What You’ll Learn:
- Why testing through a physician can be dangerous for your health.
- The health advantages of testing at-home before symptoms start.
- How Choose Health makes testing at home is more convenient than blood draws.
- Why so many people prefer a finger-prick blood test over a blood draw.
- What makes our pricing more transparent and affordable.
- The accuracy of our at-home blood tests compared to testing through a doctor.
- What makes our test results easier to interpret and more accessible than a hospital lab.
- How to discuss at-home testing results with a qualified clinician.
- The benefits of our money-back guarantee.
- Who should be testing their amylase enzyme levels.
There’s a good reason why you probably never heard about at-home amylase testing until you started getting concerned about your pancreas. It’s not a part of routine blood testing through a physician. It’s not part of an in-office complete blood count (CBC) test or a comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP).
Despite this, amylase testing is an excellent diagnostic tool, and it’s one that is easily available through Choose Health. Our at-home kits offer a very approachable way to test amylase enzyme levels that are in your bloodstream to get a better understanding of your pancreatic health.
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We Make It Possible to Test Amylase Levels Before There Are Painful Symptoms and Serious Problems
In the past, the only way to take an amylase blood test was to schedule a doctor’s visit and get a referral. And the only way to get a referral was if you were exhibiting signs of chronic inflammation or tissue damage in the pancreas.
In other words, you already had to be experiencing problems to find out if your pancreas was struggling. To get the amylase blood test done through a physician usually requires:
- Experiencing persistent abdominal pain
- Suspected pancreatitis
- Presence of gallstones
- Chronic pancreatitis that needs to be monitored
If that sounds uncomfortable, that’s because it is. Instead, with Choose Health you don’t have to wait for issues to start causing obvious problems. No referral is needed so you can test at any time to catch issues in the early stages and improve amylase levels before painful symptoms start.
You’ll Catch Pancreatic Insufficiency Problems That Could Go Unnoticed
Having the freedom to test regardless of symptoms has another benefit. You may find that your amylase levels are actually low rather than being elevated. Low amylase levels can be caused by a variety of other health issues, some of which can be dangerous, but have symptoms that don’t seem too concerning on the surface.
In general, low amylase levels suggest pancreatic insufficiency that can result from:
- Damaged pancreatic acinar cells
- Cystic fibrosis
- Chronic pancreatitis
- Advanced liver disease
- Preeclampsia
Again, waiting until you’re able to test amylase levels at a doctor’s office can mean health problems go unnoticed until they are severe and more problematic.
Our Process is Much More Convenient and Quicker Compared to Blood Draws at a Doctor’s Office
The at-home blood testing kits you can get from Choose Health are much more convenient and quicker than going the traditional route. If you get amylase testing thorough a physician you need to:
- Schedule an appointment
- Possibly get a referral from a primary care physician to see a specialist
- Do a blood draw
- Wait for the draw to be sent to a lab and tested
- Contact the doctors office to get the results
- Figure out if it’s covered by Insurance and make copays
The alternative option is to order a test online through Choose Health, have it shipped to your home in days and get the pinprick sample done in minutes. Put the completed kit in the prepaid envelope, drop it in the mail and your results will be available online shortly after.
You’ll Want to Take Our Amylase Blood Test If . . .
Anyone can benefit from knowing what their amylase enzyme level is, but there are situations when getting tested provides information that helps you make better decisions about your health.
Our at-home amylase blood test is highly beneficial if you’re:
- Managing and monitoring chronic pancreatitis
- Concerned about your pancreas health
- Concerned you have gallstones, metabolic syndrome or fatty liver disease
- Taking GLP-1 medication (it increases amylase enzyme levels)
- Drinking alcohol regularly or heavily
