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What Are the Tests in The Iron Deficiency & Anaemia Package?
If you are at risk for iron deficiency & anaemia, these tests are crucial to take control of your health.
Please note that our packages are just a guide, you can pick any of these tests, add extra tests or take out any test. Choose what suits your needs!
The Iron Deficiency & Anaemia Package Explained
Iron Profile
A profile tests for a range of tests:
Measures how much iron is in your blood
This test measures the amount of the protein transferrin in your blood. When your body’s stores of iron run low, your liver produces more transferrin to get more iron into your blood.
This test measures how much iron is in your blood through looking at ferritin, which is a protein that stores iron.
This test checks the amount of vitamin B-12 in the blood or urine to gauge the body’s overall vitamin B-12 stores. The Vitamin B12 test helps to diagnose or rule out if you may have vitamin B12–deficiency anaemia. Also known as cobalamin deficiency, this is a condition that develops when your body can’t make enough healthy red blood cells because it doesn’t have enough vitamin B12. Your body needs vitamin B12 to make healthy red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
Additional Tests On Request
A blood test used to evaluate your overall health and detect a wide range of disorders, including anaemia, infections and leukaemia.
This test measures the level of folate in the red blood cells and also provides a Hematocrit level. Folate is a vitamin that is needed for creating red blood cells and for DNA synthesis. RBC folate levels are less sensitive to short-term dietary effects than are serum folate levels. Red blood cell folate concentration is considered the most reliable indicator of folate status.
This is a blood test to measure the concentration of folate in the liquid part of your blood, called serum, or in your red blood cells. The concentration in the red blood cells will be higher than in the serum.
The Iron Deficiency & Anaemia Package Procedure
Coming in for this package is as easy as booking a test on our site or just coming through to one of our Drive-Thru testing centres. One of our nurses will take a little blood from you and use it to test for these health targets identified in this package.
Fasting is crucial to a number of tests in this package. You usually need to fast for 8–12 hours before you come in for this package.
Book with Epicentre
For 20 years Epicentre has been fighting South African’s infectious diseases, and now we’re taking on COVID-19! We are a company founded on a vision, ending disease in South Africa! So we believe in making an IMPACT.
We are an independent organization that is committed to creating a positive impact on health & wellness for all in South Africa. We want to close the gap between unscreened, undiagnosed, and uncontrolled HIV & COVID-19 infections as well as other chronic diseases for all South Africans.
By booking your tests with Epicentre, you are supporting a real local company that has worked for 20 years in all 9 provinces, from Pollsmoor prison to Constantia; & you’re getting a gold standard service that experts trust!
