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MyCare ElderCare package is a comprehensive test package for the elderly to keep their health in check.

MyCare ElderCare package is a comprehensive test package for the elderly to keep their health in check. 
Complete blood count (CBC) is a group of tests that provides information about your blood group and blood cells like Red Blood Cells (RBC), White Blood Cells (WBC), and platelets. It is routinely performed to provide an overview of a patient's general health status. It is also helpful in detecting a variety of disorders including infections, anemia, diseases of the immune system, and blood cancers and is done to monitor an existing blood disorder and its treatment such as chemotherapy or radiotherapy.

Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) is an enzyme found mostly in the liver and kidney cells. ALT is sometimes ordered as part of a routine health examination. This test is ordered when you have signs and symptoms of a liver disorder. Some of these signs and symptoms may include:
-Weakness
-Loss of appetite
-Nausea, vomiting
-Pain in the abdomen
-Feeling of fullness
-Jaundice

Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) is an enzyme found in all body cells throughout the body but mostly in the heart and liver AST test is ordered when you have signs and symptoms of a liver disorder. Some of these may include:

-Weakness
-fatigue
-Loss of appetite
-Nausea, vomiting
-Abdominal swelling and/or pain
-Dark-colored urine
-Itching (pruritus)
-Jaundice

HbA1c or glycosylated hemoglobin test is an important tool in diagnosing and monitoring your diabetes. The glycosylated hemoglobin test measures the amount of hemoglobin present in the blood that has sugar attached to it. A glycosylated hemoglobin test is used widely for the diagnosis and screening of prediabetes and diabetes.

Thyroid-stimulating hormone is a group of tests that are done together to detect or diagnose thyroid diseases. It measures the levels of the following three hormones in the blood: Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH), Thyroxine (T4) - Total, and Triiodothyronine (T3) - Total. It is done to diagnose any suspected thyroid disease (Hypothyroidism or Hyperthyroidism). It also monitors treatment in patients with thyroid diseases.

Calcium test is ordered for the general medical examination. It is used as a part of routine health screening. This test may be ordered for someone who has:
-Kidney disease, or those with kidney failure
-Symptoms of high calcium such as loss of appetite, vomiting, fatigue, weakness, constipation, abdominal pain, urinary frequency, and increased thirst
-Symptoms of very low calcium such as stomach cramps, muscle cramps
-Other diseases that may lead to abnormal blood calcium such as thyroid disease, parathyroid disorder, malabsorption, malnutrition, or even cancer

A total cholesterol test is done to determine the potential risk of developing heart diseases in the future. A higher level of blood HDL (good cholesterol) is normally associated with a lower risk of developing plaques that further lowers the risk of stroke or heart attacks. whereas, LDL (bad cholesterol) is associated with an increased risk of heart attacks.