Blood Serum Test

Whole blood metals is an excellent test for the diagnosis of lead, mercury or other metal toxicity or poisoning, and are also used to assess recent or ongoing exposure to potentially toxic elements. Whole blood analysis measures total element levels that circulate extracellularly in serum/p/asma, as well as intracellularly within blood cells. As with all tests, it needs to be viewed in context. For instance, beneficia/ minerals circulating in the serum/p/asma can also be minerals that the body is transporting. Elevations of beneficia/ minerals in circulation can actually occur when the body is low jn that mineral.