The problem is most doctors use lab
ranges on blood tests when functional ranges provide more clues that explain the symptoms of conditions such as Hashimoto's hypothyroidism.
The lab
ranges on a blood test look for diseases while functional medicine ranges look for patterns and markers that spot trends toward disease that can still be reversed or halted.
Not exact matches
This company and others promise to detect such hidden problems with
blood tests that can
range in cost from hundreds to thousands of dollars, depending
on how many foods are
tested for.
Prenatal screening and diagnosis have come a long way over the past few decades,
ranging from
blood tests based
on hormone levels to invasive procedures like amniocentesis.
More than 4000 urine
tests and 600
blood tests are going to be performed, covering the whole
range of substances
on the prohibited list, Barroso explains.
In this study the team
tested the patch
on both pig skin, where they showed it could accurately track glucose levels across the
range seen in diabetic human patients, and
on healthy human volunteers, where again the patch was able to track
blood sugar variations throughout the day.
When labs conduct their
tests (
on blood, stool, urine, saliva or whatever else), they send back the results together with an acceptable
range.
And I'm not speaking of the
ranges reported
on your
blood test.
I have been diagnosed with PCOS years ago, so I had a
blood test done to check my hormones — two were within higher
range limit (typical for PCOS), the rest was in the middle or
on the lower end.
My doctor diagnosed me as hypothyroid, even though my
blood test results were «within normal
range,» albeit
on the high side - 2.550 and then 2.39.
Often, but not always, this can be seen
on a routine
blood test even if the values lie within the lab's normal reference
range.
I seem to have some low
blood sugar or something... My newest issue is that 6 months ago, after a routine
blood test my platelets were
on the low
range of normal (139 - 142
on 2
blood tests).
The autoimmune paleo diet described in Eileen Laird's new book reversed occult
blood found
on my stool
test result and brought my Hs - CRP
blood test for inflammation back into the normal
range.
The prevention of disease and whether a developing health condition in its initial («subclinical») stage is discovered depends significantly
on whether a healthcare practitioner uses the conventional or functional laboratory
ranges to interpret a person's
blood test results.
Our partnership with Antech allows for your pet to receive a wide
range of
tests on blood, urine, feces and biopsied tissue.
Performing preventative medicine as well as diagnosing emerging internal health issues requires the ability to perform a wide
range of laboratory
tests on blood, urine, feces, and biopsied tissue.