Description: Lithium is prescribed as a mood stabilizer to individuals with manic-depressive disorders or depression who do not respond well to other medications. Lithium is used to treat manic-depressive disorders, like bipolar disorder, and the manic phase of affective disorders, including mania.
The lithium test is used to measure and monitor the amount of lithium in the blood so health care providers can determine whether drug concentrations are within a therapeutic range.
Description: This test measures the amount of luteinizing hormone (LH) in the blood. Luteinizing hormone is a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland in men and women.
LH helps regulate the menstrual cycle in women, and the production of testosterone in men.
The primary clinical use of LH measurement is in evaluating the normalcy of hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis. Measurement of serum gonadotropin levels will allow for distinguishing between primary gonadal failure and deficient gonadal stimulation. LH measurement may also be of clinical importance because growth hormone and LH are frequently the first hormones to be affected by pituitary disease. The serum analysis of LH has also been found to be very useful in the diagnosis and treatment of infertility in women.
Description: This test evaluates the level of magnesium in the blood's serum for deficiency or toxicity.
Magnesium is a mineral that plays an important role in many biochemical reactions including your heartbeat, nerve and muscle function, bone development, energy production, glucose and blood pressure regulation and protein synthesis. The Magnesium Serum Test is often used to monitor individuals with kidney disorders or disease, or to evaluate individuals with symptoms of malnutrition or malabsorption.
*Please note: The result turn around time is an estimate only and not guaranteed. The reference lab may need additional time due to conditions with the weather, confirmation or repeat testing, or equipment maintenance and other reasons out of our control.
Description: This blood test is used to determine if an individual has previously been vaccinated for the Mumps virus or has previously had the virus by detecting Mumps virus IgG antibodies. This titer test will not determine if an individual has a current, active Mumps infection.
Description: This test is intended only for the detection of human hemoglobin in fecal specimens. This test is designed for preliminary screening. A positive result should be followed up with additional diagnostic procedures, such as colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy, to determine the exact cause and source of the occult blood in the feces.
Description: Stool ova and parasites exam is a lab test to look for parasites or eggs (ova) in a stool sample. The parasites are associated with intestinal infections,as Giardia, Cryptosporidium, and Entamoeba histolytica Antigen Tests. Your O&P test may also detect:Balantidium coli, Cyclospora cayetanensis, Dientamoeba fragilis, flatworms, hookworms, roundworms, tapeworms.
Description: This blood test panel is used to confirm the presence of barbiturates and includes: Amobarbital, Butabarbital, Butalbital, Pentobarbital, Phenobarbital, & Secobarbital (Seconal). Barbiturates can be detected for 1-2 days in the blood after initially taken, and can be detected in the urine for up to 21 days. Barbiturates are drugs that affect the central nervous system (CNS). These drugs are considered "downers," as they cause an overall sense of calm. They are commonly abused for their sedative properties. Barbiturates have a high potential for lethal overdose. Phenobarbital, also known as phenobarbitone or phenobarb, is a medication recommended by the World Health Organization for the treatment of certain types of epilepsy in developing countries. In the developed world it is commonly used to treat seizures in young children, while other medications are generally used in older children and adults.
Description: A serum phosphorus test can determine whether you have high or low phosphorus levels. Phosphorus is an important element that is vital to several of your body’s physiologic processes. It helps with bone growth, energy storage, and nerve and muscle production. Various conditions, including liver disease and vitamin D deficiency, can cause your blood phosphorus level to become too high or too low.
Description: This test evaluate, diagnose, and/or follow up bleeding disorders. A normal platelet count ranges from 150,000 to 450,000 platelets per microliter of blood. Having more than 450,000 platelets is a condition called thrombocytosis; having less than 150,000 is known as thrombocytopenia.
Description: This test measures the amount of potassium in the fluid portion (serum) of the blood. Potassium (K+) helps nerves and muscles communicate. It also helps move nutrients into cells and waste products out of cells. Potassium levels in the body are mainly controlled by the hormone aldosterone. Evaluate electrolyte balance; followed patients on diuretic therapy and with renal diseases, evaluate patients being treated for acidosis; prevent cardiac arrhythmias, evaluate and treat ketoacidosis in diabetes mellitus; evaluate acid-base balance, water balance; manage intravenous therapy,and evaluate muscular weakness, leukemia, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract .
