Women’s Ultimate At Home Blood Test, from our experts to you.
Dr Sam Rodgers MBBS, MRCGPChief Medical Officer
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What is a Women’s Ultimate At Home Blood Test?
Our ultimate home finger-prick test gives you a general health check to proactively make healthy diet and lifestyle choices and understand your risk of developing a lifestyle-related disease. It includes checks for your thyroid, liver and kidney function, cholesterol status and nutritional markers, including ferritin, active B12 and vitamin D, to investigate symptoms like low energy and fatigue.
With your results, you can make informed lifestyle choices to see how diet and nutrition changes affect your overall health. While lifestyle-related diseases are common, they can often be improved through diet changes or supplements.
Can this test explain why I feel tired?
Some lifestyle-related conditions, such as thyroid conditions and nutrient deficiencies, have similar symptoms, like feeling tired all the time or fatigued. Our test gives you a good overview of your health by measuring the level of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), active B12, vitamin D, and ferritin in your blood, which can all be causes of fatigue. Low vitamin D can also affect energy levels and immune function, making you more susceptible to colds and flu.
Our doctors will always interpret your results and let you know what you should do next.Does this test check for anaemia?
Our test includes markers for active B12 and ferritin to give a good view of whether you may be anaemic.
Active B12 is an important vitamin for healthy red blood cell production. Low levels of active B12 can lead to anaemia, which means that your blood becomes less efficient at delivering oxygen to the cells that need it.
Ferritin, the protein your body uses to store iron, is a better way of measuring your iron levels than simply measuring iron in your blood. That’s important because low iron may lead to iron deficiency anaemia.
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How to prepare for your test
Special instructions
Prepare for your Women’s Ultimate At Home Blood Test by following these instructions. Please take your sample before 10am. Avoid heavy exercise for 48 hours beforehand. Avoid fatty foods for eight hours before your test, you do not need to fast. You should take this test before you take any medication or vitamin/mineral supplements. Do not take biotin supplements for two days before this test, discuss this with your doctor if it is prescribed. Do not take vitamin B12 for two weeks prior to this test. If your B12 is prescribed ask your doctor whether to stop.
Frequently asked questions
What can cause low energy and fatigue?
Common causes for low energy and fatigue include not getting enough good quality sleep, diabetes, thyroid disease, or low levels of iron, B12 and vitamin D. While low energy and fatigue are among the most common reasons why people visit their doctor, finding the underlying cause can be a journey of trial and error.
Looking to improve your health? Read our health and wellness guide.
How can I check my thyroid at home?
If you suspect that you might have a thyroid disorder, the best way to investigate your concerns is to have a thyroid blood test. We have three popular thyroid tests which can help you to investigate whether a thyroid disorder is causing your symptoms.
Our guide to thyroid healthexplains the symptoms and treatments of an underactive and overactive thyroid.
What can you find out from a blood test?
A blood test gives you a snapshot of your health at any point in time. You may have a blood test as part of a regular check-up, to help investigate symptoms or to keep track of your risk of long-term chronic conditions like heart disease and diabetes.
Find out everything you need to know about your bloodand having a blood test.
How can your diet affect your health?
Diet can affect your health, especially if you are eliminating foods from your diet, or eating a restricted diet. Unintended consequences can include impacting your levels of iron, calcium, vitamin B12 or vitamin D, or it can affect your liver and kidney function or risk of developing diabetes.
It is possible to live healthily, especially if you identify where any shortfalls are within your diet and adjust any deficiencies through supplements and lifestyle changes.