Lab Work
Balanced Care offers a wide range of lab testing to evaluate your health.
- Blood Work — cash pricing available
- General blood work and specific lab work.
- We use a local lab. Labs are not generally done at the time of your visit.
- Food Sensitivities and Allergies Testing
- Finger prick test – 100-200 different foods are tested
- IgG, IgA, or IgE options
- Hormone Testing — thyroid, estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, etc.
- Hormone testing is typically done at certain time in the menstrual cycle.
- Important to evaluate infertility issues, preconception planning, irregular periods, painful or heavy periods, PMS, endometriosis, etc.
- Food Sensitivity and Allergy Testing
- Finger prick test – 100-200 different foods are tested
- IgG, IgA, and IgE options
- Neurotransmitter Testing — serotonin, dopamine, GABA, glycine, glutamate, etc.
- Helpful when evaluating anxiety, depression, and ADHD while on or off of mood stabilizing medications.
- Urine testing
- Cortisol/Adrenal testing – Saliva testing
- Used to assess fatigue, exhaustion, stress, insomnia, weight gain or difficulty losing weight.
- 4 saliva samples taken throughout the day
- Evaluates circadian rhythm
- Dutch Testing
- In depth look at sex hormones and adrenal hormones.
- Saliva and urine
- SIBO and fructose intolerance
- Digestive issues – constipation, diarrhea, reflux, GERD, bloating
- Breath testing
- Stool Testing — bacteria, parasites, inflammation, digestion, etc.
- Digestive issues – constipation, diarrhea, IBS, bloating, gas, IBD, leaky gut, dysbiosis
