About the test
Suffering from stomach pain and discomfort? This group of tests has been specifically developed to help people suffering with symptoms such as frequent diarrhoea, constipation, abdominal discomfort and bloating.
This panel has been developed by our Clinical Governance Director, Dr. Adam Staten and covers the following:
Full Blood Count
The full blood count tells us a great deal of information. It will help us to exclude anaemia, will give an indication of your iron, vitamin B12 and folate levels, and will also tell us a lot about the health of your immune system.
Abnormalities in the full blood count can tell us about abdominal diseases such as coeliac disease or pernicious anaemia that prevent you absorbing nutrients, and will also indicate if you may be losing blood into your gut from conditions such as gastritis, gastric ulcers, or sinister conditions such as bowel cancer.
Kidney function
Your kidneys perform many functions including removing waste products from the blood, regulating levels of electrolytes in the blood, and regulating blood pressure. Kidney function tests are amongst the most commonly performed tests by doctors because, not only do they indicate your state of health, but the health of your kidneys will guide decisions on which medications may or may not be right for you.
Kidney disease can cause abdominal symptoms such as loss of appetite of nausea.
Liver function
The liver is a highly active and complex organ. It is involved in digestion, processing waste products, processing medication, the immune response and is also part of the hormonal system. The liver can be damaged by an unhealthy lifestyle, alcohol, toxins and a variety of different illnesses.
We assess the health of the liver by measuring a range of different enzymes that it produces. The level of these enzymes indicates the health of the liver, and can be interpreted to give a clue as to what might be the underlying problem. Liver function tests can also help us work out if there is a problem with your gallbladder.
Liver and gallbladder problems can cause abdominal pain (particularly on the right hand side), abdominal swelling, nausea and vomiting, itching, dark urine and pale stools.
C-Reactive protein
CRP is a marker of inflammation that will rise from any cause of inflammation in the body. When assessing abdominal symptoms, we use CRP to exclude infection and also to exclude a group of diseases known as Inflammatory Bowel Disease which can cause abdominal pain, blood in your motions, and diarrhoea.
These conditions are ‘autoimmune’ diseases that occur when the immune system mistakenly attacks part of the body.
30 Biomarkers
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FULL BLOOD COUNT
- White Blood Cell Count (WBC)
- Red Blood Cell Count (RBC)
- Haemoglobin (HGB)
- Hematocrit (HCT)
- Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV)
- Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin (MCH)
- Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration (MCHC)
- Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW)
- Platelets (PLT) (Venous samples only)
- Mean Platelet Volume (MPV)
- Lymphocytes (LYM)
- Monocytes (MON)
- Neutrophils (NEU)
- Eosinophils (EOS)
- Basophils (BAS) -
KIDNEY FUNCTION
- Albumin
- Total protein
- Creatinine
- eGFR
- Urea
- Sodium
- Potassium (Venous only. This parameter is not reported in capillary/home kits samples)
- Chlorine -
LIVER FUNCTION
- Globulin calculation
- Albumin
- Total protein
- Bilirubin
- Alanine AminoTransferase (ALT)
- Gamma-GlutamylTransferase (GGT)
- Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP)
- Aspartate AminoTransferase (AST) -
INFLAMMATION
- C-Reactive protein
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UPGRADE
Not enough biomarkers? Check out the Essential All Systems Blood Test, for a comprehensive body check up.
