The world is not what it used to be half a decade ago. With the ever increasing pollution and the proportional degradation of the quality of the air we inhale, the food and water we ingest and the overall environment we live in have become more toxic than beneficial.

Opting for home lab tests

The fast pace of life leaves little time for oneself and the free time you get you either prefer spending it with your family or by pursuing your hobbies and in such cases you do not want to wait at hospitals and pathology labs to get your routine tests done. This negligence is dangerous as often it is seen that by being so casual about one’s health, a person often gets to know that they have a terminal illness or a fatal disease after it has reached a critical stage. Opting for lab test at home not only saves time but also offers all the benefits of lab tests from the comforts of your home.

• People with mobility issues or elders who are over 80 years can reap the benefit of having all the essential blood tests and other culture test samples taken from home without the added stress of travel which affects the test results.
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• Appointments are no longer an issue and you can book your appointment online and rest assured that the lab technicians and pathologists will come to you and conduct all the tests you have booked when fixing the appointment. Your treatment is at your convenience.
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• When the patient and the professional are at the ease of the home environment, you can rest assured that apart from hygiene you can get the best and the most out of the tests conducted. The stress free environment plays a key role even for the person conducting the tests as they are not in a hurry to check the next patient waiting in the queue.
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• Privacy is guaranteed with home lab tests. The patients can rest assured that the tests conducted and the results delivered will be treated with utmost confidentiality thus relieving the person from further stress.

Do I need Ultrasonography (USG) test?

Sound waves are used to create images of the internal organs, tissues and muscles around the abdominal and pelvic region. Due to their noninvasive nature and lack of ionizing radiation usage renders this test safe and essential especially for people who suffer from continued abdominal pains. This is especially useful while checking up on the unborn fetus within the mother’s body to check for the development of the child and the gauge its health.  Any difficulties such as the placenta being entangled with the baby can be found and rectified. Apart from pregnancy, ultrasonography comes in handy when checking for organ enlargement, hernia, kidney blockage, gallstone or liver cancer that gets undetected by sight only.  It is advised to always opt for the usg abdomen and pelvis option when selecting the tests.

Blood tests and their benefits

Given the amount of pollutants roaming around us, it is not impossible to contract diseases which are particular to countries and places fighting with malnourishment and underdevelopment. Typhoid is one such disease. Being in a metropolitan does not exempt one from contracting the disease. While the symptoms such as severe body ache, headache, drastic weight loss and fatigue, and body rashes along with cases of confusion is enough to hint the presence of Salmonella typhi, getting a blood test for typhoid done will help determine the presence and severity of the condition. This will help the doctors to treat the patient accordingly.