Labs And Diagnostics Tests Specialist

Texas Primary & Pediatric Care

Primary Care Provider & Pediatrician located in Las Colinas Irving & Celina, TX

Diagnosing the cause of your symptoms and detecting serious diseases before they result in irreversible damage are two of the main purposes of labs and diagnostics tests. At Texas Primary & Pediatric Care in Irving & Celina, Texas, Bishwas Upadhyay, MD, and their team perform in-house blood draws and offer an extensive range of lab workups and other diagnostic tests to ensure faster diagnosis and prompt treatment. Call Texas Primary & Pediatric Care today to schedule a consultation or book an appointment using the online form.

Labs and Diagnostics Tests Q & A

What are labs and diagnostics tests?

The lab (laboratory) is where samples of fluids, tissues, or cells from your body undergo microscopic examination and testing. Your provider at Texas Primary & Pediatric Care might order labs to find the cause of symptoms you're experiencing or to check for signs of health conditions before they become noticeable.

Other diagnostics involve the use of imaging or recording technologies to provide information about what's going on in your body, from evaluating the electrical activity in your heart to assessing fractures in your bones.

Labs and diagnostics tests are a vital part of both preventive medicine and treatment, enabling the Texas Primary & Pediatric Care team to provide prompt diagnosis and the most beneficial treatments.

What happens when I have lab tests?

Lab tests require a sample from you – most often blood but other types of samples labs use include:

Urine
Saliva
Sputum
Semen
Discharge fluids
Feces
Cell swabs

Testing these substances can determine whether you have an infection, and if so, the exact type. Not only can lab tests confirm if you have a bacterial, viral, or fungal infection, but also the strain of microorganism. This information could be vital to ensure you receive the most effective treatment.

Lab tests the Texas Primary & Pediatric Care team offers include TB (tuberculosis) skin tests, and rapid strep throat and flu tests. They can check your blood for indications of disease, such as low hemoglobin levels or high blood sugar. Lab tests like these also form a part of your annual physical.

The practice also offers several tests that produce instant results. These include urine pregnancy tests, urine dipstick tests to check for infections, protein, and blood, and finger-stick glucose tests to check for diabetes.

What other diagnostics tests might I need?

Diagnostics cover everything from X-rays and CT scans to MRI scans, ultrasounds, nerve conduction velocity tests, and echocardiograms, to name just a few.

Two of the diagnostic tests the Texas Primary & Pediatric Care team performs on-site are EKG and spirometry.

EKG

An EKG (electrocardiogram) is a test that records the electrical activity in your heart. Your provider attaches electrodes to your chest and sometimes to major blood vessels elsewhere on your body.

The electrodes relay information about your heart's activity to the EKG machine, which then displays it as a graph on a monitor. EKG is a valuable method of detecting heart problems.

Spirometry

Spirometry is a breathing test used to evaluate lung function. To complete the test, you breathe out as hard as you can into a mouthpiece. The spirometer measures how much air you can exhale to help diagnose and monitor conditions like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma.

Find out more by calling Texas Primary & Pediatric Care or book an appointment online today.