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Glucose: Helps diagnose and monitor for diabetes or pre-diabetes conditions.
Hemoglobin: Measures the amount of red blood cells in your blood. Abnormal hemoglobin is related to conditions such as anemia, dehydration, iron deficiency, excessive bleeding, kidney or liver disease.
BUN (Blood Urea Nitrogen): Evaluates kidney function. Certain medications make it necessary to monitor your kidney function. BUN levels increase with age and also with high protein diets.
Creatinine: Evaluates kidney function. Frequently this test is used in combination with the BUN to diagnose kidney diseases.
Uric Acid: Evaluates whether the body is breaking down cells too quickly or not getting rid of uric acid quickly enough. Levels can vary from day to day. Many drugs, including diuretics and aspirin, can affect the uric acid blood level. High uric acid levels must be treated.
Potassium: Affects all body organs. As part of a routine medical exam, it can be used to investigate a serious illness such as blood pressure or kidney disease.
AST: Detects liver damage.
Calcium: Used to screen for/diagnose/monitor conditions relating to bones, heart, nerves, kidneys and teeth. This test may be used to diagnose kidney stones, bone disease or neurological disorders. Blood calcium will not tell you how much calcium is in your bones but will tell you the total calcium circulating in your blood stream.
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