The Significance of Blood Testing
Getting routine blood sampling during your health check up at your trusted Singapore clinic or hospital is crucial to identifying health problems. It also gives healthcare providers enough time to provide appropriate treatment interventions. Other areas that blood tests help in aside from detecting diseases are:
- Diagnosing and determining stages of diseases.
- Ascertaining the likelihood of a person developing a disease, especially an inherited condition.
- Observe organ function
- Track the concentration levels of medication in the bloodstream to monitor its effectiveness. The tests can identify how illnesses respond to medicines and let doctors adjust the dosage if needed.
- Determine the progression of a disease.
- Prevent diseases through the determination of present biomarkers in the blood.
- Treatment of diseases.
DBS and VAMS
Health screening by Singapore clinics and hospitals can include Dried Blood Sampling (DBS) and Volumetric Absorptive MicroSampling (VAMS) for blood sampling. Here are a few aspects where both tests are proven effective.
- Biomarkers –
These provide information regarding the probable occurrence of many diseases, especially inheritable ones. It is less invasive and poses minimal discomfort and risks to patients.
- Comprehensive Metabolic Panels (CMP) –
It is a group of 14 tests. It gives information regarding blood sugar levels, kidney health, and electrolyte balance and determines diabetes, high blood pressure and kidney disease.
- Enzyme Markers – It provides information about enzyme activity in the body and detects celiac disease, stroke, cancer and liver cirrhosis.
Visit Thomson Wellth Clinic for a comprehensive wellness examination and check-up. They provide affordable health screening promotion packages that fit all of their clients' needs. It ranges from basic check-ups to wellness check-ups, more comprehensive check-ups and tests. They also offer specialised screenings and tests for various needs and reasons. Thomson Wellth Clinic also has a sports injury specialist to help you overcome any injury and pain related to playing sports.
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