Laboratory Evaluation
Circle of Health Clinic utilizes the labs services of St. Charles Medical Center and Labcorp for routine blood screening. We also use various labs around the country for specialized evaluation such as heavy metal testing, gastrointestinal evaluation, salivary hormone testing, Lyme testing, and other types testing.
Unlike a conventional health care approach to laboratory evaluation, lab results are used to determine trends in physiologic stress or dysfunction rather than solely used to identify outright pathology or disease. In other words, lab value variations can suggest dysfunction in many systems, especially when they are corroborated by a clinical history. Unfortunately, the conventional model fails to respond to these earlier indicators of functional disturbance and waits until there is more definitive evidence of organ or tissue failure - when it is much more difficult to restore healthy functioning of that organ or tissue.
This method of laboratory evaluation is typically referred to as Functional Laboratory Assessment. Aside from incorporating conventional scrutiny for disease and pathology, it can help identify functional disturbances in:
Unlike a conventional health care approach to laboratory evaluation, lab results are used to determine trends in physiologic stress or dysfunction rather than solely used to identify outright pathology or disease. In other words, lab value variations can suggest dysfunction in many systems, especially when they are corroborated by a clinical history. Unfortunately, the conventional model fails to respond to these earlier indicators of functional disturbance and waits until there is more definitive evidence of organ or tissue failure - when it is much more difficult to restore healthy functioning of that organ or tissue.
This method of laboratory evaluation is typically referred to as Functional Laboratory Assessment. Aside from incorporating conventional scrutiny for disease and pathology, it can help identify functional disturbances in:
- Blood sugar control including insulin resistance and hypoglycemia
- Cardiovascular risk
- Thyroid dysfunction
- Adrenal dysregulation
- Liver and gallbladder encumbrance
- Immune system encumbrance
- Anemia
- Chronic infection
- Digestive function, inflammation, infection
- Food intolerances
- Reproductive problems
- Menopause and andropause
- Presence and toxic influence of heavy metals
