Anemia Blood Test Packages

Anemia is probably one of the more common blood disorders that most women suffer from. With this blood disorder your hemoglobin level gets decreased. Hemoglobin is the main protein in your red blood cells, and this protein works in delivering oxygen to the other parts of your body. With anemia or decreased hemoglobin level, your body parts will not get the sufficient amount of oxygen.

There are multiple types of anemia have identified, which are:

• Iron deficiency anemia
• Sickle cell anemia
• Thalassemia
• Aplastic anemia
• Vitamin deficiency anemia

Therefore, if you are at a high risk of having anemia, then you should get tested with Anemia blood tests.

What is an Anemia profile test?

An anemia profile test includes a bunch of diagnostic blood tests which helps to analyze the different levels in your blood including hemoglobin, ferritin and others.

When should you go for the test?

This test is recommended as a routine health checkup. You need this test if you are having symptoms of anemia, such as:

• Tiredness
• Headache
• Shortness of breath
• Pale or yellow skin
• Rapid heartbeat
• Pain in the chest, joints and belly
• Cold hands and feet

Those are the common symptoms of anemia, but the symptoms may differ due to the anemia type. If you are already diagnosed with anemia then you also need this test to analyze your body’s response to the treatment.

To perform this test a small sample of blood will be required, and you do not need any test preparations as well. As this profile test will examine different levels of your blood, all the reference range of this test will be mentioned in the test report for your understanding.