🚩 Seeing red on your labs? Pause before panicking. It is very uncommon for lab work to come back with absolutely nothing flagged. A value marked in red does not automatically mean something is wrong. Reference ranges are population-based and don’t account for you, your history, or why the test was ordered. I saw a patient today who was understandably worried about a “red” lab—when in reality it had improved, was clinically insignificant, and unrelated to her visit. Please try not to panic or Go