This part of the medicdirect site gives you the opportunity to find out more information about the various medical tests that can be offered.

For those of you interested in the more specialised tests, we have provided a detailed section on clinical pathology testing.

Antenatal Your guide to tests during pregnancy. Bloods What are they for, what do they mean? Endoscopy Why am I having an endoscopy? Heart A guide to testing your heart.

Lungs Testing your lung function. Urine What can you see in there? X-Rays Your guide to the X-ray department. Special From lumbar puncture to liver biopsy.

		Alcohol Testing Allergy Screening Auto-immunity Blood Gases Breath Hydrogen Downs Testing Drugs Testing Dynamic Function Testing Immunology Testing Liver Function Tests Metals Testing Miscellaneous Enzymes Miscellaneous Hormones Miscellaneous Proteins Miscellaneous Tests Tumour Markers