water inside your blood vessels and carries many substances, including calcium. Its level says something about your liver, your diet and inflammation.
Why it is done
When it drops, there is usually a reason to find. The most common is inflammation or an illness. More rarely the liver, the kidneys or a very poor diet are behind it.
It also helps read other tests: measured calcium, for example, depends on how much albumin there is.
How the albumin test is done
It is a blood test, done at a Bianalisi lab without a prescription. You can add other tests to the same draw.
Questions about the albumin test.
Do I need to fast for an albumin test? Not for albumin. It is usually done with other tests that do need fasting, though, so it is best to arrive fasted. Do drink water: too little makes the number look higher.
How much does the albumin test cost? €5.46, from Bianalisi’s private list for Lombardy. You pay at the desk on the day of the draw, not online.
Do I need a prescription for the albumin test? No. You book it here without a prescription and pay at the Bianalisi desk.
When do results arrive? Within 10 working days, in the Rosa app, with each value next to the lab’s interval. The report a doctor approves is in the Rosa membership.
