Heart Health Profile

What can I expect from Heart Health Profile?

This profile analyses some of the major risk factors for heart problems.

This profile will tell you if you have diabetes (HbA1c) - there are over 1 million people with diabetes who do not know they have it. Finding out will enable you to make the lifestyle changes and start treatments that will significantly lengthen your life and improve how you feel every day. 

It includes a full cholesterol profile analysing over 5 parameters. Over 40% of adults have high cholesterol levels which is a very signficant risk factor for heart attacks and strokes. The only way to detect if you have high cholesterol is through a blood test. It will enable you to make the changes you need to reduce your risk of some of the most common causes of death.

Generalised inflammation is tested with a high sensitivity C-reactive protein level. Firstly, Inflamation is bad for your heart. A high CRP level can also indicate the presence of a very wide range of other health problems like autoimmune diease, bacterial infections, osteomyelitis, pelvic inflammatory disease and inflammatory bowel disease.

This test is avaiable as a finger-prick home test as well as a phlebotomy test.