Primary care providers (PCPs) are always looking for ways to deliver the right healthcare at the right time. Lab tests, imaging, and other special tests can be important tools used by PCP’s to find out what’s wrong with their patients, treat them appropriately, and prevent diseases that may not have been detected otherwise.

At the appointment, the provider will give you an order form for the bloodwork that is appropriate for your requirements. If required, our medical expert may request specific or urgent lab testing.

Blood tests can tell you a lot about your organs, diet, metabolism, illness, and possible diseases. Lab testing may identify problems before it is too late. As a result, we encourage all of our patients to get routine blood work done. A routine blood test may be used to check that nothing has changed in your health since your last healthy test.

Test include

• Complete Blood Count (CBC) – The blood is tested for white blood cells, red blood cells, hemoglobin, hematocrit, and platelets. CBC tests can detect if you have anemia, nutritional deficiencies, an infection, cancer, and bone marrow problems. If any of these findings are abnormal, your doctor may request more specialized testing
• Basil Metabolic Panel (BMP) – This blood test measures certain components of the blood. For example, glucose, sodium, potassium, electrolytes, and creatinine. Doctors can determine if you have kidney illness or diabetes based on the test factors:
• Complete Metabolic Panel (CMP) – This test includes the same components as the Basil Metabolic Panel, as well as additional elements. Alkaline phosphate (ALP), albumin, bilirubin, and other substances are among them. There may be a critical issue when these other components are out of balance. Too much ALP might indicate hepatitis, gallstones, or Paget’s disease.
• Lipid Panel – As the name suggests, a Lipid Panel measures the amount of fat in your blood. More specifically, it measures good cholesterol (HDL) and bad cholesterol (LDL). If your LDL levels are high, it indicates that you have plaque build-up in your arteries. This is a symptom of future or present heart disease.

This test is done to verify that your levels are still appropriate. If anything abnormal appears, our doctor will want to investigate it further. However, if they come back normal, you’re in good shape for the rest of the year in most patients.
Some blood tests require you to fast 8-12 hours beforehand only consume water.

Test Results

We advise making a follow-up appointment with one of our providers about a week after your lab draw to discuss the results. Test results are not usually discussed over the phone, so you’ll need to schedule an appointment for top-notch patient care.