Have You Been Tested With These Specialized Tests?

What are Laboratory Tests?

When we are sick and the doctor can’t make a proper diagnosis, they usually recommend further laboratory tests. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration , laboratory tests are medical devices that are intended for use on samples of blood, urine, or other tissues or substances taken from the body to help diagnose diseases or other conditions.

A technician or a doctor facilitates and analyzes the test samples collected to see if the results fall within the normal range. The tests use a range because what is normal differs from person to person. Factors such as sex, age, race, lifestyle, and medications play a role in the analysis of the results. Laboratory tests are often part of a routine check-up to know the changes in your health.

Why Do Doctors Use Laboratory Tests?

There are a lot of reasons why lab tests are further needed by your doctor. Aside from making a proper diagnosis, here are some of the reasons why doctors use lab tests:

• It identifies the changes in your health condition.

• Lab tests provide a treatment plan for a disease or condition, should there be any.

• Lab tests evaluate the response to treatment.

• It monitors the course of a disease over time.

• It helps the doctor do a research on the disease to better understand it.

There are common lab tests that are taken by patients such as complete blood count (CBC), urinalysis, and Basic Metabolic Panel (BMP). However, there are different types of laboratory tests or also called as specialized tests you can take. What are these and where can you take them?

What are the Different Types of Laboratory Tests You Can Take?

To provide the highest quality of healthcare, it is important for physicians to have a proper diagnosis of a patient’s condition. One way of doing so is to perform specialized tests to patients. So, here are some of the different types of laboratory tests you can take for the doctor to have an accurate diagnosis of your condition:

Hair Mineral Analysis

This is a screening test that reveals your mineral deficiencies and heavy metal toxicity. Likewise, it reveals and explains the causes of many health symptoms and disease, whose underlying causes are largely related to nutritional deficiencies, mineral imbalances, and heavy metal and chemical toxicity.

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Stool Analysis Test

A stool analysis test is a series of tests done on a stool sample to help diagnose certain conditions affecting the digestive tract. It helps assess digestive and absorptive functions as well as determine the presence of opportunistic pathogens in your body. In order to perform this test, a stool sample is collected and is sent to the laboratory for analysis. Then, the stool will be checked for color, consistency, amount, shape, odor, and the presence of mucus. This will help in the analysis of your results.

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Stool Analysis Test

A stool analysis test is a series of tests done on a stool sample to help diagnose certain conditions affecting the digestive tract. It helps assess digestive and absorptive functions as well as determine the presence of opportunistic pathogens in your body. In order to perform this test, a stool sample is collected and is sent to the laboratory for analysis. Then, the stool will be checked for color, consistency, amount, shape, odor, and the presence of mucus. This will help in the analysis of your results.

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Tumor Marker Test

Tumor marker tests are usually done to look for tumor markers or sometimes called cancer markers, in the blood, urine, or body tissues. These are substances found at higher than normal levels in the blood, urine, or body tissue of some people with cancer. So, these tests are most often done on people already diagnosed with cancer.

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Endoscopy

Endoscopy is used to find parasites that cause diarrhea, loose or watery stools, cramping, flatulence (gas) and other abdominal illness. In performing this procedure, a tube is inserted into the mouth (endoscopy) so that the doctor can examine the intestine for parasite or other abnormalities that may be causing your signs and symptoms.

Heavy Metals Blood Test

A heavy metal blood test is a group of tests that measure the levels of potentially harmful metals in the blood. The most common metals tested for are lead, mercury, arsenic, and cadmium. Heavy metals can be found in the environment, in certain food that we eat, the medicines we take, and even in the water that we drink.

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Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Testing

For people who are sexually active or has multiple partners, STD testing may be necessary.
There are numerous STD testing available. Therefore, you have to talk to your doctor about which ones you should be tested for.

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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Testing

Blood tests are the most common way to diagnose the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) , the virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). These tests look for antibodies to the virus that is present in the blood of infected individuals.

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DNA Paternity Testing

A DNA paternity test is a DNA test that’s performed to determine if a particular man is the biological father of a particular child. This procedure involves collecting and examining the DNA of a small sample of bodily fluid or tissue from a child and the potential father.

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Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) Test

The test used most often to detect Lyme disease, ELISA detects antibodies to B. burgdorferi. But because it can sometimes provide false-positive results, it’s not used as the sole basis for diagnosis.

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Mold Test

Mold poisoning can’t always be diagnosed by symptoms alone. Blood tests and allergy tests may all be needed to specifically diagnose mold-related illness. Your doctor will take a blood sample and sends it to a testing laboratory to test for the reaction of certain antibodies in your immune system to different mold species, including black mold.

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Takeaway

In assessing one’s health condition, it is important to undergo different types of laboratory tests or a specific test in order to have an accurate and proper diagnosis. At Premier Health and Wellness Center , all the specialized tests mentioned are available for your convenience. Should you have any questions regarding these tests, you can speak to one of our qualified doctors. They can facilitate and analyze the results of these tests as well as prepare a treatment plan for you.

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by Dr. Stanley James In Live Well