# Lab reports in India

> NannaLife turns the lab reports you already have into one private, source-linked health timeline, with an AI that answers from your own results.

How NannaLife reads Indian lab reports, which units appear on them, and how the data is handled under India's DPDP Act. This is the Markdown version of https://nannalife.com/guides/lab-reports-india.

## The short answer

Yes, Indian lab reports work with NannaLife. It does not expect one fixed layout: it reads the biomarker values, units, reference ranges, and dates on the page, then standardizes names and units so results from different labs line up on a single timeline. Reports can be uploaded as PDF, PNG, JPEG, or TIFF, up to 50 MB each.

## Why Indian reports are a hard format

- One page often carries six or seven different panels, each with its own grouping and reference ranges.
- The same marker appears under different names: SGOT and AST, SGPT and ALT, PCV and haematocrit.
- Units vary between labs, and sometimes between panels on the same report.
- Reference ranges are printed per lab rather than per standard.
- Reports arrive as scanned images or phone photos as often as clean digital PDFs.

NannaLife reads the values and their units, maps markers to LOINC codes, and normalizes names and units rather than trusting the layout.

## Units you will see on Indian reports

| Marker | Unit you will often see |
| --- | --- |
| Total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglycerides | mg/dL |
| Fasting and post-prandial glucose | mg/dL |
| HbA1c | % (sometimes mmol/mol) |
| Creatinine | mg/dL |
| Haemoglobin | g/dL |
| Vitamin D (25-OH) | ng/mL |
| Vitamin B12 | pg/mL |
| TSH | uIU/mL |
| Bilirubin, albumin, total protein | mg/dL and g/dL |

## Panels that usually arrive together

- **Complete blood count:** haemoglobin, haematocrit, red and white cell counts, platelets, differential counts.
- **Lipid profile:** total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglycerides, and the ratios some labs add.
- **Liver and kidney function:** bilirubin, liver enzymes, albumin, creatinine, urea, usually printed as two panels.
- **Thyroid:** TSH alone, or a panel with T3 and T4.
- **Diabetes markers:** fasting glucose, post-prandial glucose, HbA1c.
- **Vitamins and minerals:** vitamin D, vitamin B12, iron studies, calcium.

## What NannaLife does with it

- **Extracts** each biomarker, its value, unit, reference range, panel, and the report date.
- **Normalizes** marker names and units so results from different labs are comparable.
- **Classifies** every result as healthy, borderline, critical, or unknown against its own reference range.
- **Links back** every value to the original report.
- **Explains** what each marker measures and what its reference range means.

## India's DPDP Act

The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 governs how digital personal data is processed in India. The NannaLife Privacy Policy is written with that Act and its rules in mind: reports are processed only to provide the requested features, are not sold or shared for advertising, and access, correction, or deletion can be requested.

Two limits stated plainly: NannaLife does not claim full compliance with every provision of the DPDP Act, and there is no self-service delete screen yet, so deletion is handled by emailing privacy@nannalife.com.

## Built in Bengaluru

NannaLife is built in Bengaluru, and the name is Kannada for "my life". It is a mobile-first web app, so a report photographed at a lab and one downloaded from a chain's portal arrive in the same place, private to your account.

## Questions

**Does NannaLife work with Indian lab reports?**
Yes. It is built for reports from different labs and regions, reads the values, units, ranges, and dates on the page, and standardizes names and units so values from different labs sit on one timeline.

**Which units do Indian lab reports use?**
Commonly mg/dL for cholesterol, glucose, and creatinine, ng/mL for vitamin D, pg/mL for vitamin B12, uIU/mL for TSH, and g/dL for haemoglobin. NannaLife stores each value with its unit and normalizes across labs.

**My report has several panels on one page. Is that a problem?**
No. NannaLife reads each biomarker it finds and keeps the panel grouping.

**How does NannaLife handle the DPDP Act?**
The Privacy Policy is written with the Act and applicable rules in mind, and access, correction, or deletion can be requested by email. NannaLife does not claim full compliance with every provision.

**Where is NannaLife built?**
Bengaluru, India. The name is Kannada for "my life".

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