Total Protein, Serum Test in Kathmandu

About this test

Total protein measures the combined amount of all the proteins circulating in your blood, made up chiefly of two groups — albumin and the globulins. Albumin is manufactured by the liver and keeps fluid inside your blood vessels, while the globulins include antibodies and many transport and clotting proteins. Because these two move in different directions in different illnesses, the laboratory usually reports the total figure alongside albumin and a calculated albumin-to-globulin (A/G) ratio, which often tells the doctor more than the total alone. The test is ordered as part of a routine liver function panel, during the assessment of unexplained weight loss, swelling of the legs or abdomen (oedema and ascites), persistent fatigue, or recurrent infections, and to help work up suspected kidney disease where protein is lost in the urine. A low total protein may point to poor nutrition, liver disease, or protein-losing conditions of the gut or kidney; in Nepal this is worth noting in strictly vegetarian diets, chronic diarrhoeal illness, and in people with longstanding alcohol-related or hepatitis-B liver disease. A high total protein can reflect dehydration or, more importantly, an excess of globulins seen in chronic infection, certain inflammatory disorders, and bone-marrow conditions such as multiple myeloma. On its own the number is rarely diagnostic, so an abnormal result usually leads on to further testing — serum albumin, liver enzymes, kidney function, or protein electrophoresis — to find the cause. It is a simple, inexpensive, and useful first step in a broad range of investigations.

Sample type

Blood (serum)

Preparation

No fasting required. Drink water normally. If this test is part of a wider liver or metabolic panel, follow the fasting advice given for that panel.

Turnaround time

Reports for Total Protein, Serum are typically ready within: Same Day. Reports can be collected at the clinic during opening hours or shared via WhatsApp once they are ready.

Also known as

Other biochemistry tests we run

These are routinely ordered alongside Total Protein, Serum or as part of the same diagnostic workup.

How to book

WhatsApp is the fastest way — message us with the test name and your preferred time, and we'll confirm a slot the same day. You can also walk into the clinic at Rumba Chowk, Sanobharang any day between 7AM and 8PM, or fill in our online booking form.