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£69.00
Our Vitamins blood test checks your body’s levels of key vitamins and minerals essential for optimal health, including Vitamin D, B12 and Folate (B9).
£69.00
This test is ideal for anybody wishing to identify their vitamin levels, particularly if you feel you may be deficient due to lifestyle or diet.
For example, vegetarians and vegans are at higher risk of vitamin B12 deficiency.
Everyone in the UK is at risk of vitamin D deficiency due to the climate, however people of African or African-Caribbean origin may be at higher risk because your bodies may not be able to make as much vitamin D.
Low levels of vitamin D affect your bones and muscles, as well as playing a significant role in your nervous system and immune system. Vitamin D maintains the balance of calcium in your blood and bones to help maintain and build bones.
With a chronic or severe deficiency, calcium absorption levels will decline and can cause muscle weakness, cramps, fatigue and depression. When your body tries to balance the calcium levels, it takes calcium from your bones which leads to accelerated bone breakdown, sometimes leading to soft bones (osteomalacia), osteoporosis and rickets.
Vitamin B12 is used to form red blood cells, as well as help brain function and nerve cell development. A vitamin B12 deficiency leads to a lack of red blood cells, causing anaemia. In turn, this means you have fewer functioning blood cells carrying oxygen to your tissues and organs, affecting their function and health.
Typical symptoms of Vitamin B12 deficiency include weak muscles, numb or tingling hands or feet, decreased appetite, nausea, irritability, fatigue and heart palpitations.
Also known as Folate, Vitamin B9 is found naturally in many foods including leafy greens, citrus fruits, beans, eggs, meat and grains. Like vitamin B12, it is used by the body to create new, healthy blood cells, and a deficiency can lead to Folate Anaemia.
A deficiency is commonly caused by not eating a balanced, healthy diet. It can also be caused by digestive diseases which prevent folate absorption, such as Crohn’s or Coeliac disease, excess alcohol consumption, overcooking food which destroys the natural folate, or certain medications which impact absorption such as for ulcerative colitis.
Folate deficiency or anaemia can cause symptoms such as pale skin, irritability, shortness of breath, dizziness, mouth sores, memory loss, lack of energy, weight loss, depression and muscle weakness.
Learn more about vitamin deficiencies and their symptoms – read our helpful Health Hub article on Vitamin Deficiencies and testing.
Discuss your results with a qualified, registered GP at a time that is convenient to you. Simply pay for a GP Consultation when you check out today and we will send you the details of how to arrange your video call – appointments available every day, 8am-8pm.
Don’t wait weeks to see your GP – our service gives you answers and reassurance when you want them.
*Prescription charges may apply depending on your NHS eligibility
What’s included?
Vitamin B9 (Folate)
1 bio marker
Vitamin B12
1 bio marker
Vitamin D
1 bio marker
Biomarkers included
Vitamin B9 (Folate)
We check for 1 Vitamin B9 (Folate) marker:
Folate (Vitamin B9)
Folate is a B Vitamin which is important in the manufacture and repair of DNA, and the production of red blood cells. Low levels can lead to anaemia.
A lack of folate can also affect an unborn baby's growth and development in the womb. This increases the risk of neural tube defects, such as spina bifida, developing in the unborn baby.
Biomarkers included
Vitamin B12
We check for 1 Vitamin B12 marker:
Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12 is used for the production of oxygen-carrying red blood cells and DNA, and also plays a role in the nervous system maintenance.
Usually obtained from our diet, a deficiency can lead to anaemia, and symptoms such as lethargy, heart palpitations, nerve problems such as tingling and constipation.
Biomarkers included
Vitamin D
We check for 1 Vitamin D marker:
Vitamin D
Vitamin D is vital for bone strength, as well as protection against chronic illnesses and muscle function.
We cannot make it ourselves and need to obtain it from natural sunlight or supplements.
It can also be obtained from a small number of foods, such as oily fish, red meat, egg yolks and fortified food such as cereals.
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