Blood Test At Home | What Do Common Blood Tests Check For?

Blood Test is one of the most common Lab (laboratory) tests used to monitor or examine blood cells, chemicals, proteins, or other physical matter in the blood. Blood tests help to identify certain symptoms of disease.

For most kinds of blood tests, no need for any preparation. These blood tests are to see what your blood is under normal conditions.

However, in some kinds of blood tests, you will have to not eat (fast) for a certain amount of time before the blood is taken from your body. This usually means no eating or drinking anything after midnight before the blood is taken. These kinds of blood tests are often scheduled for early in the morning.

Types of Common Blood Tests

Acidity (pH)
Alcohol (ethanol)
Ammonia
Amylase
Antinuclear antibodies (ANA)
Ascorbic acid
Bicarbonate (carbon dioxide content)
Bilirubin
Blood volume
Calcium
Carbon dioxide pressure (expressed as a comparison with how high the level of mercury [Hg] rises in a tube due to air pressure at sea level)
Carboxyhemoglobin (carbon monoxide in haemoglobin)
CD4 cell count
Ceruloplasmin
Chloride
Complete blood cell count (CBC) to check individual tests: Hemoglobin, hematocrit, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, mean corpuscular volume, platelet count, and white blood cell count
Copper
Creatine kinase (CK), also called creatine phosphokinase (CPK)
Creatine kinase (CK) in its different forms (isoenzymes)
Creatinine
Electrolytes to check individual tests: Calcium, chloride, magnesium, potassium, and sodium (which are routinely tested)
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
Glucose
Hematocrit
Hemoglobin
Iron
Iron-binding capacity
Lactate (lactic acid)
Lactic dehydrogenase
Lead
Lipase
Lipids:
Cholesterol, total
High-density lipoprotein (HDL)
Low-density lipoprotein (LDL)
Triglycerides
Liver function tests which Include bilirubin (total), phosphatase (alkaline), protein (total and albumin), transaminases (alanine and aspartate), prothrombin
Magnesium
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH)
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC)
Mean corpuscular volume (MCV)
Osmolality
Oxygen pressure (expressed as a comparison with the level of mercury [Hg] in a tube, which results from air pressure at sea level)
Oxygen saturation (arterial)
Partial thromboplastin time (PTT)
Phosphatase (alkaline)
Phosphorus
Platelet count
Potassium
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA)
Protein:
Total
Albumin
Globulin
Prothrombin time (PT)
Red blood cell (RBC) count
Sodium
Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)
Transaminases (liver enzymes):
Alanine (ALT)
Aspartate (AST)
Troponin in its different forms:
I
T
Urea nitrogen (BUN)
Uric acid
Vitamin A
White blood cell (WBC) count
Basic Metabolic Panel (BMP)
Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP)
Lipid Profile
Thyroid Test(s)
Complete Blood Count (CBC) with or without White Blood Cell (WBC) Differential
Prothrombin Time (PT) with INR & Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT)
Urinalysis (UA)

Blood Tests are very common and the purpose of the Blood Test is to observe how well the organs such as your liver, kidneys, thyroid or heart are working.