An overall comprehensive general wellness blood test provides a snapshot of your overall organ health, hormone level, cancer screening and risks for other potential life threatening health issues. This panel checks kidney and liver function, blood sugar levels, thyroid problems, testosterone levels, cholesterol, prostate cancer, blood disorders such as leukemia, autoimmune disorders and iron deficiency anemia.
Tests
| Name | Description |
| CBC with Differential | Complete blood count (CBC) gives important information about the number of cells in the blood, especially red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. A CBC helps your health professional check any symptoms, such as weakness, fatigue, or bruising that you may have. A CBC also helps the physician diagnose conditions, such as anemia, infection, and many other disorders. |
| CMP (14) | A comprehensive metabolic panel is a blood test that measures your sugar (glucose) level, electrolyte and fluid balance, kidney, and liver function. |
| NMR Lipo Profile | A standard cholesterol test doesn’t give you enough information to know your true risk for heart disease. The NMR Lipo Profile test provides the number of LDL particles. This advanced test also measures the particle size and enables your doctor to take simple steps to reduce your risk by lowering your LDL particle count to acceptable levels. |
| TSH | A thyroid-stimulating hormone(TSH) blood test is used to check for thyroid gland problems. TSH is produced when the hypothalamus releases a substance called thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH). TRH then triggers the pituitary gland to release TSH. TSH causes the thyroid gland to make two hormones: triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4). T3 and T4 help control your body's metabolism. An underactive thyroid gland (hypothyroidism) can cause symptoms such as weight gain, fatigue, dry skin, constipation, a feeling of being too cold, or frequent menstrual periods. An overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism) can cause symptoms such as weight loss, rapid heart rate, nervousness, diarrhea, a feeling of being too hot, or irregular menstrual periods. |
| PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) |
PSA is a protein produced by the cells of the prostate gland. It is normal for men to have low levels of PSA in their blood, however prostate cancer or benign conditions such as BPH (Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy-enlarged prostate) can increase PSA levels. |
| F&T Testosterone | Testosterone is a steroid hormone from the androgen group. Testosterone is primarily secreted in the testes of males and ovaries of females, small amounts are also secreted by the adrenal glands. In both men and women, testosterone plays a key role in health and well-being as well as in sexual functioning. Examples include enhanced libido, increased energy, and protection against osteoporosis. On average, the adult male body produces about forty to sixty times more testosterone than the adult female body, however females are more sensitive to the hormone. |
| CEA 125 Cancer Screen | Tumor markers are molecules occurring in blood or tissue that are associated with cancer and whose measurement or identification is useful in patient diagnosis or clinical management. Although CEA was first indentified in colon cancer, an abnormal CEA blood level is specific for neither colon cancer or for malignancy in general. Elevated CEA levels are found in a variety of cancers other than colonic, including pancreatic, gastric, lung, and breast. It is also detected in benign conditions including cirrhosis, inflammatory bowel disease, chronic lung disease, and pancreatitis. |