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Profiles

Optional Extra Tests

Selected and paid for by employees at time of booking.

INCLUDES

PURPOSE

York Test® Food & Drink
Intolerance Programmes

  • FoodScan Programme

  • Food & Drink Scan Programme

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), fatigue, bloating, joint pain and migraines are just some of the symptoms associated with intolerance to certain foods and drinks. Understanding your own personal trigger foods and drinks allows you to optimise your diet and have more control over your general health and well-being

  1. Exclusively discounted for HCSI/HealthWatch
    customers    , the York Test FoodScan
    Programme analyses your food intolerance (IgG
    reaction) to 113 foods, providing you with clear results
    and nutritional support
  2. Exclusively discounted for HCSI/HealthWatch
    customers    , the comprehensive York Test
    Food&Drink Scan Programme analyses your food
    intolerance (IgG reaction) to 158 foods and drinks,
    providing you with clear results and individually tailored
    nutritional advice and support
 

You will also receive two 30 minute telephone consultations with a registered Nutritional Therapist to discuss your results, a comprehensive guidebook and a 12 week food and drink diary. For more information on these tests please visit www.yorktest.ie

Coeliac Panel

(Total IgA antibodies, Anti-Tissue Transglutaminase IgA Antibodies & Anti-Endomysial IgA Antibodies)

To help screen for coeliac disease and to monitor compliance to and the effectiveness of a gluten-free diet. This test detects autoantibodies that the body produces as part of the immune response to gluten, a protein found in wheat. If you are on a gluten-free diet please do not select this test (as there may be false-negative results) unless you are using it to monitor the effectiveness of exclusion of gluten from your diet. For the result to be accurate in terms of the diagnosis of possible coeliac disease you need to be on a gluten-containing diet for at least 6 weeks

Ferritin

To help screen for iron deficiency or overload, such as occurs haemochromatosis

Full Blood Count + 5-part Diff

To determine your general health status and to screen for a variety of disorders, such as anemia, cancer and infection

Prostate Specific Antigen
(PSA) males 40+

To screen asymptomatic and symptomatic men for prostate cancer, to help determine the necessity for a biopsy of the prostate, to monitor the effectiveness of treatment for prostate cancer, and to detect recurrence of prostate cancer

Thyroid Function Profile
(TSH & FT4)

This panel which includes Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) and Free Thyroxine 4 (FT4) will screen for and help diagnose hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism.  Hyperthyroidism can cause anxiety, increased heart rate, weight loss, difficulty sleeping, hand tremors, general weakness and visual  isturbances. Hypothyroidism can cause weight gain, dry skin, constipation, cold intolerance, puffy skin, hair loss, fatigue and menstrual irregularities in women

Enhanced Cardiac Rick Profile

Measures Lipoprotein A and High Sensitivity CRP which detect inflammation associated with heart disease, inflammatory conditions, and sepsis

Vitamin D

Known as the sunshine vitamin, Vitamin D is essential for bone
and general health. This test will screen for Vitamin D deficiency
which may increase your risk of osteoporosis, and possibly certain
other conditions

Gout Test: Uric Acid

To detect high levels of uric acid, which could be a sign of gout

Liver Function

To detect liver damage caused by hepatitis, alcohol or prescription drugs

Renal Function

To determine if your kidneys are functioning normally and to monitor treatment for kidney disease