Lab Testing
A variety of conventional and functional lab testing options are available to help get to the root cause of your symptoms. When indicated, testing can help to diagnose, monitor and discover more about the causes of illness.
Treating the root cause
Serum testing options
- Routine blood tests such as cholesterol, liver function, iron, vitamin B12, vitamin D, thyroid, blood sugar etc.
- Serum hormone panels
- Autoimmune, metabolic and inflammatory markers
Functional testing options
- Gut health - IgG food sensitivity testing, SIBO, Comprehensive stool analysis, GI Map etc.
- Hormone health - urine metabolite testing (DUTCH), salivary cortisol testing
Why I use testing
Testing provides objective information
I will always use your symptoms to guide diagnosis and treatment, but in some cases testing can help us confirm and/or rule out underlying causes.
Testing helps target your treatment plan
Sometimes symptoms can present due to multiple underlying factors. In these cases, it is often more time and cost effective to use testing to direct your treatment plan.
Testing can help monitor your progress
Obviously symptom improvement is a great indicator of your treatment plan working well, but in some cases "seeing the numbers" is also important to monitor dosing of supplementation or prescriptions.
Testing for health optimization and prevention
If you feel good and have no health concerns, that's great! I still encourage my patients to check-in for some yearly blood work to ensure nutrient levels and metabolic markers are optimal.