Blood Tests

As with conventional medicine, we use a wide selection of blood tests to help arrive at diagnosis and to monitor progress of a patient's treatment. These are usually measured against an accepted range of normality and those outside the range are investigated further.

Unlike conventional practices however, we also investigate readings within the normal range which are relatively high or low on the scale. A low, normal thyroid reading for instance, could explain tiredness or weight gain whilst a low, normal haemoglobin reading in a woman might place her as borderline anaemic and consequently explain fatigue.

Most recently we have pioneered the introduction of blood tests to measure the levels of free radical and antioxidants in the body. (Free radicals are responsible in part for our susceptibility to illness and ageing whilst antioxidants counter reverse this process). By monitoring these levels, we offer an objective means of assessing the body's ability to ward off disease and illness.

These blood tests are also a useful method of measuring the efficacy of complementary therapies and the patient's overall health.